题目内容
Pennies(硬币,零钱)are worth saving. If you find a penny, pick it up, (1) some day you could have a million pennies,like students at a primary school in Logan,Utah!
Eight years ago,a student in Dave Jorgensen's fifth-grade (2) class asked, u What does a million look (3) ?"
Let's (4) it out," he answered, and suggested a penny collection.
Some students emptied (5) piggy banks;some (6) their pocket money, and some hand in their surplus(剩余的)lunch money. And as the shiny copper pile grew,the cents helped them make sense of math. They learned a million pennies weighed (7) than three tons,would pile up over a mile (8) and stretch(伸展)three (9) long,and that they'd need a container capable(能够)of holding a cubic(立方)yard to hold them.
"Wow!" the students shouted (10) surprise. Does the lowly penny really add up? While not everyone even (11) up a lowly penny, organizations like McDonald's and UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会)know its value(价值).They use penny harvests to raise money for (12) from college scholarships(奖学金)to housing for the homeless.
Last June the students collected the millionth penny. They plan to put a million pennies towards (13) a school in a third-world country. "It started as a math (14) ," says the headmaster, "and (15) as a lesson in charity."
( ) 1. A. or B. and C. but D. while
( ) 2. A. math B. physics C. history D. Chinese
( ) 3. A. at B. for C. like D. after
( ) 4. A. look B. watch C. find D. carry
( ) 5. A. they B. them C. their D. our
( ) 6. A. collected B. got C. had D. owned
( ) 7. A. much B. more C. most D. over
( ) 8. A. high B. low C. highly D. lowly
( ) 9. A. meters B. feet C. miles D. centimeters
( ) 10. A. at B. in C. for D. on
( ) 11. A. gets B. picks C. looks D. takes
( ) 12. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. nobody
( ) 13. A. finding B. seeing C. building D. entering
( ) 14. A. match B. exam C. project D. story
( ) 15. A. finished B. ended C. closed D. concluded
1. B表示顺承关系用and。故选B。
2. A根据第四段中的make sense of math可知,这是一节数学课。故选A。
3. C 表示"看起来"用look like。故选C。
4. C联系上下文可知,此处指"让我们把它搞清楚"。表示"弄清楚"用find out;代词作宾语要放在副词out前,即find it out,选C。
5. C此处指"他们的存钱罐",应用形容词性物主代词,故选C。
6. A动词collect有"募集"的意思,故选A。
7. B句意:他们得知一百万枚硬币重达3吨多。over和more than表示"超过",故选B。
8. A由pile up可知选A。
9. C由常识知选C。
10. B 表示"吃惊地"用in surprise,故选B。
11. D根据organizations like McDonald's and UNICEF know its value可知,前文意为:虽然不是人人都对这微不足道的硬币感兴趣。take up有"对……感兴趣"之意,故选D。
12. A 由句中空格后的from college scholarships to housing for the homeless知此处用everything
13. C句意:他们打算把一百万枚硬币用于在一个第三世界国家建一所学校。
14. C此处意为:这开始于一个数学课题。
15. B 此处的动同为前一句中started的对应词,故选B。