单选题 Dollars and cents are the basic units of American money．The back of all dollar bills are green(hence"greenbacks")．The commonly used coins are: one cent(penny), five cents(nickel), 10 cents(dime), and 25 cents(quarter)．50 pieces(half dollar)and silver dollars(not really silver anymore)are gaining in usage, while there has been talk of phasing out the penny—that's inflation for you．"Mways carry plenty of quarters when travelling．Very useful for phones, soda machines，laundry machines, etc."
There is generally no problem in using us dollars in Canada, but this is never possible in reverse．
It's always useful to carry small change for things like exact fare buses, but do not carry large sums of cash．Instead keep the bulk of your money in travellers’ cheques which can be purchased both in the us and abroad and should be in dollar denominations．The best known cheques are those of American Express, so you will have the least difficulty cashing these, even in out of the way places．Thomas Cook travellers'cheques are also acceptable, especially as lost ones can be reclaimed at some car rental companies．Dollar denomination cheques can be used like regular money. There's no need to cash them at a bank：use them instead to pay for meals，supermarket purchases or whatever．Ten or twenty dollar cheques are accepted like this almost always and you'll be given change just as though you'd presented the cashier with dollar bills．Be prepared to show I．D．when you cash your cheques．
Credit cards can be even more valuable than travellers'cheques, as they are often used to guarantee room reservations over the phone and are accepted in lieu of deposit when renting a car—indeed without a credit card you may be considered so untrustworthy that not only a deposit but your passport will be held as security too． The major credit cards are VISA, MASTER Charge and ACCESS，Diners Club and American Express．If you hold a bank card，it could well be worthwhile to increase your credit limit for travel purposes—you should ask your bank manager．

单选题 Why is it useful to carry enough 25-cent coins with you?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。文章第一段最后部分明确指出“Always carry plenty of quarters when wavering”，在旅行的时候要带足二十五美分的硬币，在第三段第一句还提到“It's always useful to carry small change for things like exact fare buses,”，由这两句可推断出，二十五美分的零钱可用于支付公交车 票，因此，[D] 选项为正确答案。
单选题 It is not necessary to carry cash instead of dollar travellers’cheques because thc latter can be______．
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章第三段中“There's no need to cash them at a bank use them instead to pay for meals，supermarket purchases or whatever.”的them 指代checks，由此句可知，美元面额的支票不需要到银行兑现，在餐馆、 超市或者任何时候都可以用这种支票付款，因此选择[B] 选项。
单选题 The phrase"in lieu of"(Line 2，Paragraph 4)most probably means______．
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义判断题。文章第四段破折号后面的部分表示，没有信用卡的话别人会不信任你，这时，出租公司不仅要收取你的定金还让你把护照留下以 确保安全，也就是说，信用卡可以代替定金，in lieu of的含义为“代替”， 因此，选择[D] 选项。
单选题 Which of the following statements is TRUE?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由文章第四段第一句“Credit cards can be even more valuable than travelers'cheques”可知，信用卡比旅行支票更有价值，而[A] 选项表达的正是此意，因此[A] 选项正确。
单选题 This passage is most probably taken from______．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。此题考查文章的出处，文章介绍了美元、美分的种类、用 途，以及支票和信用卡的用途，而且文章不断提到他们在旅行中的价值， 给读者提出在旅行中使用他们的建议。由此可知，文章可能出自旅行指 南，因此选择[A] 选项。其他选项的含义为：[B] a bank brochure(银行手 册)；[C] a booklet about car rental(租车手册)；[D] a handbook for U．S． currency(美国货币手册)；其中brochure，booklet和handbook为同义词， 都表示“小册子”。
语言点：
1．basic units ofAmerican money美国货币的基本单位
2．…while there has been talk of phasing out the penny尽管有人说要逐步淘 汰美分。
1)phase out使逐步淘汰，逐渐停止
2)句子分析：while引出让步状语从句，表示“尽管”。
3．in reverse反过来
4．that's inflation for you．那种说法对你来说有点夸张。 inflafon：夸张
5．the bulk of大半，大部，大多数
6．in dollar denominafons以美元的面值
7．have least difficulty doing sth．做某事没困难
8．out of the way places偏远的地区
9．There's rio need to do sth．没有必要做某事
10．Ten or twenty dollar cheques are accepted like this almost always and you'll be given change just as though you'd presented the cashier with dollar bills． 十美元或二十美元的支票一直都被人们接受，而且还找给你零钱，好像你 给收银员的是美钞一样。
句子分析：as though引出方式状语从句，从句中用虚拟语气。
11．for the purpose of 为了,因…起见