April is Financial Literacy Month，when Americans of all ages are encouraged to learn how to be smart about money.And this year，fifthgrade Rachel Kelly from Naperville，Illinois，is already at the head of her class.Kelly,11, won a nationwide contest called the Stock Market Game.
Students who take part in the Stock Market Game，run by the SIFMA Foundation，a financialeducation organization，pretend to buy stocks (股票) worth $100,000.Then they have to read financial news over several days to see if their investments would have gained money or lost money and write an article explaining their choices.
“I wanted to choose a company that was wellknown，” writes Kelly.“I thought about products that I see every day，so cars came to my mind.” Kelly picked the Japanese car company Honda Motors.“Honda Motor Company is the No.1 producer of motorcycles in the world and the fifthlargest producer of automobiles behind Toyota，Volkswagen，General Motors and Hyundai，” says Kelly.
Honda makes many different kinds of cars，which Kelly thinks makes the company a safe investment.She explains that even if the cost of gas goes up，Honda has a good chance of staying in business because of the company’s fuelefficient cars，which run on less gas than most cars made today.
“If one of their departments is not doing so well，it won’t affect the overall company sales，” she writes.
Because the stock Kelly picked performed well and her article was persuasive，Kelly won this year’s contest.About 600,000 students from 4th to 12th grade competed.
1.What can we learn about Financial Literacy Month?
A. It introduces the history of money.
B. It falls on the eighth month of each year.
C. It is mainly aimed at young children.
D. It suggests that money be spent wisely.
2.In the Stock Market Game，students________.
A. pay attention to financial news
B. have gained a large amount of money
C. each buy stocks worth $10,000
D. write an article about stocks every day
3.According to Rachel Kelly，Honda Motors________.
A. is famous for its fuelefficient cars
B. produces the safest cars in the world
C. is a good choice for investors
D. is the largest producer of automobiles
4.What would be the best title of the text?
A. Financial Literacy Month in Europe
B. Rachel Kelly，a real winner!
C. Rules of the Stock Market Game
D. Honda Motors，a market leader!
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND
Captain Goodfellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatres on Saturday morning at 10:00 . Free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same kind of food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Take me out to the Ballgame
It’s October, and tonight is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Don’t forget sweaters and jackets.
Do you want to hear “The Zoo”?
“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert this year tomorrow night at 8 Rose Hall, City College.
1.If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget _________.
A. your comfortable shoes B. your worries
C. your beautiful walk D. your sweaters and jackets
2.You can probably eat Chinese, Italian and Arab food _________.
A. at the front entrance of City Hall B. at Central Park on Saturday
C. at the ballgame D. at 5:00 p.m.
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. “The Zoo” is an Australian rock group.
B. “The Zoo”will appear at 8:00 p.m.
C. “The Zoo”are going to meet their American audience for the first time
D. “The Zoo”will perform in front of college students.
Most of us have lost our wallet at some stage in our lives. But few would imagine having it returned after 66 years. Edward Parker dropped his wallet in 1950 into an inaccessible spot behind a bookshelf, while working as an electrician, repairing World War Two bomb damage in the palace. The wallet stayed there until this year when a builder, doing some restoration work, finally found it.
The wallet is a time capsule. Its leather and webbing has long ago started to disintegrate. But it contains numerous pictures of family, invoices, receipts, old union cards, results of a chest X-ray (sent to him in 1948, the same year as the NHS was founded), a national service card dated 9 December 1944 and a medical insurance card. His business cards—E Parker, Electrical Contractor—seem almost original. Reflecting the typical methods of contact of the time, they have an address but no telephone number.
A month ago I was speaking to a press officer Lambeth Palace and he mentioned that the wallet had just been handed in. We thought it might be nice to try and work out whose it was and give it back to the family. Edward Parker is a pretty common name, but his medical card contained two places of residence—Poets Road and Springdale Road in north London. From this, Islington Council were able to find details of a marriage between Edward Parker and Constance Butler in 1947.
That information was enough to work out that he was still alive and in a care home in Essex, so I went to visit him. Now 89, Edward has dementia (痴呆), but he was clearly happy to get the wallet and in particular, the photographs back. He pointed out pictures of his mother and father, his brother, his cousins and his wife Constance, who was with him when I visited. He hadn't seen a picture of his father since he lost the wallet, Constance, 90, said.
1.It can be inferred that Edward Parker ___________.
A. always lost his wallet B. once took part in World War II
C. once worked as a builder D. once worked as electrical technician
2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. The producer of the wallet. B. The raw material of the wallet.
C. The concrete contents of the wallet. D. The high-quality shape of the wallet.
3.What does the underlined word “disintegrate” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Maintain. B. Damage.
C. Disappear. D. Destroy.
4.What plays a key role in returning the wallet?
A. Medical card. B. Business card.
C. Old union card. D. National service card.
假如你是高二学生李华，这次考试后，学校放假三天，你打算和同学出去旅游以调节身心，可是父母亲不同意，担心你的安全及学习。为此你与父母吵架，心情不好，不知如何说服父母。请用英语给你的外教Jimmy写信，向他咨询如何让你父母同意你的计划。
注意：
1． 可以适当增添细节，以使行文连贯。
2．词数100左右。 开头与结尾已给出，不计入总字数。
参考词汇：the Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Dear Jimmy,
How is everything with you?
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Yours Sincerely，
Li Hua
每句有1处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
I have many friends really worth mention, but my best friend is Li Mei. We have many in common such as hobby and thoughts. I think this is the foundation of us friendship. Although she is not tall, but she is very pretty. She always wear a smile and gives us the impression what she is kind and easy-going. Actual, she is very clever. She not only does well every subject but also takes part in many after-class activities. I really admire her. Besides, she is always will to help me, which makes me feel very grateful. I really cherish our
friendship and I hope it will last forever.
I was 16 1. I began work in June 1902 at the whaling station. I heard of the killers that every year helped whalers catch huge whales. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story till then I witnessed it 2. my own eyes many times.
At the 3.(one)afternoon I arrived at the station, I was experiencing one hunting 4.(excited).I heard a loud noise come from the bay. We ran down to the shore. Without 5. (pause)we jumped into the boat. Using 6. telescope we could see that something was happening.The sea was so rough that day that it was difficult 7. (handle) the boat. Suddenly ,James fell into the sea. From his face, I could see he was.8. (terrify). Then I saw a shark, 9. swam towards James . Thank godness! James 10. (hold) up by Old Tom back to the boat at last.
