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中考英语阅读理解能力练习四

Do you save pennies? Lots of people do. In Washington,

D.C, a special group of people are trying to persuade

the government to get rid of the penny. These people want

to convince the government that pennies are more

trouble to carry than they are worth. Others at the U.S.

Mint, the place where pennies are made, disagree. They

say pennies are here to stay because most people want

them.

Some people think finding a penny will bring good luck.

However,they are often thrown out with the trash. In one

garbage recycling plant in Florida, workers find $1,000.00

in pennies every week.

Every year our government makes twelve billion pennies.

Every year six billion disappear into millions of piggy

banks.

1. The best title is .

(A) Pennies—Popular or Not?

(B) A Good-luck Penny

(C) Pennies from Heaven

(D) The U.S. Mint

2. A special group in Washington wants to .

(A) collect pennies

(B) get rid of the penny

(C) toss pennies in a wishing well

(D) give away pennies

3. Every year pennies are .

(A) used in board games (B) thrown out

(C) given a new design (D) worth more

4. The story suggests that compared to years ago a penny

today .

(A) is heavier in weight (B) is brighter

(C) does not buy much (D) is prettier

5. The underlined word“persuade" in Paragraph 1

means .

(A) help (B) upset

(C) win over (D) agree with

语言积累

penny n.便士,一分硬币

get rid of 除掉,废除

convince v.使相信

the 美国制币局

mint n.造币厂


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