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.a(chǎn)nd 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 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. 
【小題1】During money production, we must consider all EXCEPT that it must                   .

A.last a long time
B.be hard to copy
C.be interesting to look at
D.be done by the president's order
【小題2】We can learn from the passage that the security threads                   .
A.a(chǎn)re narrow pieces of plastic
B.a(chǎn)re pressed outside the bills
C.a(chǎn)re longer than the width of the bills
D.a(chǎn)re actually made of cotton and linen
【小題3】How many presidents are printed on the American money?
A.FourB.FiveC.Six D.Seven
【小題4】Why are the two-dollar bills not made often?
A.Because no one wants them.
B.Because their material is a bit more expensive.
C.Because they aren't used in America any more.
D.Because they aren't damaged quickly like other bills.


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:文章介紹和鈔票有關(guān)的一些事實(shí),如:錢的制造要使錢持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,不容易復(fù)制,看起來(lái)好看,被印在鈔票上的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)和官員,以及錢的破損和印刷周期。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:Dollar bills are made so that they are interesting to look at but very hard to copy.This paper is made so that it can last a long time.和第三段的句子:And, it is made with details that make it hard to copy.可知錢的制造要使錢持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,不容易復(fù)制,看起來(lái)好看,沒有提到D項(xiàng)。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第三段的句子:For example, bills contain security threads. These narrow pieces of plastic are inside the paper and run along the width of the bill. 可知安全線暗示由狹窄的塑料做的,選A
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題:從倒數(shù)第二段的句子:可知被印在鈔票上的總統(tǒng)有George Washington, President Thomas Jefferson, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Jackson, President Ulysses Grant 一共五個(gè)總統(tǒng),選B。
【小題4】推理題:從文章的最后一句話:This is because many Americans believe two-dollar bills are lucky, so they keep them.美國(guó)人認(rèn)為兩美元是幸運(yùn)的,他們會(huì)保留著,所以兩美元的鈔票被破壞的不多,也就不會(huì)經(jīng)常印。選D
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