Question

　 Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college．In 2007， 51 he

Was a student at the University of Illinois．he came up

with an idea to 52　 his tuition fee(學(xué)費)and college

costs problem．Hayes thought everyone could afford to

give him a penny．

He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene．

Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s　 53　 to

send him a penny．Greene thought the idea sounded

54 and agreed to do it．

　 “Just one penny．”Hayes said．“A penny doesn’t

55 anything to anyone．If everyone who is reading

your paper looks around the room right now，there will be a 56 under a seat，or on

the comer of the desk，or on the floor．That’s all I’m 　 57 ．A Denny from each of

your readers．”

　 In less than a month，the Many Pennies for Mike Fund(基金)had around 2．3 million

pennies．Not everyone sent 58 a penny，many even sent dollars．Money was

received from every state in the United States．So，Hayes reached his$28，000 target(目

標)and 59　 to get money for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois．

　 Perhaps the last word is best left to his father．Bill Hayes：“When Mike first told

me about his　 60　　 ，I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish--Which shows

you that he’s smarter tIlan I am．”

51．A．before　　　　 B．because　　　　 C．while　　　　　　 D．if

52．A．solve　　　　 B．make　　　　　 C．spend　　　　　 D．cause

53．A．editors　　　　 B．readers　　　　 C．managers　　　　 D．Writers

54．A．bad　　　　　 B．tree　　　　　　 C．relaxing　　　　 D．fun

55．A．buy　　　　　 B．mean　　　　　　 C．show　　　　　 D．pass

56．A．newspaper　　 B．book　　　　　　 C．dollar　　　　　　 D．penny

57．A．a(chǎn)sking　　　 B．writing　　　　　 C．saying　　　　　 D．doing

58．A．only　　　　 B．a(chǎn)lmost　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)lso　　　　　　 D．over

59．A．kept on　　　 B．called on　　　　 C．went on　　　　　 D．put on

60．A．dream　　　　 B．idea　　　　　　 C．problem 　　　　　D．study

Answer 1

【主旨大意】Mike Hayes在上大學(xué)一年級的時候就證明了他的聰明才智，他給芝加哥論壇報的作者Bob Greene寫信，希望讀這張報紙的每個讀者能給他一便士以便他完成學(xué)業(yè)。結(jié)果不到一個月的時間，Mike就完成了他的目標。

51. C 2007年Mike是Illionois大學(xué)的學(xué)生，while當......的時候；before在......之前；because因為；if如果，由句意可知答案為C。

52. A 根據(jù)文章的意思可知，他想出的辦法能解決他的學(xué)費問題，因此答案為A。

53. B 根據(jù)下文可知，此處應(yīng)為報紙的讀者們，因此答案為B。

54. D bad差點；true真實的；relaxing令人放松的；fun有意思的，由上下文的意思可知答案為D。

55. B 本句句意為“一便士對人們來說沒有什么。”mean意味著，因此答案為B。

56. D 本段最后一句（A penny from each of your readers.）有暗示。

57. A句意：那就是我想要的。Ask要求（某人給某物）；其他三個不符合題意。

58. D 根據(jù)下文“many even sent dollars”可知，有些人送的不僅僅是一便士。

59. C 由上文可知，錢還在不斷地有人捐助他，繼續(xù)應(yīng)該用go on來表示，因此答案為C。

60. B his idea與第一段中he came up with an idea相呼應(yīng)。