Teenagers learn by taking on more and more responsibility gradually. For many parents, this involves giving their children a limited amount of control over financial decisions.
If you give your teen some pocket money regularly, take the time to teach them how to manage their money. 1.Consider providing extra income opportunities to help them learn that money is something you earn, not something you can get for nothing.
2.Discuss with them such issues as what the car can be used for, who is responsible for gas and maintenance, and who can actually drive the car. Show them how auto insurance works.
Get them involved with your daytoday personal finance decisions, such as grocery shopping. 3. Show them how to comparison shop, pointing out how much money you save through comparing prices and using coupons. Let them sit with you while you pay the bills, so they can see how much all the monthly expenses add up to.
Encourage teens to save their money toward a major purchase. Besides, you can offer to reward them for their savings. 4.
5.You might even consider showing them your bills when you pay them. Too often, young adults who get their first credit card consider it as free money and find themselves in debt very quickly. Make them understand that the D|S50 they charge today costs a lot more if they don’t pay it off quickly.
A．Another effective tool is to get them involved in the car buying process.
B．It’s easier to spend money than to earn it.
C．Finally, it is important to show teens how credit cards work.
D．Establish an agreement on what the pocket money covers.
E．This is a great way to teach them the relationship between building a savings account and the positive rewards that follow.
F．Without money, you can’t do anything.
G．Have them help you with the grocery list.
Just in time for National Popcorn Day, a new study shows that people in what’s now Peru were eating the snack about 2,000 years earlier than we thought.
Coastal peoples were preparing cornbased foods up to 6,700 years ago, according to analysis of remains of the ancient corn recently discovered at the Paredones and Huaca Prieta archaeological sites on Peru’s northern coast.
Previously, evidence of corn as a food about 5,000 years ago had mostly come from what are called microfossils — microscopic remains that do not offer information on the size and shape of the corncobs (玉米棒). But the newfound corn remains revealed a lot, via radiocarbon dating and other tests.
The people who lived in Paredones and Huaca Prieta probably cooked corn in several ways：Wrapping a corncob and resting it on coals, roasting a corncob directly over a flame, or cooking a corncob in an earthen oven. In this culture, corn was a delicious food or a minor supplement to the diet — archaeological evidence shows they did not eat it in large amounts.
Corn was first grown in Mexico about 9,000 years ago from a wild grass called teosinte, according to Piperno, whose research has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A few thousand years later, corn was brought to South America, where farmers bred the plant crop into hundreds of varieties.
Indeed, what surprised Piperno most about the new research was the diversity of corn — from corncob shapes to kernel (玉米粒)colors discovered in the newfound remains. “Farmers like to experiment and grow cool things，” she said.
1.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Ancient popcorn was made 2,000 years earlier than thought in Peru
B. A new discovery revealed the mystery about corn
C. How was corn cooked in ancient Peru and South America
D. National Popcorn Day and the newfound corn remains in Peru
2.According to the passage, the earliest corn was grown in ________.
A. Peru B. the US
C. Mexico D. South America
3.What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Remains of ancient corn were found in different places of the world.
B. Various kinds of corn were discovered in the newfound corn remains.
C. Ancient corncob shapes and kernel colors are quite different from those of today.
D. Piperno likes to experiment and grow cool things.
One day Kavya and I were playing tennis and the ball went into a man’s house. Then we went to his house and asked if he could give us our ball. He said, “No”. We felt helpless. But suddenly we came up with an idea. There was a water tank (水箱) behind the man’s house. I told Kavya, “We can climb onto the water tank and jump over the gate.” Kavya agreed, but we were both wearing skirts. We couldn’t climb in those. “We can get it back tomorrow，” said Kavya.
The next day we went there with Kavya’s brother Vijay. He said, “Shout loudly if you need me.” Kavya climbed onto the water tank first and then she climbed down into the man’s house. I followed her. We were looking under a bed for the ball when we heard a noise. It was Vijay. “Mother is calling you，” he said in a low voice.
We hurried out taking the lost ball with us. Along with the ball was a surprise! But we had to leave the house quickly. When we reached Kavya’s house, the TV was on. It was news time. I couldn’t believe my ears when it said that 20 gold bars were stolen from a gold shop. They showed a picture of the gold bars, which were exactly like the one we had seen in the man’s house.
We told the story to Kavya’s mother right away, and she called the police. Soon the police caught the man. They found all the gold bars in his house. A few days later a policeman came to us and said, “Thank you for helping us catch the guy. Here is a bag for all of you.” When we opened it, it was full of storybooks and lovely toys. Standing beside us, Kavya’s mother was all smiles.
1.The children decided to climb over the water tank ________.
A. after they were refused by the man
B. because their ball fell onto the tank
C. to see who was brave enough to do that
D. because they wondered who the man was
2.The surprise mentioned in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A. a tennis ball B. storybooks
C. a gold bar D. toys
3.We can infer from the text that Kavya’s mother ________.
A. hated watching TV
B. enjoyed playing tennis
C. knew the man very well
D. was proud of her daughter
4.What can we learn from the story?
A. Better late than never.
B. The day has eyes, the night has ears.
C. A bad thing never dies.
D. Friendship is love with understanding.
Christmas dinner at Bruce Sweetser and Denali Delmar’s house will come in part from their backyard garden. And this retired couple will add another locally grown delicious food to their menu.
“We started harvesting roadkilled deer last year，” Bruce explained. His fridge is filled with meat harvested from deer killed in car accidents. Bruce and his wife think it is a right road toward a greener life. Their idea might best be described as locavorism (本土膳食主义). And they believe that eating local food is healthier and better for the environment.
About two years ago, the couple ran across a car accident. The only victim was a deer. And then they found an interesting list by chance.
In Massachusetts, many deer always rush to the motorway and often cause the accidents. So some Massachusetts police departments keep lists of people interested in harvesting meat if a deer isn’t damaged too much after a runin with a car. There are eight people on the Westford Police Department’s official list. In addition, animal control officials also call people to harvest the meat.
But Massachusetts law requires that the driver of the car get first right to the deer. If the driver or passengers don’t want to get the deer, then police can give the animal to people living in Massachusetts. In other words, they can go to the list.
Bruce and his wife weren’t on the Westford list, when they came across that first deer in 2009. But now, they are, and they have harvested three deer as a result, putting the extra meat in the fridge for regular dinners and special occasions like Christmas.
1.For Christmas dinner, the couple will cook ________.
A. deer bought from the market
B. deer got from their neighbor
C. deer killed in car accidents
D. deer hunted by themselves
2.Why does the couple have such a diet?
A. To save money.
B. To seek a greener life.
C. To enjoy a special food.
D. To show their kindness.
3.When did the Sweetsers find the interesting list?
A. After they happened upon a car accident 2 years ago.
B. After they were asked to harvest the deer by chance.
C. After they heard about the roadkilled deer.
D. After they failed to save the injured deer.
4.“An interesting list” mentioned in Paragraph 3 records ________.
A. the food prepared for the Christmas Day
B. the steps how to cook the delicious food
C. the punishment for the drivers who drive too fast
D. the names of people who can harvest the deer meat
Under the cold clear water of Lake Huron, researchers have found a fiveandahalffootlong piece of wood that is 8,900 years old. The wood, which is tapered (使成锥形) on one side in a way that looks deliberate, may provide important clues to a mysterious period in North American prehistory.
“This was the stage when humans gradually shifted from hunting large animals to fishing, gathering and agriculture，” said anthropologist John O’Shea. “But because most of the places in this area that prehistoric people lived in are now under water, we don’t have good evidence of this important shift itself. We just have clues from before and after the change.”
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), O’Shea and his colleague Guy Meadows began exploring the area several years ago. In 2009 they reported finding a series of stone features that they believe were “drive lanes” used by ancient Indian hunters.
Since that discovery, O’Shea and Meadows have worked on identifying human campsites, which are typically located away from hunting areas. On their 25foot boat, the researchers first spotted the ancient wood object using a small piece of equipment with a camera. Then a team of divers — including O’Shea — went down about 100 feet to get it.
The wood’s age has now been fixed by means of carbon dating. It is currently undergoing more detailed analyses to determine whether there has been human modification, which visual examination suggests. “The first thing you notice is that it appears to have been shaped with a rounded base and a pointed tip，” O’Shea said. “It must have been created. It looks like it might have been used as a tent pole or a pole to hang meat.”
In addition to the wood, the researchers have collected many other samples from the bottom of the lake. O’Shea and his colleagues will need to wait for calmer weather before they can resume their search for evidence of human life under the great lake.
1.During the mysterious period mentioned in the passage, the Lake Huron area ________.
A. was deserted by ancient Indians
B. witnessed the start of agriculture
C. was taken up by large animals
D. began to be covered by water
2.Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. The findings of John O’Shea and his colleagues may prove a previous theory.
B. The effort that John O’Shea and Meadows made before 2010 was meaningless.
C. Some equipment was used to support the discovery.
D. John O’Shea and his colleagues didn’t draw the final conclusion from visual examination.
3.What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?
A. How the wood was found.
B. Why the wood is important.
C. Preparations that were made for the discovery of the wood.
D. Conclusions the experts have made from the discovery of the wood.
4.According to the passage, ________.
A. experts haven’t found out the age of the wood
B. experts first noticed the wood when they were diving
C. the wood was probably a humanmade tool
D. the wood is the most important discovery among all the samples found under the lake
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