Winners Club
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户) where you receive a key – card so you can get to your money 24/7 – that's 24 hours a day, 7 days aweek!
It's a club with impressive features for teenagers:
●No account keeping fees!
You're no millionaire so we don't expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
●Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (储蓄) without taking them out in a month.
●Convenient
Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet ... You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part – time job!
●Mega magazine included
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We can't want to hear from you. It's the best way to choose to be a winner!
1.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _________.
A. parents B. teenagers
C. winners D. adults
2.The Winners Club provides magazines which _________.
A. encourage spending
B. are free to all teenagers
C. are full of adventure stories
D. help to make more of your money
3.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must _________.
A. be an Internet user B. be permitted by your parent
C. have a big sum of money D. be in your twenties
4.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?
A. Special gifts are ready for parents.
B. The bank opens only on work days.
C. Services are convenient for its members.
D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.
5.What is the purpose of this text?
A. To set up a club.
B. To provided part – time jobs.
C. To introduce a new banking service.
D. To organize key – cards.
In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo — a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.
1.When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be_________.
A. a writer B. a doctor
C. a judge D. a journalist
2.Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?
A. Her grandma asked her to withdraw from college.
B. She fell in love and got married.
C. She had so many children to support that she was too busy to continue her college.
D. She decided to look after her grandma.
3.What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. Little by little, one goes far.
C. Every coin has two sides.
D. Well begun, half done.
4.Which of the following can best describe the author?
A. Caring and determined. B. Honest and responsible.
C. Ambitious and sensitive. D. Innocent and single-minded.
When I stopped by to get a newspaper, a tall, sincere man came over to me asking for help with directions. With a printout of Google maps, he was looking for a _______ on the main street, but just couldn’t find it. After checking out his written directions, I mapped it my phone and showed him where he needed to go.
He, in , mentioned that he had tried going there, but there was no such street number and he just couldn't locate his hotel．I it again for him．He thanked me with a big smile, shook my hand, and ．I got into my car and he got into his, and we ways．As I drove to the next grocery store and went in, I sensed wrong about the directions－so I Googled the address again and that he was looking for the right address but in a city half an hour away!
it had been several minutes, the chances of finding him miles away－where he was surely still looking around－were ．But I thought I'd give it a(an) and set off in that direction． I'd noticed what his car looked like, and was just about to give up．I parked my car as I considered what else I could do－ , like magic, he drove right by and pulled over into a nearby parking spot, still about where the hotel was．
When I next to him, he couldn't believe it: " did you find me?!" he asked．"I'm not sure, but I that you are in the wrong city!" I showed him the right directions, and after more and a handshake, we .Likely that we'll never meet again, and that makes it much more sweet.
1.A. museumB. parking spotC. hotelD. grocery store
2.A. onB. inC. atD. with
3.A. constantlyB. exactlyC. absolutelyD. completely
4.A. reliefB. panicC. delightD. puzzlement
5.A. confirmedB. evaluatedC. analyzedD. adjusted
6.A. took offB. took upC. took downD. took over
7.A. lostB. partedC. foughtD. pushed
8.A. nothingB. anythingC. somethingD. everything
9.A. realizedB. consideredC. determinedD. stated
10.A. HopefullyB. UnbelievablyC. ConsequentlyD. Unfortunately
11.A. bigB. vitalC. slimD. obvious
12.A. beginningB. endC. changeD. try
13.A. hardlyB. merelyC. regularlyD. occasionally
14.A. whileB. beforeC. whenD. since
15.A. at a lossB. at a riskC. at easeD. at peace
16.A. put outB. put upC. pulled downD. pulled in
17.A. WhereB. WhyC. WhenD. How
18.A. tried outB. figured outC. burst outD. carried out
19.A. luckB. smilesC. greetingsD. praise
20.A. left together B. returned homeC. waved goodbyeD. rushed away
--I'm sorry I made a mistake!
-- . . Nobody is perfect.
A. Take your timeB. You're right
C. Whatever you sayD. Take it easy
One can always manage to do more things, no matter______ full one’s schedule is in life.
A. howB. what C. whenD. where
The police were seeking more information to find out________ killed the rich merchant.
A. who it was that B. who was it that
C. it was who D. who was it
