The penny is getting a change. The United States Mint (制幣廠) revealed four new designs for the 1-cent piece, to celebrate the coming 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth. United States Mint Director Ed Moy announced the new looks for the penny today in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. "These coins are a tribute (贊辭) to one of our greatest Presidents, whose legacy (遺教) has had a lasting impact on our country," Moy said.
The heads side of the new pennies will continue to bear the profile (側(cè)面) likeness of President Lincoln and the motto "In God We Trust." The back sides will pay tribute to four major parts of
The first redesigned penny will feature a log cabin that represents Lincoln's birthplace, near
The first penny will be released into circulation on February 12, 2009,
"This is an important occasion in the history of our nation's coin-age because these designs represent the first change in the
56. Why does the United States Mint get the
A. Because the design is out of date.
B. Because the design doesn’t match
C. Because the old coin is hard to be released into circulation.
D. Because the country wants to honor
57. Which is the correct order of the new coins according to the description in the passage?
A. a, b, c, d B. b, a, d, c C. c, d, a, b D. b, c, a, d
58. How many new
A. One. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
59. All the newly designed coins feature the following EXCEPT _____.
A. the profile likeness of President Lincoln B. the motto "In God We Trust"
C. the portrait of young Abraham Lincoln D. the writing "
60. Which of the following does Penny Image 4 show? __________________
A. Professional Life in
C. Formative Years in
56. D。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第二句可知：為了慶祝林肯誕辰200周年美國造幣廠將一分硬幣改變圖案設(shè)計。
57. B。圖文轉(zhuǎn)換題。根據(jù)第三段對四枚硬幣的描述，第一枚是關(guān)鍵詞是“小木屋”；第二枚的關(guān)鍵詞是“坐在圓木上看書”；第三枚的關(guān)鍵詞是“年青的林肯在伊利諾斯議會會堂前”；第四枚的關(guān)鍵詞是“未竣工的美國國會大廈”。
58. D。細節(jié)題。短文最后一句“在2009年將發(fā)行一枚林肯紀念銀幣”，再加上文中提到的四種硬幣，合計為五枚。
59. C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段對第二枚和第三枚硬幣的描述可知：只有兩枚硬幣中有林肯年青時的肖像。
60. B。推測題。根據(jù)短文對第四枚硬幣的描述，此枚硬幣所反映的主題是林肯在華盛頓特區(qū)當總統(tǒng)期間的生活側(cè)面。
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全優(yōu)沖刺100分系列答案科目：高中英語 來源：2011-2012學(xué)年福建省龍巖一中高一第四學(xué)段（期末）考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解
Many people say pennies are not worth saving. After all, a penny is only worth a cent. But one unusual penny turned out to be worth a lot more when a coin collector paid $1.7 million for it earlier this month.
The coin is one of a kind. It is the only penny that the Denver mint(鑄幣廠) made out of copper, instead of steel, in 1943. Because it is unique, it is also very valuable. No penny has ever sold for so much money.
The Changing Penny
The Lincoln penny first appeared in 1909. For 34 years, the one-cent coin was made out of copper. Then, in 1943, the penny changed. World War II was going on, and copper was needed for equipment. So for one year, pennies were made out of steel instead. At least most of them were.
Only a few coins were made out of unused copper. There are three main mints, or places where coins are made, in the United States. Of the known copper pennies from 1943, twelve were made in the Philadephia mint, and five were made in the San Francisco mint. Only one was made in the Denver mint.
Nobody knows for sure why a copper penny was made at the Denver mint in 1943, coin dealers Andy Skrabalak told Time for Kids. “There is a rumor that a mint employee made the coin in the middle of the night.”
A Special Set
The coin collector who bought the $1.7 million penny wants to remain unknown. But the reason for the trade is known. He already had two copper pennies from 1943 – one from the San Francisco mint and one from the Philadephia mint. To complete the set, he needed the Denver penny. The three coins will go on display at a coin exhibition in Tampa, Florida.
The collector who sold the penny is also keeping his name a secret. It took four years to convince him to give up the rare coin. Now that he has finally donating all of the money to charity.
【小題1】Why is the Lincoln penny worth over one million dollars?
A. Because it has a history of thirty-four years.
B. Because it was made out of a rare material.
C. Because it was made on one night of 1943 by the Denver mint.
D, Because it was the only coin Denver mint made out of copper in 1943.
【小題2】Before the Lincoln penny was sold, people thought one-cent coins __________.
| A．were worth collecting for selling later |
| B．were surely valuable if not made out of steel |
| C．wouldn’t be sold for large amounts of money |
| D．were only useful for some coin museums |
| A．Five | B．Twelve | C．Seventeen | D．Eighteen |
| A．He already had two copper pennies from 1943. |
| B．He wanted to complete the set of copper pennies. |
| C．He didn’t want to sell his penny in the beginning. |
| D．He was a well-known coin dealer in Tampa, Horida. |
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科目：高中英語 來源：山東省莘縣實驗高中2010屆高考模擬考試英語試題（五） 題型：閱讀理解
I've tried to explain compound interest to my eight - year - old daughter. When I have finished it, she summarizes back to me, "So, you are saying if I put $ 100 in the bank, when I turn sixteen the bank will give me $ 200?" She has already grasped more of the concept than I understood at her age, but she couldn't clearly understand that until she sees them in action.
One day I gave her a Ziploc bag with a handful of pennies and told her over the course of a week I wanted her to give me a penny a day. I would deposit the penny in " The Bank of Dad" and compound interest would begin to accumulate the day she deposited the penny. At the end of the week we would check her bank balance.
Each day my daughter handed over one penny at the breakfast table and I deposited it in her bank. I gave her a "receipt" for her deposit and explained that she needed to keep up with the receipts to see how much money she had added to her account. In an effort to make this a little more realistic, I deposited a penny from my own piggy bank every other day to give her an additional four pennies at the end of the week.
On Sunday evening we gathered receipts and confirmed she had deposited seven pennies in "The Bank of Dad. " Then I opened the old film container and counted out its contents—all eleven pennies. "Hey, there are four extra pennies in there!" I explained that her original seven pennies had grown to eleven pennies because every couple days the bank paid her a penny for letting them use her money—that's interest. She paused and asked, "Dad, what would happen if you deposited like a hundred million pennies in the bank?
1．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ____.
A．the writer' s daughter understood compound interest better than him
B．the writer wanted her daughter to understand compound interest
C．the writer' s daughter understood compound interest very well
D．the writer' s daughter grasped the exact meaning of compound interest
2．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?
A．The writer' s daughter got a handful of pennies from her father.
B．The writer got compound pennies from "The Bank of Dad".
C．The writer placed one penny in "The Bank of Dad" each day.
D．Compound interest would begin to increase at the end of the week.
3．Each day the writer’s daughter ____.
A．got a penny from her father B．received interest from her father
C．deposited a penny in her piggy bank D．handed over one penny to her father
4．What can 
we infer from the passage?
A．"The Bank of Dad" paid the girl a penny each day as interest.
B．The father used a good way to show his daughter about interest.
C．There were eleven pennies in the old film container in total.
D．The writer's daughter was very puzzled with compound interest.
5．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．How to Deposit Pennies in "The Bank of Dad"．
B．Welcome to Deposit Money in the Bank.
C．How to Teach Compound Interest to Kids.
D．A Good Relationship between Father and Kid.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學(xué)年甘肅武威七中高二年級9月月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth－so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?" He looked it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?" "Twenty pounds," I said. "OK," he said, "I’ll give you twenty pounds." "It’s got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing."
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked. "Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done." "I’ll buy it," I said. "What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me," he said. "Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it." "You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. "I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair." "You’re right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, “ Would you mend this chair for me?”. “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it," he said. "We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing.
1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _____.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
2.The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means _____.
A. plan for dealing with things
B. decision to sell things
C. idea of repairing things
D. way of doing things
3.The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper _____.
A. changed his mind B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose D. decided to help the writer
4.How much did the writer pay?
A. ￡5. B. ￡7. C. ￡20. D. ￡27.
5.From the text, we can learn that the writer was _____.
A. honest B. careful C. smart D. funny
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科目：高中英語 來源：2010-2011學(xué)年黑龍江省高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a lot of antique (古董)shops near my home. So I left my home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth. So I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?" He looked at it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it?" "Twenty pounds." I said. "OK," he said, "I will give you twenty pounds." "It’s got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that, it is nothing. "the shopkeeper answered.
Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked. "It will be easy to sell once the repair is done." "I will buy it." I said. "What do you mean? You just sold it to me." "Yes, I know, but I have just changed my mind, I am sorry. I will give you twenty - seven pounds for it." "You must be crazy." he said. Suddenly the penny dropped. "I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair." " You are right," I said, "What would you have done if I had walked in and asked you to mend the chair?" "I would not have agreed to do that. We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it, and too much trouble. But! will mend this for you. Will you pay it for five? ". He was a very nice person and was greatly amused (感到有趣)by the whole thing.
1. We can learn from the passage that in the first shop the writer________.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair.
2. The expression" the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_________.
A. changed his mind B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose D. decided to help the writer
3.How much did the writer pay for the repair?
A. 5. B. 7. C. 20. D. 27.
4. From the text, we can learn that the writer was___________.
A. honest B. careful C. smart D. funny
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科目：高中英語 來源：2010年黑龍江省高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
Have you ever posted letters to your friends or parents? If so, you must have put stamps on the letters before you sent them. But, how did people receive letters before stamps were invented, and who came up with the idea of using stamps?
In the past, stamps and envelopes were not used. When people wanted to send a letter, they would close the paper with a seal（封�。�. The person who got the letter had to pay for it. Because costs at that time were very high, most people refused to accept letters. In fact, the sender would often place secret marks on the outside of the letter. The person who was sent the letter would read the secret message. Then, they would refuse to accept the letter and did not have to pay for it.
In Britain, Sir Rowland Hill introduced the “Post Office Reforms” in 1837. He decided that letters could go to any place in the country for a penny even if the letter had to go far away. The cost was to be paid by the sender of the letter. Payment was recorded by placing a small piece of coloured paper on the letter, the stamp! On May 6,1840, the first stamp called the “Penny Black” was born. Because the stamp was printed in black, the stamp became known as the “Penny Black”. This is now the world’s most famous stamp. This new system spread fast.
1.The best title for this passage should be______
|
A．The First Stamp. |
B．How Stamp Was First Made |
|
C．Why the First Stamp Was Made |
D．When Was Stamp First Made |
2.Before stamps were used,______ would pay for the letter.
|
A．the sender |
B．the receiver |
C．the government |
D．no one |
3.The first stamp was made______.
|
A．more than 160 years ago |
B．more than two centuries ago |
|
C．less than 100 years ago |
D．a(chǎn)bout 100 years ago |
4.Which of the following is true about the first stamp of China?
|
A．It was made much earlier than the first stamp of the US |
|
B．The stamp had a snake on it |
|
C．The stamp couldn’t be found now |
|
D．The stamp had a picture of a dragon on it |
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