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苊 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(发行) four Presidential苊 1 coins a year through 2016. Like the popular 50 State Quarters program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential苊 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 苊 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 “苊 1”.

There will be one Presidential苊 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.

Why did people line up at the railway station?

    A. To book train tickets.             B. To exchange money.

    C. To visit a coin show.              D. To visit the station itself.

In which order will the Presidential苊 1 coins come out?

    A. Each state joined the Union.       B. Each President was born.

    C. Each President took office.        D. Each President died.

It can be inferred from the passage that         .

    A. there are no words on the Sacagawea Golden Dollar

    B. the new coin can buy more than the old coin

    C. the new coin takes on a white color

    D. the Sacagawea Golden Dollar is bigger

Why will Grover Cleveland have two coins?

    A. He served longer than any other President.

    B. He is the most famous President in the U.S.

    C. He is the only one who has served two terms.

    D. He served two terms but not continuously.

Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

    A. Presidential苊 1 coin issued.

    B. Different ways to honor Presidents.

    C. The differences between Presidential苊 1 coin and other coins.

D. Collections of old dollar bills.

A town in Oxfordshire has become the first in the UK to have biomethane(生物甲烷)gas from human waste piped to their homes for gas central heating and cooking.

Up to 200 families in Didcot now receive the gas via the national gas power system. Head of energy and technology at British Gas, Martin Orrill, said customers wouldn’t notice any difference as the gas is purified(提炼)to the highest standard and has no smell. The gas is produced at a sewage(污物)treatment works plant in Didcot.

The entire process takes only less than three weeks, with the sewage being collected and sent first to settlement tanks. The solid waste material is then fed into digesters, where anaerobic bacteria(厌氧菌)digest the sewage, with the aid of enzymes(酶)to speed up the process. The digestion process produces methane, which can be burned to drive machines to produce electricity, or can be purified and fed into the gas network and piped to homes and businesses. British Gas says supplying the gas rather than electricity is far more efficient since around two-thirds of the energy is lost in producing electricity.

Partners in the Didcot project, British Gas, Scotia Gas Networks, and Thames Water, all hope to expand the process to other towns, and other companies such as Ecotricity and United Utilities have also announced biomethane projects being planned. One of these projects, in Manchester, could be supplying 500 homes with biomethane by mid next year. Another British Gas project in Suffolk will provide gas from digestion of brewery wastes to around 235 families.

The Didcot project cost £2.5m and was influenced by promises of government aids aimed at encouraging companies to develop renewable technologies. An EU directive means the UK must ensure at least 15 percent of its energy is from renewable sources by 2020.

    The UK produces about 1.73 million tons of sewage annually. If all sewage treatment works in the UK were fitted with the technology, they could supply gas for up to 350,000 families.

Which of the following is true of the biomethane gas?

   A. It’s mainly made from rotting plants.

   B. It’s an environmentally friendly gas.

   C. Its production process is too long.

   D. It’s easily recognized by the customers.

What is the function of the enzymes?

   A. To digest the solid waste material.

   B. To help get rid of anaerobic bacteria.

   C. To help purify the biomethane.

   D. To speed up the digestion process.

According to British Gas, the biomethane gas had better be used _____.

   A. as the power for the vehicles                          

   B. for the heating and cooking

   C. to produce the electricity                               

   D. to drive a variety of machines

The last three paragraphs mainly show that _____.

   A. UK government supports the biome thane projects

   B. the biome thane projects are very costly

   C. the biome thane projects still face many barriers

   D. the biome thane projects are promising

What should the text belong to?

   A. Computer science.             B. Engineering.      C. Energy.             D. Business.

The Museum of Childhood is Australia’s most comprehensive collection of childhood items including toys, dolls, infant and school material.

     Housed in a modern facility(设施), the displays reflect Australian childhood experience over time including play, child rearing(=raising),orphanage(孤儿院)childhood and home, school and war time experience.

     There are many hands-on exhibits and education sessions including the famous” lesson” in the 1920s One Teacher Bush Classroom.

     The Museum also hosts national touring exhibitions and conducts special activities on Sundays and school holidays(ring for details).

     Open: Tuesday—Friday 10am—4pm,Sunday 10am—4:30pm,or by arrangement.

     Special activities on Sundays as advertise.

     Closed: Public holidays,16 December—18 January.

     Location: Edith Cowan University campus, Bay Road, Claremont(take bus 208 and alight at the Bay Road and Princessinter section. The Museum is 15 minutes’ walk from Claremont.

On_______ you can stay at Museum until half past four.

  A. Wednesday    B. Friday    C. Sunday     D. Monday

If you want to attend a special activity, you’d better come on________.

  A. Monday       B. Tuesday  C. Saturday    D. Sunday

The underlined word” alight “most probably means________.

  A. get off        B. light      C. cross      D. go long

The main purpose of the Museum of Childhood is to__________.

  A. display toys, dolls, infant and school material. B. reflect Australian childhood experience over time.

  C. host national touring exhibition.            D. tell you the famous“ lesson” in the 1920s.

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