All children want to have pocket money. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount? 51
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. 52 Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money.
First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time. 53
In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that. 54
Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with the money. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. 55 Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children.
A One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money.
B They can save it for future use.
C Timing is another consideration.
D As helping at home is a normal part of family life.
E Some children are not good at managing their pocket money.
F Learning how to get money is very important for every child.
G By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget.
Sometimes people cheat in daily life. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game.
Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test --- unless the person cheats again.
Some people lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too.
Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.
If you were sick or upset about something the night before and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.
A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions(解决办法) together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.
1.The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, _______.
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A．teachers should punish them |
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B．it does harm to their heath |
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C．it is unfair to other people |
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D．teachers shouldn’t stop them at once |
2.Some students like cheating mainly because_________.
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A．the material in the test is very difficult |
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B．they want to do better than the others |
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C．cheating can make hard things seem very easy |
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D．they have little time to study their lessons |
3.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.
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A．cheating isn’t a good idea |
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B．some kids don’t spend the time studying |
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C．some kids can’t pass the test without cheating |
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D．why kids cheat in the test |
4.We can learn from the passage______.
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A．cheaters are often thought highly of |
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B．people show no respect for those who cheat |
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C．parents whose kids cheat are often in trouble |
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D．kids cheat in the test because of swim practice |
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.
1.What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?
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A．She wrote too many letters. |
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B．She was a woman. |
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C．She couldn’t graduate from medical school. |
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D．She couldn’t set up her hospital. |
2.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
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A．She couldn’t get admitted to medical school |
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B．She decided to further her education in Paris |
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C．A serious eye problem stopped her |
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D．It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States |
3.How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
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A．Nineteen years |
B．Ten years |
C．Eight years |
D．Thirty-six years |
4.Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.
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A．the United States |
B．Paris |
C．England |
D．New York City |
One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
1.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?
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A．He had just got a new cage. |
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B．He liked its beautiful feather. |
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C．He wanted a pet for a companion. |
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D．He wanted it to sing for him. |
2.The mockingbird died because it ______.
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A．drank the poisonous water by mistake |
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B．was frightened to death |
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C．refused to eat anything |
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D．ate the poisonous food its mother gave it |
3.An ornithologist probably means ______.
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A．a religious person |
B．a kind person |
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C．an expert in birds |
D．a schoolmaster |
4.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?
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A．Freedom is very valuable to all living things. |
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B．All birds put in a cage won’t live long. |
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C．You should keep the birds from their mother. |
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D．Be careful about food you give to baby birds. |
Long long ago, there was a man who was good at shooting arrows．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer（射手） of the country．The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”
The man could not believe what the servant said，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，and I’m nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”
1.The young archer wanted to kill the old man because_______.
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A．he could then become the greatest archer |
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B．he had nothing more to learn from him |
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C．the old man refused to teach him everything |
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D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO |
2.What do you think would most probably happen next?
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A．The young archer died from the wound soon after． |
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B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer． |
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C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him． |
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D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’s master． |
3.What lesson can you learn from the story?
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A．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow． |
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B．You must never try to become better than your teacher． |
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C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes． |
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D．There’s always someone better than you in this world． |
I will never forget what happened to me that day. That afternoon，I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 16 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 17 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 18 in front of him, which he was 19 to read, but I could 20 that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my 21 the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the 22 way in which the waiter and I 23 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 24 went on and it became 25 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 26 . When he came out, he paid his bill and 27 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 28 . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He 29 you here because he thought you were the man he 30 . ” “What?” I said, showing my 31 . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 32 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 33 ”. “Well, it’s really 34 I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “ 35 , I might have been in trouble. ”
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