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 a week!
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 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（柜员机）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 keycard) but it is easy. We can't wait 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. winners
C. teenagers D. adults
2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?
A. Services are convenient for its members.
B. The bank opens only on work days.
C. Special gifts are ready for parents.
D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.
3.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
4.What is the purpose of this text?
A. To organize key-cards
B. To provide part-time jobs
C. To introduce a new banking service
D. To set up a club
It was 9:00 am already! Richard had to leave for work! Before leaving he hurriedly looked at the newspaper and stood still! Is he seeing it right? He rubbed his eyes and saw again… Yes, it was his name in the obituary (讣告)! He threw the paper in the bin and screamed.
Richard started to recollect. He remembered that last night when he went to bed he had a chest pain and he was rushed to hospital. Then he went into a sound sleep. But what happened after that?
He could suddenly see his living room filled with people… all in tears; his mom, his wife and his children. He also saw his best friend, the one he had a serious misunderstanding a few days ago. He wanted to say “Sorry” to him… but now no one could hear his voice.
He wondered how he could tell his mom that he felt so thankful to have her in his life! He wanted to tell his children how much he loved them. He wanted to tell his wife how much he loved her; he felt sorry to have hurt her sometimes.
Richard started crying and pleading to God for one LAST chance! “God, one last chance, please”, shouted Richard and opened his eyes.
Oh, this was a dream!
He woke up; looked around everywhere. He was on his bed; his wife lay beside him, deep in sleep. Richard whispered in her ears, “You are the best thing to have ever happened to me!”
He went up to the window, looking outside. Yes, everything was just the way he has been knowing so long. He decided to meet up his friends and clear all misunderstandings; he also decided to tell everyone who mattered to him all that has remained unsaid so far!
1.When Richard saw his name in the newspaper, he felt _________.
A. sad B. worried C. regretful D. shocked
2.Richard felt sorry to his wife because _________.
A. he hurt her sometimes
B. he misunderstood her
C. they had a quarrel the other day
D. he didn’t love her
3.After the dream, Richard would probably _________.
A. demand an apology from his friend
B. express appreciation and thanks to his friend
C. be on good terms with his friend again
D. break up with his friend
4.The writer of the story mainly tells us that _________.
A. misunderstanding between friends is common
B. we should tell our family how much we love them
C. getting along well with friends is important
D. we need to see a doctor when having a chest pain
Morning is extremely important, because it is the beginning of a day. How you choose to your morning can often be used to predict what kind of day you are going to have.
each day with love and gratitude. When you get up in the morning, think of what a great luck it is to be —to see, to hear, to love, to have something to look forward to. Happiness is simply the feeling of appreciating others. Realize that it’s not happiness that makes us , but gratefulness that makes us happy. Don’t have pressure on each new morning. yourself from the things that you didn’t yesterday and made you down. Let yesterday go. Every morning is the start of a new day with new . Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
1.A. liveB. enjoyC. spendD. change
2.A. CompareB. TreatC. ConcernD. Begin
3.A. awakeB. alikeC. aheadD. alive
4.A. meaningfulB. gratefulC. hopefulD. colorful
5.A. laidB. lainC. coveredD. floated
6.A. FreeB. KeepC. ComfortD. Cure
7.A. give outB. come outC. work outD. set out
8.A. viewsB. tasksC. difficultiesD. opportunities
Once, in a lovely garden, lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world. She was so pretty, and had won so many beauty competitions that she had become very . One day, the naughty cockroach (蟑螂) got fed up with her showing off, and decided to teach her a .
She went to see the butterfly, and in front of everyone she told her that she wasn’t really that and that the butterfly only won the competitions because the judges had been . In reality, the cockroach was the most beautiful.
The butterfly was and told the cockroach, “I will you in a beauty competition, with whichever judges you yourself choose.”
“OK, I . See you on Saturday,” answered the cockroach, and left without waiting for a .
That Saturday everyone went to the beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely of victory until she saw who the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of them preferred the ugliness and bad of the cockroach.
The butterfly was left and disappointed, wanting never to enter another beauty competition in her life. , the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.
1.A. pleasedB. kindC. proudD. friendly
2.A. lessonB. classC. messageD. text
3.A. excellentB. usefulC. wonderfulD. beautiful
4.A. fooledB. paidC. threatenedD. instructed
5.A. angryB. disappointedC. sadD. sorry
6.A. aidB. beatC. showD. strike
7.A. doubtB. objectC. acceptD. know
8.A. competitionB. wordC. replyD. question
9.A. nervousB. confidentC. clearD. afraid
10.A. shapeB. tasteC. lookD. smell
11.A. sobbingB. laughingC. tremblingD. singing
12.A. CertainlyB. FortunatelyC. SurprisinglyD. Immediately
--I feel so upset. I’m afraid my company will be closed because of the terrible economic crisis.
--______! Things are not so bad as they seem.
A. Go ahead B. Good luck
C. No problem D. Cheer up
Practicing Chinese Kungfu can not only _____ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.
A. bring up B. take up
C. build up D. put up
