《2025年学霸组合训练七年级英语上册译林版南通专版》

三、词汇运用
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Long ago,people did not use money. Instead,people traded one thing for another thing. A chicken,for example,was traded for something else that had value. But the value was the problem. There 1. was(be)a cow and two chickens in the trade market,but their values were hard to balance. The world needed something that would have the same value everywhere. That something was gold.
At the 2. beginning(begin),gold was used for trade. To be used for trade,the gold had to be checked 3. to see(see)if it was real gold. It was a lot of trouble. Then,around 700 BCE,gold was made into coins. It became a lot 4. easier(easy)to buy things with coins that could be counted. It was not until the 1700s that the 5. first(one)paper money was made.
Paper money brought a new problem,though. If a country printed a lot of money,the money would lose 6. its(it)value. Paper money needed to be tied to something of value. Again,that thing was gold. In 1821,England 7. introduced(introduce)the gold standard. That meant that paper money was supported by gold. Paper money could be traded for gold in an equal(同样的)value. Most large 8. countries(country)followed England in using the gold standard.
After World War Ⅰ,the world economy(经济)was not good. Also, new gold was not found 9. quickly(quickly)enough. Economic problems appeared again.Soon,people stopped 10. using(use)the gold standard. They began to base their money on the value of the British pound or American dollar.

答案： 1. was 2. beginning 3. to see 4. easier 5. first 6. its 7. introduced 8. countries 9. quickly 10. using