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Producing money requires both artistic and technological skills. Dollar bills are made so that they are interesting to look at but very hard to copy. In total, there are sixty-five separate steps required to make a dollar bill.

The money making process begins when a yearly order is sent by the Federal Reserve Board. That order will then be divided in half. Half will be done here in Washington, D.C. and the other half will be done in Fort Worth, Texas. Next, the Bureau orders special paper which is actually cloth since it is 75% cotton and 25% linen.

This paper is made so that it can last a long time. And, it is made with details that make it hard to copy. For example, bills contain security threads. These narrow pieces of plastic are inside the paper and run along the width of the bill. This special paper is also made with very small blue and red fibers.

Once the money is printed, guillotine cutters (切纸机) separate the sheets into two notes, then into individual notes.The notes are organized in "bricks," each of which contains forty one-hundred-note packages. The bricks then go to one of twelve Federal Reserve Districts, which then give the money to local banks. Ninety-five percent of the bills printed each year are used to replace money that is in circulation, or that has already been removed from circulation.

You may know that America's first president, George Washington, is pictured on the one- dollar bill. But do you know whose face is on the two, five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred-dollar bills? They are, in order. President Thomas Jefferson, President Abraham Lincoln, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, President Andrew Jackson, President Ulysses Grant and statesman Benjamin Franklin.

The average life span of a one-dollar bill is twenty-one months. But a ten-dollar bill lasts only about eighteen months.The one hundred-dollar bill lasts the longest, eighty-nine months.One popular question is about the two-dollar bill. This bill is not printed very often. This is because many Americans believe two-dollar bills are lucky, so they keep them. 

1.During money production, we must consider all EXCEPT that it must                    .

A. last a long time                       B. be hard to copy

C. be done by the president's order D. be interesting to look at

2.We can learn from the passage that the security threads                    .

A. are narrow pieces of plastic

B. are pressed outside the bills

C. are longer than the width of the bills

D. are actually made of cotton and linen

3. How many presidents are printed on the American money?

A. Four                     B. Five                     C. Six                  D. Seven

4.Why are the two-dollar bills not made often?

A. Because no one wants them.

B. Because they aren't damaged quickly like other bills.

C. Because they aren't used in America any more.

D. Because their material is a bit more expensive.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文叙述了美元生产制作的过程及要求。美元制作时要求既好看,耐用又难以复制,因此用使用独特的材料。并且里面有用塑料制成的防伪线。不同面值的美元上印着不同的重要人物的图像,如美国总统和一些重要的官员。

1. 细节理解题。根据第一段的Dollar bills are made so that they are interesting to look at but very hard to copy.和第三段的This paper is made so that it can last a long time.可知美元制作时要求既好看,耐用又难以复制。故选C.

2.推理判断题。根据第五段的George Washington, is pictured on the one- dollar bill.They are, in order. President Thomas Jefferson, President Abraham Lincoln, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, President Andrew Jackson, President Ulysses Grant and statesman Benjamin Franklin.其中Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton,和statesman Benjamin Franklin.不是美国总统。因此被印在美元上的总统图像共5位。故选A

3.细节理解题。根据第三段的For example, bills contain security threads. These narrow pieces of plastic are inside the paper可知美元中的防伪线是一些窄的塑料片。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段的. This is because many Americans believe two-dollar bills are lucky, so they keep them.可知美国人喜欢收藏2美元面值的美元 ,因此推测他们不易损坏。 故选B。

考点:政治经济文化类短文阅读。

 

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A.Cleveland has been entitled a lovely nickname

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2.What information can be inferred according to the text?

A.The number of officials who are guilty is large in Memphis.

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C.High income taxes made New York get 16th place.

D.Ohio has the country's highest sales tax.

3.The word "blur" underlined in the last paragraph but one probably means ______.

A.make it possible    B.make it unclear     C.make if obvious     D.make it important

4.Which of the following is the correct ranking order?

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People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the    36   and have made up their minds to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest(抗议)against heavy trucks(卡车) which run    37   through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it    38   to sleep at night, but they are    39   damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.

   40   we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student,“why don’t they build a new road that goes    41   the town?Burlington isn’t much more than a    42   village.Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic.”

Harry Fields also studying    43   said they wanted to make as much    44   as possible to force the    45   to realise what everybody was having to    46  .“Most of them don’t    47   here anyway,” he said,“they come in for meetings and that,and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音),    48   they Probably don’t    49   the noise all that much.It’s high time they realised the    50  .”

The fourth student,Liza Vernum,said she thought the public were mostly on their side,and even if they weren’t they soon would be.

   51   asked if they were afraid that the police might come to    52   them.

“Not really,” she said,“actually we are    53   bell-ringers.I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church.There is no    54   against practising.”

I    55   the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

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2.                                  A.now and then   B.day and night

C.up and down                      D.over and over

 

3.                A.terrible         B.difficult         C.uncomfortable D.unpleasant

 

4.                A.doing          B.raising          C.putting   D.producing

 

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9.                A.effort          B.time           C.trouble   D.noise

 

10.                                A.townspeople B.other students

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11.               A.stand          B.accept         C.know D.share

 

12.               A.shop           B.live            C.come     D.study

 

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The oil resources which are left will not last very long. This means that all vehicles such as cars, trains, buses, planes and ships that need oil to work will not be able to run. So it will be necessary to develop a new system of transport which uses a fuel more than oil. Electric vehicles are one possibility. In Britain, most families have at least one car and this car is used every day. It could be that only one person in the family drives the car to work or for shopping. The number of cars on the road which are almost empty perhaps helps to explain why the oil is used up so quickly. The family car is a very useful form of transport but it is also a great waste of energy, especially if it is compared with buses or trains. Much petrol is used by a car which is traveling at 120 kilometers an hour. Clearly, it would be better if there were fewer cars on the road and more speed limits so that the oil which is left will last as long as possible.

About 25% of Britain’s total consumption of energy is domestic—it is used only in the home. Just over 20% is used for transport. Most of the energy is used in industry. It is difficult to suggest any possible energy conservation in industry because many of the suggestions would mean that some people would lose their jobs. It is important that industry produces the same amount of products using the same amount of workers.

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A.People use cars every day.

B.Most families have at least one car.

C.Many cars on the road are almost empty.

D.Electric vehicles are used.

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A.Compared with buses and trains, the family car is useful and can save energy.

B.A car driving at the speed of 80 kilometers per hour uses half as much petrol as a car traveling at 160 kilometers per hour.

C.It is possible for people to develop vehicles.

D.Limitation of the number of cars on the road and their speed will help the oil last longer.

3.What does the underlined word “domestic” mean in Paragraph Two?

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B.The speed of vehicles must be limited.

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