An allowance(零花钱) is an important tool for teaching kids how to make plans for the use of money, save and make their own decisions. Children remem­ber and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly.
How large an allowance is suitable? Experts say there is not right amount. Actual amounts differ from region to re­gion, and from family to family.
To set an suitable allowance for your child, work up a weekly plan. Allow for entertainment costs such as movies and snacks. Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, school supplies. "If you make the child responsible for these bills’," says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, " he or she will learn to plan for nec­essary costs."
Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible. If you can keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose buying power falls away below his peers’ can feel left out.
It can be tough, but don’t excuse your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Ste­phens was ten and growing up in Jacksonville, her mother gave her $5 a week, $1.75 of which was for bus fare and lunch." If you lose your money," Brooke’s mother told her, "you walk home."
One week the girl spent all her allowance in a candy store, then she called home for a ride. " Mom made me walk home," recalls Stephens, now a financial planner in Brook­lyn. " At first I was angry. But I finally realized that she was trying to teach me an important lesson. "
Experts advise that an allowance should not be tied di­rectly to a child’s daily housework at home. Kids should help around the house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family. You might, however, pay a child for doing extra jobs at home, which can develop his or her early habits.
【小题1】Which of the following is the possible title of the passage?

A.How to develop a child’s early habits.
B.How to work up an amount of pocket money.
C.How to teach a child about money.
D.How to teach a child to save money.
【小题2】 It can be inferred from the passage that if a child is given an allowance, he or she may ________.
A.spend all the money very soon
B.fall into the bad habit of wasting money
C.feel responsible and careful about money
D.lose the money and can not return home
【小题3】 In Paragraph 4, the words “his peers” refer to ________.
A.his parentsB.his friends
C.his financial expertsD.his teachers
【小题4】 Why does the writer mention Brooke Stephens?
A.To question the opinion about pocket money.
B.To compare Stephens with other financial experts.
C.To explain that parents should be strict when children are developing good habits about money.
D.To suggest pocket money is useless in developing a child’s sense of responsibility.
【小题5】 The writer implies in the passage that ________.
A.children may feel lonely if they have no pocket money
B.a child’s early good habits can be developed if he or she is paid for all the housework
C.paying children for their housework is no good
D.children may learn to put aside some money if they are given a great amount of pocket money

七选五:根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
A man came home from work late, tired and found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”“Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.  【小题1】 “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Then he looked up and said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10?” The father was angry, “If the only reason you asked for that is to borrow some money to buy a silly toy, then you should go to bed.” 【小题2】 
After about an hour or so, the man calmed down, and started to think. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.  【小题3】“Are you asleep, son?” He opened the door and asked. “No, Daddy,” replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s the $10 you asked for.” 【小题4】“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some small change.  【小题5】“Why do you want more money if you have already had some?” the father asked angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home earlier tomorrow, I would like to have dinner with you.”

A.Silently the little boy returned the money to his father with tears.
B.The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
C.“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”
D.“Daddy, how much do you spend a day?”
E. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room.
F. The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
G. The little boy sat straight up, smiling.

There were two lovers. The man was 41  cowardly(胆小的) that he always let the girlfriend try first everything   42  they would do. His girlfriend was not so  43  with that.

Once they went out to sea. After returning , their boat was  44  by the storm. Luckily, the girlfriend held a  45  to save their lives. The girlfriend asked her boyfriend, "Do you  46 ?" The boyfriend  took out a fruit knife and said, "Yes, but if any shark comes I can  47  it with this." His girlfriend only shook her head with a cold smile.

Soon a great number of people on a  48  found them. Suddenly a group of sharks appeared. His girlfriend  49  , “Let's swim hard together and we'll be all right.”

But her boyfriend suddenly pushed the girl into the sea, held the wood and shouted to the ship by himself, "Let me try  50  this time!"

51  ,his girlfriend looked at her boyfriend. The sharks were drawing near, but they were not interested in the girl and swam  52 to the boy. When he was torn and bitten fiercely by the sharks, the boyfriend 53  shouted to his girlfriend, “ I love you!”

The girl was saved. All the people on the deck(甲板) were standing in silence. The captain sat beside the girl and said, "Miss, he is the  54 man I have  55  seen. Let's pray(祈祷) for him."

"No! He is a  56  , "said the girl coldly.

"How could you say like this? I have just been watching you 57  the telescope(望远镜). I saw clearly he  58  his wrist(手腕) with the knife after pushing you away. The sharks are very sensitive to the 59 .  If he hadn't done this to  60  time. I'm afraid you would never appear on this ship…"

1.                A.so             B.such           C.very D.as

 

2.                A.that           B.when          C.what D.which

 

3.                A.frightened      B.hopeful         C.satisfied  D.upset

 

4.                A.destroyed       B.hurt           C.lifted D.pushed

 

5.                A.stick           B.flag            C.captain   D.wood

 

6.                A.shake          B.dare           C.hear D.fear

 

7.                A.go through      B.deal with        C.fight for  D.care about

 

8.                A.plane          B.boat           C.ship D.beach

 

9.                A.burst out       B.cried out        C.gave up   D.came up

 

10.               A.first           B.second         C.best  D.most

 

11.               A.Afraid          B.Nervous        C.Shocked   D.Calm

 

12.               A.hard           B.fast            C.quickly    D.straight

 

13.               A.excitedly       B.crazily          C.actively   D.selfishly

 

14.               A.bravest         B.kindest         C.cleverest  D.worst

 

15.               A.seldom         B.once           C.ever  D.never

 

16.               A.sailor          B.prayer         C.survivor   D.coward

 

17.               A.with           B.through        C.by   D.in

 

18.               A.cut            B.damaged       C.injured    D.ruined

 

19.               A.blood          B.water          C.knife D.voice

 

20.               A.kill            B.waste          C.buy  D.occupy(占据)

 

 

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