Деньги - Money. Невежина С.Б - 10 стр.

printed with color-changing ink will look green from one angle and                 2. Check the sentence that best describes the main idea of
yellow from another. Home computers cannot use color-changing ink.            the whole article.
So any copies from a home computer will have normal ink and can be                   ___ a. It's easier to counterfeit money today than it was twenty
noticed quite easily.                                                         years ago.
       Additionally, money is made on special paper with very small                  ___ b. The government has several ways to try to stop counter-
pieces of red and blue silk mixed in. And on each bill there is a special     feiters.
line that runs from the top to the bottom of the bill. Suppose, for                  ___ c. New technology makes counterfeiting easier, but the
example, that you hold a $20 bill up to the light. If you do this, you        government has changed bills to make counterfeiting more difficult.
can see the line has the words 'USA twenty'. The line turns red if you
put it under a special (ultraviolet) light. This line and the special paper         READING FOR DETAILS
with red and blue silk are not easy for home computers to copy.                     Complete the sentences with information from the text.
       The government must try many different ways to stop counter-                  1. Twenty years ago, only a few people had the _________or
feiting. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing needs to keep changing          ________ to make fake money.
the way money is made because counterfeiters can learn to copy the                   2. One way to stop counterfeiters from making fake money on a
changes. Today copiers can't copy microprinted words or color-                _________is to use microprinted words.
changing ink. But, in a few years, who knows?                                        3. Bills have a _________that you can see if you hold them up
                                                                              to the light.
      READING FOR MAIN IDEAS                                                         4. Bills are printed on special paper that has pieces of
      1. The following sentences tell the main ideas of the seven             ___________and _________silk.
paragraphs in 'Making Money'. Read the sentences. For each,                          5. A boy in Scottsdale, Arizona, used his school's scanner to
write the correct paragraph number. The first one has been done               make _________copies of a $ _________ bill.
for you.                                                                             6. Money printed with color-changing ink looks green from one
                                                                              angle and _________ from another.
                                                           Paragraph
a. Casual counterfeiting is becoming a big problem,                                 READING BETWEEN THE LINES
   and the government is fighting the problem.              ____3____
                                                                                    Based on the information in the text, which of the following
b. Color-changing ink is a way to stop counterfeiters.      _________         statements do you think are true? Write T for true, F for false.
c. A child can easily copy paper money.                     _________         While some answers may be better than others, there aren't right
d. The government must always keep changing the                               or wrong answers. Compare your answers with a partner, and
   bills to stop people from counterfeiting.                _________         discuss the reasons for your answers.
e. Microprint is a way to stop counterfeiters.              _________
f. New technology makes casual counterfeiting                                        ____ 1. Some casual counterfeiters counterfeit a lot of money,
   possible.                                                _________         but others counterfeit only a few bills.
g. Special paper and a special line are two ways                                     ____ 2. Casual counterfeiters are bad people.
   to stop counterfeiters.                                  _________                ____ 3. Casual counterfeiters are easy to catch.
                                                                                     ____ 4. Today most counterfeit money is made by casual
                                                                              counterfeiters.

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