文档介绍：北京地区***本科学士学位英语统一考试 2014 年 11月 Part I prehension (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 marke d A, B,C and D. You shoul d decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to5 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, pany has earned more than $ 800 million. But it may not bea good deal for the . (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 2C to produce a1C coin. Many countries have stopped using pennies. Is it time for the . to do the same? Jarden and the zinc industry are fighting to keep the penny. Since 2006, Jarden has given $ million to Americans mon 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, we would e more reliant on the five-cent coin, which also has problems; charities (慈善机构) that depend on penny drives would not be able to raise as m