月北京地区***本科学士学位英语统一考试真题 月北京地区***本科学士学位英语统一考试真题 月北京地区***本科学士学位英语统一考试真题 北京地区***本科学士学位英语统一考试 2014年11月 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three passages in this part。 Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Jarden Zinc Products, a large zinc plant a few miles outside Greeneville, Tennessee, has a special claim. Since 1982, it has been the only supplier of penny blanks for the . Mint (铸币厂). It's a good business for Jarden—since 2000, the company has earned more than $ 800 million。 But it may not be a good deal for the U。S。 (76) The value of the penny has been dropping for years. In 2006, it began to cost more than a penny to make a penny. It now costs 2 C to produce a 1 C coin。 Many countries have stopped using pennies. Is it time for the U。S. to do the same? Jarden and the zinc industry are fighting to keep the penny. Since 2006, Jarden has given $1。2 million to Americans for Common Cents (ACC). The group's mission is to keep the penny in use. Mark Weller is ACC’s executive director。 He argues that there are three main reasons for keeping the penny: Without it,