题目内容
Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they weren’t there to catch a train. They came to New York City’s famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $ 1 coin.
The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U.S. Mint(造币厂)that honors former U.S. Presidents. The Mint will issue four Presidential $ 1 coins a year through 2016. Like the popular 50 State Quarters(纪念币) program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential $ 1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served. The George Washington coin is the first to be released. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year.
The Presidential $ 1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar. However, there is an important difference. For the first time since the 1930s, there is an inscription(题字)on the edge of each coin. Each coin will show a different President on its face, or head side. It will also show the President’s name, the order in which he served and his years in office. The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions “United States of America” and “$ 1”.
There will be one Presidential $ 1 coin for each President, except Grover Cleveland. He will have two! Cleveland is the only U.S. President to have served two nonconsecutive(不连续的)terms.
The last President scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford because a President must have been dead for two years before he can be on a coin.
Hundreds of people lined up at the railway station in order to ____________.
A. exchange money B. visit a coin show
C. book train tickets D. do some shopping
What may you find on the head side of the new US $ 1 coin?
A. The Statue of Liberty B. The name of a U.S. president
C. The year when the coin was made D. The inscriptions “ United States of America”
Why will Grover Cleveland have two coins ?
A. He is the only one who has served two terms
B. He is the most famous President in the U.S.
C. He served longer than any other President.
From the passage we can infer that_________.
A. the new presidential coin can buy more than the old coin.
B. the U.S. Mint has issued all the presidential coins by now.
C. no presidential coin has been released for president Obama
D. the coins are issued to honor the greatest presidents in America
【小题1】A【小题1】B【小题1】D【小题1】C
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My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.
One of us was always in Ollie’s hospital room—either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce’s wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.
“I don’t want to leave you, Dad,” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen.” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes,” he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know.” A few days later, around 2 p.m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It’s a boy,” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called,” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o’ clock.”
Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.
1.Ollie didn’t travel to Florida because________.
A.he was too weak to travel |
B.he could hardly be able to speak |
C.he could not afford the trip |
D.he was waiting for his grandchild to be born |
2.Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?
A.Ollie thought it was too much trouble for Bruce to stay at hospital. |
B.Ollie wanted Bruce to bring the baby along as soon as it was born. |
C.Ollie didn’t want his son to be absent when his baby was born. |
D.Ollie couldn’t bear his son seeing him dying with a broken heart. |
3.The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.
A.Disappointedly |
B.Unwillingly |
C.Excitedly |
D.Immediately |
4.What can we learn from the passage ?
A.Ollie and his wife had planned to settle in Florida. |
B.Ollie cared for his son more than his daughter. |
C.Ollie was sad about not being able to see his first grandchild. |
D.Ollie died happy and in peace. |