阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
How did people pay before the internet came into being? There was only one way of payment: to pay in cash. People had to take their wallets when they went shopping. When paying the bill, they might make 11. mistake in counting money. Sometimes they were worried about the safety of their money and had to protect it 12. thieves.
With the development of information technology, payment has become much easier. People can choose different ways 13. pay for things. If you travel abroad, paying by credit card is not only easy and fast, but also safe. Digital money is becoming more and more popular now. In China, people can pay for almost everything through their mobile phones. There 14. also other ways to pay. For example, you can pay by scanning your face or just by tapping (轻敲) your phone. All these methods make paying very convenient.
15. will payment methods be like in the future? Will there be more of them over time? Yes, there surely will be. But I think digital money will continue to exist in some form.

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15. What

11. 考查固定短语搭配，make a mistake是固定表达，意为“犯错误”，符合“数钱时可能出错”的语境，因此填a。
12. 考查固定短语搭配，protect sth. from...是固定表达，意为“保护某物免受……的侵害”，此处指保护钱财不被小偷偷走，因此填from。
13. 考查非谓语动词的用法，固定结构different ways to do sth. 意为“做某事的不同方式”，用不定式作后置定语修饰名词ways，因此填to。
14. 考查there be句型的主谓一致，句中主语other ways是复数形式，全文使用一般现在时描述客观情况，对应的be动词用are，因此填are。
15. 考查特殊疑问词，固定句型What will sth. be like? 用于询问“某物将会是什么样子”，符合此处询问未来支付形态的语境，句首单词首字母需大写，因此填What。

二、补全对话
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Hi, Mary! I know you are good at saving money. 1. ?
B: Yes, I make a budget every month and never buy useless things.
A: Sounds good! 2. ?
B: I get 200 yuan from my parents every month. But I can save almost half of the pockey money every month.
A: 3. ?
B: I usually keep my money in the bank. Sometimes I use it to buy gifts for my parents during the festivals.
A: 4. ?
B: Yes, last year I used my pocket money to buy some books for the sick children in the hospital. It made me feel proud of myself.
A: 5. .
I think everyone should learn from you.
B: Yeah. In fact, everyone can do it well if they try.

（符合语境即可，参考示例）
1. Do you have any good ways to save money
2. How much pocket money do you get every month
3. What do you usually do with your saved money
4. Did you ever use your pocket money to help others
5. That's really very kind of you

本题考查情景交际补全对话，需结合上下文的问答逻辑，贴合八年级日常交流的常用表达填写适配语句：
1. 空后B作出肯定回答，介绍自己每月做消费预算、从不购买无用物品的省钱习惯，可知此处是A用一般疑问句询问对方是否有省钱的相关方法。
2. 空后B介绍自己每月从父母处获得200元零花钱，还能存下近一半，可知此处是A用特殊疑问句提问对方每月能拿到多少零花钱。
3. 空后B回答自己通常把钱存进银行，节日时会用存款给父母买礼物，可知此处是A提问对方如何保管、处置自己存下的零花钱。
4. 空后B作出肯定回答，讲述自己去年用零花钱给医院患病儿童买书的公益经历，可知此处是A用一般疑问句询问对方是否曾用零花钱做过帮助他人的有意义的事。
5. 空后A紧接着表示所有人都应该向Mary学习，结合上文Mary做善事的经历，此处是A对Mary的善意行为表达夸赞和认可。