题目内容
I don’t think that the necklace is made of diamond, _______?
A. do I B. do you C. isn’t it D. is it
Children’s allowance. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance(零用钱). The purpose is to let them learn from experience at an age when financial （财政的；财务的；金融的)mistakes are not very costly.
In any case, parents should make clear what the child is expected to pay for with the money. At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If so, they’ll learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget（预算）. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance. It is to show them that a budget demands choices between spending and saving.
Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life. Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.
Allowances give children a chance to experience what they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or give it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it. Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: They have to cut costs and plan for the future. Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving and investing. Many banks offer services to help children learn about personal finance.
1.Giving children an allowance can mostly help them ______.
A. cut their living costs
B. learn to plan for the future
C. earn a living when young
D. get some financial knowledge
2.By receiving an allowance, children can learn ______.
A. how to spend money from experience
B. when to avoid making mistakes
C. what they should do next at a young age
D. what they can do with money earned
3.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Allowance, a great way to educate children
B. Allowance, a costly burden for children
C. Give allowances to children at once
D. Develop children’s allowances
The flying car has been talked about for many years, but now it appears to become a reality.
An international company has built a two-seater plane that, at the touch of a button, transforms into a car perfectly suitable for driving on public roads. It takes 15 seconds to switch between flying and driving. With its wings fully open and the propeller(螺旋桨) spinning, it can take off from any airfield.
Flying cars are quicker than traditional ones, and they can run on ordinary fuel. Another big advantage is that they are cool, like something you would see in an action film. At the moment, however, the flying car’s wheels are illegal to leave the ground. That is not because of technical reasons or problems with the design. It is because the various road and aircraft authorities simply cannot agree on whether it is a car or a plane.
Nevertheless the company hopes to produce and deliver its first flying car soon. The company already has orders for 40 of them. The majority potential customers are older and some are retired. There have even been orders from some people who have no pilot’s license.
The flying car will cost around $ 200,000. “For an airplane, that’s a very reasonable price, but for a car, it’s quite expensive,” explains Alan. “But it just is not possible to make a $ 10,000 flying car yet.”
This latest means of transport will not become a mass-market item in the near future, but in the long term it has the potential to change the way you travel. It will become no more expensive than driving your car on the motorway. Travel time could be reduced by more than half.
So the next time you are told to fasten your seat belt, it may be to prepare for take-off.
1.We know from the passage that the flying car .
A. has to run on special fuel
B. will replace traditional planes
C. is popular with the rich
D. can shift between two forms
2.The flying car is presently forbidden to take off because .
A. many people think driving is not very safe
B. it’s hard to decide whether it’s a car or a plane
C. the government and the authorities accept it
D. there are still some technical problems to be solved
3.According to the passage, we can learn .
A. in the future few people will be able to afford a flying ear
B. owning two kinds of driving licenses is of great importance
C. because of the appearance of the flying car, traffic jams will disappear
D. flying cars may share the market in the future
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Your Car Is Ready for Take-off
B. Flying Car Will Be the Leading Means of Transportation
C. Affording a Flying Car Is a Necessity
D. The Advantages of Flying Cars
Mark never considers himself as ________ failure. On the contrary, he thinks he is on the road to _______ success.
A. a；不填 B. a; the
C. 不填；a D. the; 不填
---What made her unhappy?
---_____.
A. Because she lost her wallet B. she lost her wallet
C. Losing her wallet D. To lose her wallet
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。
Last weekends, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of____ other people’s cars as well. It was pretty ____ outside and I had no plans to ___ being in the bright sun. She ____ wanted to give lemonade（柠檬汽水）to passers-by for free. I had seen little kids ____ and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free. Although I felt ____ , I decided to help her.
Then she asked me, “What if we ____ this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold ____ my tears and ____ her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with ____ ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the group walked up to me with a(n) ____ with beautiful images of smiles. They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the ____ of their exercise was “smile”. It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5--11 years with the ____ to do something for others.
All that seemed ____ and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to ____ to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to ____ others and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional ____ to help clean cars. Passers-by were ____ and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heartwarming ____!
I feel blessed by being ____ by such wonderful and loving souls.
1.A. drying B. repairing C. washing D. decorating
2.A. quiet B. hot C. different D. dirty
3.A. suggest B. avoid C. continue D. practise
4.A. further B. thus C. already D. hardly
5.A. choose B. enjoy C. buy D. serve
6.A. worried B. puzzled C. popular D. difficult
7.A. show B. leave C. make D. order
8.A. back B. on C. off D. up
9.A. challenged B. expected C. invited D. encouraged
10.A. creative B. ready C. changed D. familiar
11.A. picture B. board C. idea D. car
12.A. purpose B. trouble C. secret D. theme
13.A. need B. duty C. imagination D. skill
14.A. important B. disappointing C. hopeful D. natural
15.A. matter B. object C. belong D. refer
16.A. relax B. try C. help D. smile
17.A. friends B. rags C. children D. fruit
18.A. interested B. amazed C. bored D. scared
19.A. scene B. gift C. story D. explanation
20.A. supported B. understood C. refused D. surrounded
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Where would you most like to go on vacation? Paris? London? The Amazon Rainforest? Each of these destinations is attractive. 1.
As a new word, staycation refers to people staying at home during their vacation time, and going sightseeing around their hometown.
Staycations have become really popular recently, as a way of having an enjoyable vacation, without spending too much money. There are shortcomings to every positive thing, however.
2. You also might prevent yourself from enjoying things to the fullest, as the atmosphere
might be the same as any other time.
3. It means you won't be available for work or other activities.
What can you do to make your staycation fun?
1.Go to a nearby town, or to a fancy hotel in your hometown and stay over night. Treat yourself to room service and any other fun things the hotel has to offer.
2. 4. You would have done it on a vacation, right? Treat yourself to this, at least for one day!
3.Throw a small party. Think about the money you are saving by not going away. You will still save money, but have more fun, and you will help other people to have fun too!
4.Go shopping! Window shopping, or the super fun type, where you buy things! You would have bought souvenirs if you had gone on a vacation, so treat yourself during your staycation!
The most important thing to remember is to do things that make you and your family excited! 5.
A. Eat out for every meal!
B. Go on a day trip to a nearby town, or to a beach.
C. But why not remain at home and enjoy a staycation?
E. Most of the time it involves dining out more frequently than usual.
D. If you are on a staycation, you might get calls from work.
F. Make sure you all have fun, and when it is over, you feel refreshed.
G. The trick is to make sure your friends and coworkers know you are on a staycation.
As one comes to some crossroads, he or she sees a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead. At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road; and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.
Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroad. It had a “SLOW” sign. He slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.
At once he heard a police whistle (口哨声), so he pulled into the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and a pen in his hand and said, “You didn’t stop at that crossing.”
“But the sign there doesn't say ‘STOP’.” answered Mr. Williams, “It just says ‘SLOW’, and I did go slow.”
The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face. Then he put his notebook and pen away, scratched (抓) his head and said, “Well，I'm in the wrong street！”
1.Mr. Williams was driving ____ one evening.
A. to a party
B. to his office
C. home after work
D. to work from home
2.When he was stopped by a policeman, he ____.
A. was driving at a high speed
B. was driving onto the main road
C. was going to stop his car
D. was driving slowly
3.Mr. Williams continued driving at the crossing because____.
A. he didn't see any sign there.
B. he paid no attention to the traffic rules
C. he didn't have to stop
D. he was eager to get home
4.Looking round Mr. Williams, the policeman was surprised because____.
A. he met a mad man
B. he realized that he himself was mistaken
C. Mr. Williams dared to speak to him like that
D. Mr. Williams would not apologize to him
I am decorating my office now. I _______ comfortably in my office at this time tomorrow.
A. am sitting B. was sitting
C. sit D. will be sitting
