The bank of England is making plans to introduce plastic banknotes to the UK.

   Paper notes,meaning pieces of paper money,have been used in England for more than 300 years,but replacing them with plastic ones could be better.

   Plastic notes were first introduced to Australia back in 1988. Since then other countries,including Romania,Vietnam,Mexico and Malaysia,have also begun using money made in this way.

   Fans of water sports,such as surfing,find this type of money more useful and easier,as they can take it with them in the water and won't worry that it will fall apart. It is also good for people who by mistake put clothes in the washing machine with a note in the pocket!

   It is more hygienic (clean and free of bacteria) than paper money as it absorbs less bacteriaCthe simplest and smallest form of plants,some of which cause disease) . And it is stronger. This means it lasts longer. According to a survey,a usual 5 note in the UK lasts around six months,while the $ 5 Australian bill lasts for an average of 40 months.

   A downside of plastic cash is that it costs more money to produce. Cash and money-counting machines will also have to be adapted to accept the new money.

   It is expected that the Bank of England,who hopes to start printing plastic notes from 2015,will introduce the money slowly,using the most common notes first.(江蘇省連云港市 2013 年中考)

() 10. Which country was the first to use plastic notes?

   A. The UK. B. Romania. C. Vietnam. D. Australia.

() 11. You can put the sentence “Besides being waterproof,there are other good effects of using plastic notes instead of paper ones. ” at the beginning of .

   A. Paragraph 3   B. Paragraph 4   C. Paragraph 5   D. Paragraph 6

() 12. What can you infer (推斷) from Paragraph 6 ?

   A. Plastic notes should be printed in cash machines.

   B. There are some disadvantages of using plastic notes.

   C. Every country will have to accept the new money.

   D. Plastic notes should be produced by the cashiers.

() 13. Which is NOT the reason why the UK wants to use plastic notes instead of paper ones?

   A. They take up less space. B. They are stronger.

   C. They don't let water through. D. They are more hygienic.

10. D 11. C 12. B 13. A

閱讀提示:本文是記敘文，主要介紹了英國銀行計(jì)劃向英國政府推薦使用塑質(zhì)鈔票并有望在2015年投人使用。

10. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過閱讀第三段中的第一句“Plastic notes were first introduced to Australia back in 1988. ”可知選擇 D.

11. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第四段介紹了塑質(zhì)鈔票防水的作用，第五 段介紹塑質(zhì)鈔票的在其他方面的優(yōu)勢，所以該句放在第五段的開 頭比較合適，故選擇答案C.

12. B 由第六段“ A downside of plastic cash is that it costs more money to produce…the new money. ”可知，塑質(zhì)鈔票有兩個方面 的不足:一是制作的成本較大，二是點(diǎn)鈔機(jī)需改造。故選擇答 案B.

13. A通讀全文可知選項(xiàng)A的內(nèi)容“塑質(zhì)鈔票占據(jù)更少的空間沒有 提到”。

題目來源：2016年啟東中學(xué)作業(yè)本英語閱讀理解與完形填空4 > 綜合測試六

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