《2025年同步测控优化设计九年级英语全一册人教版精编版》

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When we think of money,we think of coins and paper bills. That is what money is today. But in the past people used many things instead of money. Some countries used cows. Other countries used salt,tobacco or stones. Today there are still some places in the world that do not use paper money. One place is the island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean. On the island of Yap,people use the heaviest money in the world—Yap stones. These are round,white stones with a hole in the middle. They do not originate (起源) from the island. The Yap men have to go to the islands four hundred miles away to get them. Big stones can be twelve feet high as big as two tall men. Small stones are as big as a dinner plate. Rich people do not carry the Yap stones. Servants follow the rich. Each servant carries a stone or a long stick over his shoulder. Today the people on the island use paper money for everyday shopping. But for other things they still prefer Yap stones.
46. What is money today? Money today is coins and paper bills.
47. What did people use instead of money in the world in the past? They used many things such as cows, salt, tobacco or stones instead of money in the past.
48. Where do people on the island of Yap get Yap stones? They get Yap stones from the islands four hundred miles away.
49. What do Yap stones look like? They are round, white stones with a hole in the middle.
50. What do the Yap men buy with Yap stones today? They buy everything with Yap stones except everyday shopping.

答案： 46. Money today is coins and paper bills. 47. They used many things such as cows, salt, tobacco or stones instead of money in the past. 48. They get Yap stones from the islands four hundred miles away. 49. They are round, white stones with a hole in the middle. 50. They buy everything with Yap stones except everyday shopping.

Ⅶ. 词汇
用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。[heat, grow, no matter, produce, turn into]
51. Could you please tell me how tea is produced?
52. No matter where you go,I’ll miss you forever.
53. How can they be turned into so lively characters?
54. Rice is grown in many different places,especially in the south.
55. The old man can hardly walk around in the heat of the day.

答案： 51. is produced 52. No matter 53. be turned into 54. is grown 55. heat