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1、2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（4）及答案C Money is all surrounding usEvery day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongueDid 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 taskIt has up to 65 steps. W
2、hen 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 p
3、rinted 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 billsThe individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banksSometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （p
4、ortraits 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 need
5、ed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new billA different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a dieThe dies are made and put onto large printing machinesThen, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can haveAlong with this special paper, the mint also pri
6、nts currency using special coloursAfter the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks36From the passage we know that_.Abanks make new moneyBit takes 65 procedures to make new moneyCmints decide what kind of bill is neededDold money that is not
7、used is forever stored in a special place37We can infer from the passage that a die is _. Asomething for dead peopleBa special machine that prints the moneyCa special piece of paper that the money is made from Da piece of metal that puts the picture on the money38Which of the following shows the rig
8、ht order of dealing with new money? _.New money is printed in a mintBills are cut from large sheets of special paperNew money is sent in large amounts to banks The government decides to make new moneyABCD39Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? _.AThe reason for making new money BTh
9、e processes of making a new billCThe amount of new money needed DThings used to make new money or a new bill40. Where can you most probably find this kind of article? _.A. a daily newspaper B. a fashion magazine C. textbook D. an advertisement【参考答案】36-40 BDDCC 阅读理解 (1)The world itself is becoming mu
10、ch smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink i
11、t and even hear it.Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true.Man is
12、 now slowly polluting the whole world.Air pollution is still the most serious. Its bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are makin
13、g rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there wi
14、ll be less air pollution.The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.1. _, our world is becoming much smaller.A. Because of the rise in pollution B. Thanks to science developmentC. B
15、ecause the earth is being polluted day and nightD. Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year2. Hundreds of years ago, life was _ it is today. A. much easier than B. as easy asC. much harder than D. as hard as3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means _.A. rubbish(垃圾)B. noise pollutionC. air pollutionD. water pollution4. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _.A. it makes much noiseB. it makes us angry more easilyC. it makes our rivers
