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阅读填空(建议用时:30分钟)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. 1(2013长沙模拟)Taking the High School Placement Test(HSPT高中编班测试)is a fact of life for an eighth grade student wishing to get into a high school. All students must take this test for admission. Being informed about what the test is and what the test is for will help reduce the feeling of being very worried about the test. HSPT is a placement test to make proper placement in the ninth grade. This examination is used to evaluate a students knowledge and determine if the student has enough knowledge and understanding in certain subject areas. The HSPT comes in two forms: the Open Form and the Closed Form. Both forms of the test measure the basic skills in language, reading and mathematics. There are some tips to help answer the reading comprehension questions. Knowing much about some common reading comprehension questions is the key to doing well on this part of the test. Being familiar with these types of questions can help you spend less time looking for the answers. Often a reading comprehension test will ask you to choose the best title for the passage. All of the choices fit the passage but there will be only one choice that contains the main idea of the passage. Never spend too much time on one question. Make certain that you have allowed yourself enough time to answer all of the questions. It means that you should manage time successfully. The other parts of the test, including vocabulary, history and math, need a different way for doing well. When working on these parts, you should always do the easiest questions first and then go back to answer the harder questions. Always use any scratch paper(草稿纸)you are given and do your calculation on it to avoid simple mistakes. The tests differ in the type of information they provide. It is important for a student to take the test of the school which he wishes to attend. Title: 1. ParticipantsThe 2. students wishing to enter a high school. 3._To 4. in the ninth gradeTo check whether the students have enough abilities in some subjectsFormsThe Open Form and the Closed Form5. About the reading comprehension of the test6. your time to look for the answers by knowing some common reading comprehension questions well7. that contains the main idea of the passage when you are choosing the best title for the passageAnswering all of the questions by 8. About vocabulary, history and math of the testAnswering the easiest questions firstAnswering 9. thenUsing scratch paper to make sure you 10. 2(2013长沙模拟)Having long been underrated(低估)and ignored, the penny is one of Americas most enduring failures. But a recent proposal to ban the penny by some US congress members seeks to put the coin to sleeppermanently. Representative Jim Kolbe from Arizona is the man who proposed the bill to stamp out the penny. He says the coin has outlived its usefulness. With metal prices soaring, Kolbe says it costs 1. 23 cents to produce a penny. Producing the coins will amount to a $20 million waste each year. It is not simply about the cost of production. Centuries of inflation have made the pennyfirst put into circulation in 1787close to worthless. Many Americans dont even view pennies as currency any more. They take them only reluctantly in change and then put them in jars or desk drawers at home. An estimated $10. 5 billion in pennies, or $93. 75 per household, sits idle in piggy banks and behind sofas. Anti-penny advocates argue that 1-cent coins cost US companies more than $300 million a year in lost productivity. This comes mostly from the time and effort spent counting and putting pennies into paper rolls for bank deposits. Jim Kolbe suggests that all cash transactions be rounded to the nearest nickel. For example, items that cost 11 or 12 cents would be rounded down to 10, 13-and 14-cent items would be rounded up to 15. People paying by credit or bank card, however, would likely continue to pay exact amounts. But plenty of Americans oppose the ban. Some say eliminating the penny would cause significant hardship to a wide range of people. US economist Raymond Lombra says that moving to the 5-cent nickel would cost consumers $ 3 billion over five years. The poor suffer more since they tend to buy with cash instead of credit cards. Penny supporters point out that the penny is the only coin carrying the image of Americas much respected president Abraham Lincoln. Some major charities are also alarmed by talk of a penny ban. They often base fund-raising campaigns on donations of pennies and other coins. One such campaign is called“Pennies for Patients”. They have raised more than $68 million through coin collections since 1994. A recent US Today poll found that 55 percent of adults want to keep the
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