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9．Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the‘wash up'．An application is calling on the next government to bring it back．
At school the children are taught to add up and subtract（减法） but，extraordinarily，are not routinely shown how to open a bank account-let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world．
Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England．Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions，they say．And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children，Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called"wash-up"earlier this month-the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed．Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum．
As the Personal Finance Education Group （Pfeg） points out，the good habits of young children do not last long．Over 75% of seven-to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17，over half of them are in debt to family and friends．By this age，26% see a credit card or overdraft（透支） as a way of extending their spending power．Pfeg predicts that these young people will"find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents'generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school．"
The UK has been in the worst financial recession（衰退）for generations．It does seem odd that-unless parents step in-young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university．In a recent poll of over 8，000 people，97% supported financial education in schools，while 3% said it was a job for parents．
61．The passage is mainly aboutC．
A．how to manage school lessons
B．how to deal with the financial crisis
C．teaching young people about money
D．teaching students how to study effectively
62．It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs thatA．
A．the author complains about the school education
B．pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C．students have been taught to manage their finances
D．laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
63．The website and the consumer campaigner joined toD．
A．instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money
B．promote the connection of schools and families
C．ask the government to dismiss the parliament
D．appeal for the curriculum of financial education
64．According to Pfeg，D．
A．it is easy to keep good habits long
B．teenagers spend their money as planned
C．parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids
D．it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone
65．A poll is mentioned toA．
A．stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
B．show the seriousness of the financial recession
C．make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D．illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal．

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了关于青少年理财的一些介绍．作者抱怨学校的教育，强调课程改革的重要性．

解答 61．C．主旨大意题，通读全文就可以找出答案．本文主要是关于青少年理财的一些介绍．故选C．
62．A．推理判断题：阅读前两段，从第二段At school the children are taught to add up and subtract（减法） but，extraordinarily，are not routinely shown how to open a bank account可以看出作者的态度是抱怨学校的教育．故选A．
63．D．细节理解题：从文中第三段的第一句中Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England可知网站和消费者活动家加入呼吁金融教育课程．故选D．
64．D．细节理解题．根据倒数第二段：Pfeg predicts that these young people will"find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents'generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school可知青少年独自成长会有大麻烦；故选D．
65．A．细节理解题：从文中最后一段最后一句话In a recent poll of over 8，000 people，97% supported financial education in schools，while 3% said it was a job for parents．可以看出是强调课程改革的重要性．故选A．

点评 本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息?或是其变体．搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息．在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节．

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