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【真题】2014年11月成人本科学位英语全真试卷
Reading
Comprehension
Directions: There are three
passages in this part. Each passage is followed by
some questions or
unfinished .statements. For
each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C
and D. You should
decide on the best choice
and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single
line through the center.
Jarden Zinc (锌) Products, a large zinc plant a
few miles outside Greeneville, Tennessee, has a
special claim. Since 1982, it has been the
only supplier of penny blanks for the U.S. Mint
(铸币厂).
It?s a good business for Jarden—since
2000, the company has earned more than $$800
million.
But it may not be a good deal for the
U. S.
The value of the penny has been
dropping for years. In 2006, it began to cost more
than a
penny to make a penny. It now costs 2 ￠
to produce a 1 ￠ coin. Many countries have stopped
using pennies. Is it time for the U. S. to do
the same?
Jarden and the zinc industry are
fighting to keep the penny. Since 2006, Jarden has
given
$$1.2 million to Americans for Common
Cents (ACC). The group?s mission is to keep the
penny in
use. Mark Weller is ACC?s executive
director. He argues that there are three main
reasons for
keeping the penny: Without it, we
would become more reliant on the five-cent coin,
which also
has problems; charities(慈善机构) that
depend on penny drives would not be able to raise
as
much money; and a 2012 survey shows that
67% of Americans want to keep the penny. Many
people surveyed said they feared they would
end up paying more for products.
Many
experts disagree with ACC. They point to the
dozens of countries that have gotten rid
of
their lowest-value coins without raising prices
for consumers. And charities don?t seem too
concerned either.
President Barack
Obama says the mint could explore using cheaper
metals to make pennies.
Steel is less
expensive than zinc. Pennies are 97.5% zinc and
2.5% copper. But no matter what it is
made of,
the penny?s days may be numbered. Most in-store
purchases are now made with credit
cards, not
cash. Is it time for a change?
第1题
What is
the main idea of the passage?
countries are
trying to reduce the cost of making coins.
days a penny made is a penny wasted.
is
disagreement over whether the U. S. should stop
using pennies.
countries have stopped using
pennies.
第2题
The mission of ACC is to
______.
t online surveys
the
production costs of the penny
money for
charities
the penny in use
第3题
The
penny coin is mainly made of ______.