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Have you ever examined your paper money closely? See if you can locate a $ 5, $ 10,or $20 bill printed before 1964 and marked "F
Have you ever examined your paper money closely? See if you can locate a $ 5, $ 10,or $20 bill printed before 1964 and marked "F
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2012-08-21
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Have you ever examined your paper money closely? See if you can locate a $ 5, $ 10,or $20 bill printed before 1964 and marked "Federal Reserve Note" over the portrait. In the upperleft portion above the seal, a statement written in fine print says that the note is legal tender(法定货币)and that it"is redeemable(可兑现的) in lawful money at the United States Treasury(美国财政部),or at any Federal Reserve Bank. "Does this mean that the bill is not lawful? At the bottom center the same bill says, "Will pay to the bearer on demand X dollars. "Does this mean that your X-dollar bill is not Xdollars?
Much confusion exists about the real nature of money. Many people believe that money has no value unless it is backed by gold or silver. They think that the Federal Reserve note is only a symbol for money, and that real money is the precious metal backing the note. Some people look on money as wealth and believe that it must have intrinsic(内在的) value.
If we were to study the history of money, we would find that in different places and at different times a variety of things have been used as money. Cattle, shell, beads(珠子) tobacco leaves, and various metals—including iron, zinc(锌), bronze (青铜) ,and copper—have all been used as a basis of exchange. The precious metals, particularly silver and gold, have proved most satisfactory for this purpose and have been most commonly used in modern times.
Until early 1968, the United States backed its Federal Reserve notes with 25 percent gold, but this did not mean that citizens could use gold as money or convert paper dollars to gold. Clearly, it is not what money is but what it does that is important.
This passage is about______.
选项
A、the nature of money
B、the face value of a bill
C、the intrinsic value of money
D、the lawfulness of money
答案
A
解析
这个问题是要检验读者是否对文章内容的整体理解和把握。所以必须在通读全文后方能找出正确的答案。全文基本没有谈到纸币的面值问题,故B不对,第三段提到货币的内在价值,但是,作者只是说,人们认为货币具有内在价值,这是对货币的实质的又一种不理解,而且,下面一段告诉我们,货币只是一种象征物,没有内在价值,所以C也不对;第一段提到的是纸币的合法性,而不是货币的合法性问题,所以D也是错误的选择。只有A点出了文章的主题。
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