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阅读理解 　　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 consider where the money 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 use 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 of 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(phtotos 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 in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed．Then, they ask an 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．

Answer 1

答案：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-five steps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。