【題目】Suvir Mirchandani，14，had a clever idea: change the font that the English words use.

Since the new term, the student from Pittsburgh, US, found that there were many __【1】___(print) handouts at his school. He wanted to cut waste and ___【2】___ money.

W___【3】___ many people focus on paper use. Suvir set his eyes on c___【4】____ down ink usage.

He picked five of the most __【5】__ (common) used letters: e,t,a,o and r. First, he made a chart to show ___【6】___ often each letter was used in four different fonts. Garamind, Times New Poman, Century Gothic and Comic Sans. Then he measured how much ink was used for each letter ____【7】__(use) a software program.

Next he _【8】____(放大) the letters, printed them and cut them out on paper to weigh them to check his findings.

Suvir found that by using Garamond with its thin strokes，his school district could r____【9】__ its ink usage by 24 percent.

After he _【10】____(應用)his project to the US government, he found it could help the government use 25 percent less ink and save $400 million!

【答案】

【1】printed

【2】save

【3】While

【4】cutting

【5】commonly

【6】how

【7】using

【8】enlarged

【9】reduce

【10】applied

【解析】

【1】考查動詞。句意：他發(fā)現(xiàn)學校有很多打印的文字發(fā)放材料，使用過去分詞做定語，所以填printed

【2】考查動詞。句意：他想減少浪費，節(jié)約錢，所以填save

【3】考查連詞。這兩句話是轉(zhuǎn)折關系，所以填While

【4】考查動詞。使用短語cut down減少，on后面接動名詞，所以填cutting

【5】考查副詞。句意：他挑選五個最常用的字母，使用common的副詞，所以填commonly

【6】考查副詞。句意：他做了一個圖表表示每個字母在四個不同的字體中使用頻率.how often多久一詞，所以填how

【7】考查動詞。句意：他用軟件測量每個字母用多少墨水.所以填using

【8】考查動詞。句意：他放大字母，所以填enlarged

【9】考查動詞。句意：學校可以減少墨水使用24%，所以填reduce

【10】考查動詞。句意：在把他的項目應用到政府后，所以填applied

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