Kids have their own ideas about money---some are sensible and others are not so wise.
Twelve-year-old Amanda thinks it’s        to save and not blow your money right away  “ so you can         other things”.
When it comes to credit cards, eight-year-old Jeremie says when the monthly        comes in “ you sign it and then you give it back” ---leaving out the part about actually        it.
These kids are        far away from the working world, but the ideas they’re forming about        could affect how much they save, how they use credit cards and how much debt they finally take on in later life.
High school business teacher Jeff Balch said his students had        knowledge about money other than spending. “ They don’t know most things because        talks to them about them---as in their parents,” said Balch, “The discussions tend to be in terms of kids        too much money, but no one tells them why, where their money goes.
Mitch Murphy said students’ message to the task force was to “ make it       ”. “ It may be difficult to have a 14-or 15-year-old student get too        about retirement planning, ” Murphy said, “ But if you want to talk about a cellphone contract or a debt card,they will be engaged in.” Murphy said learning financial literacy (能力)　    ,  well        getting into the work force, should stay with Canadians for life and        the country as a result.
Sandra Martin said children can start learning about money when they learn to       . “ Sit down with the flyers and look at how much things cost,” Martin said. Babysitting and birthday money could be        and there would be a(n)        as to how much could be debited(借) every month, she said.
“ The reality is that we’re not spending with cash anymore. If you’re always in         of your child’s money, then they’re never going to learn what it means to save for something that’s      .”
Balch said he tries to make his students realize the differences between needs, wants and priorities(優(yōu)先權(quán)). If they haven’t learned self-control and if they haven’t learned how to        money, they can easily spiral(螺旋上升) out of control.
小題1:
A．goodB．difficultC．easyD．hard
小題2:
A．sellB．exchangeC．buyD．involve
小題3:
A．materialB．billC．catalogueD．figure
小題4:
A．payingB．replacingC．recyclingD．a(chǎn)dopting
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)lreadyB．stillC．evenD．a(chǎn)lmost
小題6:
A．beliefB．partC．disciplineD．money
小題7:
A．muchB．moreC．littleD．many
小題8:
A．everybodyB．somebodyC．a(chǎn)nybodyD．nobody
小題9:
A．spendingB．costingC．takingD．sparing
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)mazingB．realC．a(chǎn)ctiveD．legal
小題11:
A．disappointedB．skepticalC．enthusiasticD．fortunate
小題12:
A．correctlyB．earlyC．lateD．patiently
小題13:
A．beforeB．a(chǎn)fterC．whenD．while
小題14:
A．benefitB．botherC．contactD．educate
小題15:
A．cookB．tradeC．countD．paint
小題16:
A．stoodB．bannedC．displayedD．deposited
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)ttitudeB．conclusionC．limitD．data
小題18:
A．searchB．controlC．needD．place
小題19:
A．importantB．formalC．scientificD．independent
小題20:
A．borrowB．lendC．increaseD．handle

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:D
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:A
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:D
小題17:C
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:D

試題分析：文章闡述現(xiàn)在的孩子對(duì)理財(cái)?shù)牧私獠皇呛芏啵髡哒J(rèn)為孩子很早就要學(xué)會(huì)理財(cái)，學(xué)會(huì)存款，為以后的生活做準(zhǔn)備，這會(huì)整個(gè)國(guó)家都是有好處的。
小題1:考查形容詞：A. good好的，B. difficult 困難的，C. easy容易的，D. hard困難的，從后面的句子：“ so you can   17  other things”.可知Amanda認(rèn)為存錢(qián)是好的，選A
小題2:考查動(dòng)詞：A. sell賣(mài)，B. exchange交換，C. buy買(mǎi)，D. involve涉及，如果存錢(qián)，可以買(mǎi)更多的東西，選C
小題3:考查名詞：A. material材料，B. bill賬單，C. catalogue目錄，D. figure人物，數(shù)字，從后面的“ you sign it and then you give it back”可知是每個(gè)月的賬單到了，選B
小題4:考查動(dòng)詞：A. paying   付錢(qián)，B. replacing代替，C. recycling回收，D. adopting采用，收養(yǎng)，“ you sign it and then you give it back”實(shí)際上是省略了實(shí)際付錢(qián)的部分，選A
小題5:考查副詞：A. already已經(jīng)，B. still仍然，C. even甚至，D. almost幾乎，這些孩子離工作的領(lǐng)域還很遠(yuǎn)，選B
小題6:考查名詞：A. belief信念，B. part 部分，C. discipline原則，D. money錢(qián)，他們對(duì)于錢(qián)形成的想法對(duì)他們有很大的影響，選D
小題7:考查形容詞：A. much很多，B. more更多，C. little很少，D. many很多，從后面的句子：“ They don’t know most things 高中商業(yè)老師Jeff Balch認(rèn)為他deep學(xué)生對(duì)錢(qián)了解很少，選C
小題8:考查代詞：A. everybody每個(gè)人，B. somebody一些人，C. anybody任何人，D. nobody沒(méi)有人，他們不了解這些事情，因?yàn)闆](méi)有人和他們說(shuō)，選D
小題9:考查動(dòng)詞：A. spending花費(fèi)（主語(yǔ)是人）B. costing花費(fèi)（主語(yǔ)是物），C. taking 花費(fèi)（主語(yǔ)是it）    D. sparing勻出，騰出，討論往往是孩子花費(fèi)太多的錢(qián)，選A
小題10:考查形容詞：A. amazing令人驚嘆的，B. real真的，C. active活潑的，D. legal合法的，從后面的句子:“ It may be difficult to have a 14-or 15-year-old student get too  26  about retirement planning, ”可知要讓這個(gè)任務(wù)變得真實(shí)，選B
小題11:考查形容詞：A. disappointed  失望，B. skeptical 懷疑，C. enthusiastic熱情的，D. fortunate幸運(yùn)的，14，15歲的孩子對(duì)退休的計(jì)劃不會(huì)太有熱情，選C
小題12:考查副詞：A. correctly正確地，B. early早，C. late吃，D. patiently耐心地 ，從后面的句子：well  28  getting into the work force,可知要早早的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)能力，選B
小題13:考查連詞：A. before在,…前面，B. after在,…后面，C. when 當(dāng),…時(shí)候，D. while當(dāng)….時(shí)候，這里指在上班之前就學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)方面的能力，選A
小題14:考查動(dòng)詞：A. benefit使…受益，B. bother麻煩，費(fèi)事，C. contact聯(lián)系，D. educate教育，早早的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)能力是加拿大人終身的事情，因此使整個(gè)國(guó)家受益，選A
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞：A. cook烹飪，B. trade交易，C. count數(shù)，D. paint繪畫(huà)，孩子們學(xué)會(huì)數(shù)數(shù)的時(shí)候，就要了解錢(qián)的事情，選C
小題16:考查動(dòng)詞：A. stood站立，B. banned禁止，C. displayed 展示，D. deposited存款，從后面的there would be a(n)  32  as to how much could be debited(借) every month,可知照顧小孩的錢(qián)和生日的錢(qián)要存起來(lái)，選D
小題17:考查名詞：A. attitude態(tài)度，B. conclusion結(jié)論，C. limit限制，D. data數(shù)據(jù)，每個(gè)月借出的錢(qián)要有限制，選C
小題18:考查動(dòng)詞：A. search搜尋，B. control控制，C. need需要，D. place地方，in control of控制，選B
小題19:考查形容詞：A. important重要，B. formal正式的，C. scientific科學(xué)的，D. independent獨(dú)立的，如果你總是控制孩子的錢(qián)，他們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)知道存錢(qián)的重要性，選A
小題20:考查動(dòng)詞：A. borrow借出，B. lend借進(jìn)，C. increase增加，D. handle處理，應(yīng)付，如果孩子沒(méi)有學(xué)會(huì)怎么處理錢(qián)，慢慢地就會(huì)失去控制，選D
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C．Music and educationD．Music and instruments

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Encouraging early reading skills can build a path to a lifelong love of reading and can help your child get a head start in school. While reading to your child is still the most important thing you can do to build reading skills, there are many techniques that can help.
Make reading fun. Play games with your child as you read. Many traditional children's games can be adapted to encourage reading skills.
While reading or during play, tell your child, "I spy with my little eye, something that begins with the letter "b". Help the child find something on the page or in the room that begins with that letter. For example, “I see a barn.” This can also be used to teach beginning letter sounds.Ｉspy with my little eye something that begins with the sound “s”. Help the child find a word that begins with the "s" sound.
In this variation on the popular game, instruct the child that, "Simon says, point to something that starts with the letter "n". The child can then find an object in the room or a body part, such as the nose, that starts with the letter presented. This can also be used to teach beginning sounds.
Make a game out of rhyming (押韻) words by making up silly words to rhyme with the child's name or favorite toys. This sets the stage for rhyming real words by showing the child the similarities of sounds. As the child masters making up the words, begin rhyming real words to one another.
Tips to raise a successful reader:
Put books in places where the child plays. If books are easily accessible, children are more likely to pick them up.
Let children "read to you" by looking at pictures. Making up stories to go along with illustrations helps children discover how words relate to pictures.
Take books along on trips or even short visits to the doctor's office or grocery store.
Have children help you shop. Reading grocery lists and looking for specific items helps build vocabulary.
小題1: Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．A good reading habit can benefit your child at school.
B．Computer games help children develop reading skills.
C．You should be careful as for what books to read.
D．Children enjoy reading poems to their parents.
小題2:What does the underlined word “accessible” most probably mean?
A．a(chǎn)vailableB．beneficialC．readableD．worthwhile
小題3:What can we conclude from the text?
A．The most important thing is to make reading funny.
B．Children have a preference for stories with pictures.
C．Rhyming games should begin only with real words.
D．Children tend to read more if books are at hand.
小題4:Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A．Interest is the best teacher
B．Practice makes perfect
C．Good methods are half done
D．Failure teaches success
小題5:What are the intended readers of the text?
A．Parents.B．Adolescents.C．Educators.D．People in general.

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We produce 500 billion of plastic bags in a year worldwide and they are thrown away polluting oceans,  killing wildlife and getting dumped in landfills where they take up to 1000 years to decompose. Researchers have been unsuccessfully looking for a solution.
The 16-­year ­old Canadian high school student, Daniel Burd, from Waterloo Collegiate Institute,
has discovered a way to make plastic bags degrade(分解) in as few as 3 months, a finding that won him first prize at the Canada－Wide Science Fair, a $10 000 prize, a $20 000 scholarship, and a chance to revolutionize a major environmental issue.
Burd's strategy was simple: Since plastic does eventually degrade, it must be eaten by microorganisms (微生物). If those microorganisms could be identified, we could put them to work eating the plastic much faster than under normal conditions.
With this goal in mind, he ground plastic bags into a powder and concocted(調(diào)制) a solution of household chemicals, yeast(酵母) and tap water to encourage microbes growth. Then he added the plastic powder and let the microbes work their magic for 3 months. Finally, he tested the resulting bacterial culture on plastic bags, exposing one plastic sample to dead bacteria as a control. Sure enough, the plastic exposed to the live bacteria was 17% lighter than the control after six weeks.
The inputs are cheap: maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because microbes produce heat as they work, and the only outputs are water and tiny levels of carbon dioxide.
“Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have piles of plastic bags falling on top of me. One day, I got tired of it and I wanted to know what other people are doing with these plastic bags. The answer: not much. So I decided to do something myself.” said Daniel Burd.
小題1:Daniel Burd won first prize at the Canada－Wide Science Fair because________.
A．he found a new kind of microorganism
B．he contributed much to environmental protection
C．he found a way to degrade plastics in shorter time
D．he could encourage microbes growth in an easier way
小題2:Daniel Burd exposed one plastic sample to dead bacteria to ________.
A．make the live bacteria work better
B．test how effective his method was
C．know which bacteria worked faster
D．control the temperature in the process
小題3:Maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because ________.
A．plastics can get hot easily
B．microbes can produce heat themselves
C．much carbon dioxide is produced
D．the temperature can be controlled
小題4:Daniel Burd got his idea from ________.
A．his school textbookB．the failure of researchers
C．his everyday workD．the practice of other people

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