湖南省湘潭市2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练（6）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
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 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 （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 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
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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．
5. 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】1—5、BDDCC
阅读理解。
Laura Edmonds has a look of horror on her face as she turns to look out the airplane window.
It’ s not the threat of terrorism that worries her，but rather the possibility of mechanical failure. She says she imagines the plane plunging to the ground because the engines may fall off. So every few minutes she glances out the window to make sure they' re still attached.
It is a fear that has gripped her for 18 years, since her wedding day. Since then she has tried drugs and cocktails to make it through flights. But, she says they’ ve been no help in easing her anxiety.
She has dragged her family on the train from Connecticut to Florida, insisted on long drives and tried to avoid flying at all costs. Even when friends fly, Edmonds says she worries, counting the hours till they arrive at their destination. It’ s been three years since Edmonds has stepped on a plane.
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