We spend money every day．But do you know how to design them？David Pearce，a 15-year-old boy from the UK，just became the （1）d

esigner

esigner

of the new one-pound coin．
   To fight （2）a

gainst

gainst

fake coins，the UK government held a design competition for new coin in September last year． （3）A

mong

mong

about 6000 works，Pearce's design came out on top and won the competition．
   " I heard about the （4）c

ompetition

ompetition

from my teacher，and I thought I had nothing to lose so I decided to enter，" said Pearce．
   The new （5）c

oin

oin

has 12 edges（邊）．On one side is the picture of the Queen．And on the other side，Pearce designed a crown（皇冠）and four plants growing from one stem （花莖）：the rose for England，the leek（韭蔥）for Wales，the thistle（薊）for Scotland and the shamrock（三葉草）for Northern Ireland．In Pearce's words，he spent lots of time （6）r

esearching

esearching

what coin designs look like and what sort of designs would （7）s

uitable

uitable

for all parts of the UK．
   In the end，the four-plant design （8）s

tood

tood

out among others．
   The new coins will begin to be used in 2017．And they will use the （9）l

atest

atest

technology to make sure the new ones are hard to fake．
   "The competition captured （俘獲）the imagination of thousands of people and David Pearce's winning design will be （10）r

ecognized

ecognized

by millions in the years ahead，" said George Osborne，the British Chancellor of the Exchequer（ 美國財(cái)政大臣）．