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  Tykoon is an online website that allows you to teach your children financial principles through allowances,assignment of tasks and daily chores. As the par?ent,you can assign a cash value to the things you want your children to do. Then,your children can go in,accept the task and add to their wish list of what they would like to purchase with the money that they earn.

  Let's start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and your children's informa?tion to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your chil?dren.

  Then you can add tasks for your children to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a predetermined amount. Your children are then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much each task earns,how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do!They can add items that they are working towards earning and can even earn noncash incentives such as extra TV time or staying up late!

  Tykoon is a great way to start teaching your children about responsibility and financial principles in a fun and safe way. Through the creation of their own pro?file and the ability to accept or decline tasks,they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets!So,head over and sign up for a free account today and watch your children get excited about do?ing their chores !

  And right now,as a special reward,if you share Tykoon with your friends and have five friends sign up and stay active for at least a month,you'll earn a $ 25 Amazon,com gift card!So get your children enrolled (注册) ,tell your friends and let's start teaching all our kids about the important financial principles today!

5. The purpose of the text is to       .

   A. make an advertisement

   B. share teaching experience

   C. describe an online website

   D. present a way of making money

6. The underlined word " incentives" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to"      "

   A. promises   B. rewards   C. gifts   D. tasks

7. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that       ,

   A. no parents will resist the special reward

   B. Amazon is a very popular website

   C. Tykoon wants to attract more visitors

   D. friends should share information

8. What is the best title of the text?

   A. Tykoon―a safe way to manage your financial issues

   B. How to create funny tasks for your kids on the website

   C. Opening an online account with the help of Tykoon

   D. Teaching your kids financial principles with Tykoon

5. A推理判断题。第一段介绍了Tykoon ,第二、三、四段介绍怎样操作Tykoon以及Tykoon带来的好处,最后一段是讲Tykoon的奖励措施。因此,本文的目的是做广告,吸引大家都来参与。

6. B词义猜测题。根据"…such as extra TV time or sta?ying up late!"可知incentives表示的是一种奖励。

7. C推理判断题。根据本段内容可知,如果你能把Tykoon 分享给5个朋友,让他们也签约并且坚持在线活跃至少一个月,你就会得到价值25美元的亚马逊礼品卡。由此可推知Tykoon是想吸引更多的浏览者。

8. D主旨大意题。由于本文是一则广告,所以题目要体现广告的目的。故选D项。

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