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　　(2012·长郡中学月考六)Have you ever ripped a dollar bill by mistake? If so, perhaps you taped it back together. Sometimes money is damaged in more serious ways. Then it is not easy to fix. If you cannot repair paper money, you cannot use it. You have to send badly damaged money to a special government office in Washington, D. C.

　　The people who work in this office sit at long tables under bright lights. Their main tools are magnifying glasses and tweezers. Their job is to piece together the damaged bills. The workers try to find at least half of each of bill. Otherwise the government will not pay the owner for it.

　　This office is very busy. It handles about 30, 000 cases per year. People may wait a long time before their case comes up, but it's worth it. The service is free, and you may get your money back.

　　How is money damaged? Sometimes it is damaged in a fire. Then a person may have mostly ashes to send in. Sometimes money is damaged in a flood. Then the bills are faded and stuck together. People had sent money that had gone through the washing machine. Some bills have been chewed by animals. Others somehow got into blenders.

　　Also some people don't like banks, so they hid their money in unusual places. If bills are buried in cans, they sometimes get moldy. Mice often nibble at money hidden in attics and basements.

　　Once, a truck carrying money for a bank exploded. There was a big fire. The truck company sent in the remains of the bills. They were worth $2.5 million dollars. Thanks to the government workers, the company got a check for all the money.

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