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广西南宁江南区2024-2025学年九年级上学期10月新课标学科素养检测英语试卷
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Liz's life was changed forever that year. It all with her kindness towards two strangers. One early morning, they walked into the restaurant where she worked.
Tim and Paul stepped into a restaurant for after they fought a terrible fire for 12 hours. They were so hungry that they ate a lot. When they paid for the bill, they were very . The young waitress had paid their bill, leaving a sweet message on their bill," Thank you for serving people and running into the dangerous places. Your meal is on today."
Touched, the two firefighters shared her kind action on the website. It drew millions of people's attention. And later they found out the true story of that kind waitress. Liz Woodward had been to make money. Her father couldn't walk because of a brain illness. They decided to her by raising $ 10,000 for a wheelchair- accessible car for her father. However, people did not stop when the money raising ended. After hearing of her kindness, Mobility Ventures, the wheelchair- accessible cars producers, gave the family a car for as a Christmas gift. The family was moved a lot.
Liz was so to the two firefighters and many strangers for helping her, saying," All the kindness is really unbelievable! I hope this brings hope to other people in similar situations. And I will continue to pass the to others. I believe the world will be warmer."
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As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade (交易) with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods (货物) and lasted a long time. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as early as the eleventh century. The Italian traveller Marco Polo saw the Chinese using paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Today, we have many ways to pay for things. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Often, people prefer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of "real" money.
A. Later, countries began to make their own coins. B. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. C. They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants. D. However, European countries did not start using paper money until the 1600s. E. We do not use only coins or paper money. |
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