初三英语阅读20[教学].docVIP

A. True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): ( 7分) Chinese people around the world celebrate their most important holiday, Chinese New Year. But for one man in Taiwan, Yao Guan Cheng, its all about business as he washes dirty banknotes for gifts. According to Chinese tradition, parents give their children clean, fresh banknotes at the start of the New Year. But there is a serious shortage (短缺) of such banknotes as the holiday period draws near, and Yao Guan Cheng noticed that. He thought there might be a good chance to start a business to meet the needs of the market. When I first started this money-washing business, it was for family members who liked to collect old precious banknotes. But later on, it hit me that this service would bring convenience to people as they are preparing for the Chinese New Year. It is one of our customs to put banknotes inside little red envelopes in order to bring our children good luck. To do that, people change old notes for new ones at the banks. But here in Taiwan, there are all kinds of rules about how much you can change, what days you can do that and which banks you can go to. Thats inconvenient. So I thought: why not give people another choice? If they like, they can just have their old notes washed and cleaned, and they will be as clean as new. He doesnt just put the notes in water, he uses special chemicals and no one knows what it is. His services dont come cheap, he charges about $10 for washing twenty banknotes. But as there is one month to go before the New Year holiday, hes been very busy, cleaning peoples banknotes and in the process, giving a new, clean image (比喻) to the expression money laundering (洗钱). 71. Yao Guan Cheng used to collect old banknotes for a living. 72. He started the business to answer the needs of the market. 73. People can change as many new banknotes as they like in Taiwan banks. 74. The coming of New Year means that more people will need Yao’s service. 75. His method of washing m