题目内容
Money is all surrounding us.Every day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongue.Did you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?
Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task.It has up to 65 steps When the money in circulation(流通) gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed Usually, the old money is burned.The burned money is replaced by new paper money
If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint(造币厂).Large sheets 01 paper are printed with many pictures of some currency (流通货币).These large sheets are cut into individual bills.The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks.
Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture (portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured) or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, first, people m the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed Then, they ask and artist to design the new bill.A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die.The dies are made and put onto large printing machines.Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have.Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours.After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks.
1.From the passage we know that
A.banks make new money |
B.it takes 65 procedures to make new money |
C.mints decide what kind of bill is needed |
D.old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place |
2.We can infer from the passage that a die is ____
A.something for dead people |
B.a special machine that prints the money |
C.a special piece of paper that the money is made from |
D.a piece of metal that puts the picture on the money |
3.'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?
①New money is printed in a mint.
②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper.
③New money is sent in large amounts to banks.
④The government decides to make new money.
A.①②③④ |
B.④③②① |
C.④①③② |
D.④①②③ |
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.The reason for making new money. |
B.The processes of making a new bill. |
C.The amount of new money needed. |
D.Things used.to make new money or a new bill. |
1.B
2.D
3.D
4.C
【解析】
1.事实判断题。由第二段: It has up to sixty-fivesteps可知。
2.推理判断题。据上下文,尤其最后一段:The dies are made and put onto large printing machines.和 After the dies print the new currency onto the paper可知答案。
3.信息重组题。对造钱的流程进行考查。根据最后一段:First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. 等可知答案。
4.细节题。A项出现在第二段;B项文章第二、三和四段均涉及;D出现在第四段。可以用排除法选出C。
President Obama's plan to improve former president George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind program is an improvement on a good thing. But it doesn't go far enough.
Obama outlined a goal that by 2020, all grade school and high school students are on a path toward college.
However, what we need is a practical plan that not only requires all high school graduates to take at least two years of college but also makes it financially possible for them to do so. We've provided a free public education through the 12th grade. If we're going to keep up—or catch up——with some other countries (like China) in preparing young people for careers, a 12-year education programme no longer is enough.
About 3 million students across the US will graduate from high school this spring. But only 2 million will go on to college, according to a survey by the National Centre for Education Statistics (NCFES). For the more than 1 million who won't go on, money is a main reason. If tuition(学费) were free, about half of them could make up other costs from family or part-time jobs.
Critics (批评家) of free college tuition will say we can't afford it because of the federal deficit (联邦赤字) and other rising costs. Let's see some government spending in detail:
In the last nearly 10 years, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us $ 1,000 billion. Federal money which was spent on public primary and secondary education in the last year for which figures are available was $ 47 billion. If we end costly and unnecessary wars and nation-building efforts abroad, the federal government could provide more money on public education, for which state and governments now carry most of the burden.
What's the program No Child Left Behind about this year?
All children being taken good care of by the government.
All grade school and high school students receiving college education.
No child being left alone at home.
All children having good jobs in the future.
The author probably agrees that President Obama's plan ________.
has nothing to do with George W. Bush's program.
will surely succeed in ten years
is about 12-year education for all the children
doesn't contain practical measures(措施) to achieve its goal
If tuition were not paid for, about ________ American students could afford college education.
A. 3 million | B. 2.5 million | C. 2 million | D. 1 million |
What can we learn from the passage?
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were necessary.
The federal government has enough money for the plan.
Critics of free tuition think highly of the plan.
Obama's plan might be difficult to carry out.