2. He won't go out until his parents will come.

1. He was very careless that he didn't pass the exam.

 so that  although  as  even though  unless

1.       it was getting dark,we started for home.

2. he is 24        now,he is still like a little child.

3. Let's go out for a walk        you are too tired.

4. I'll run slowly        you can catch up with me.

5.       born in the city,he knows a lot about farming.

5. You must be careful when        (cross) the road.

4.        (fright) ， she asked me to go with her.

3. To our surprise,he came        (one) in the exam.

2. It's been raining        (heavy) all day.

1. At the bottom of the ocean it is        (complete) dark.

  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 ！

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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

  The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare,if the findings of a study into children's writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national compe?tition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage,trash can,sidewalk,candy,sneakers,soda,and flashlight.

  The stories,written by pupils aged 7 to 13,show how fairy cakes are re?ferred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo.

  Television also has a powerful influence on children's work,with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi among the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.

  But pupils are let down by basic spelling,punctuation and grammar,ac?cording to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP) ， which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Two's 500 Words competition.

  Children struggled to correctly spell simple words such as "does" and "clothes" and often failed to use the past tense correctly,frequently writing "rised" instead of "rose" or "thinked" instead of "thought".

  Researchers also found that punctuation was underused,especially semi?colons and speech marks. Some did not know how to use capital letters. How?ever,exclamation marks were overused. Researchers found 35       ,171 examples in total,with some young writers using five at a time ！

  Popular US fiction such as the Tvuilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling.Meanwhile,fears that texting was corrupting children's written work were unfounded,they said,with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.

  Samantha Armstrong from OUP said, "Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future. " Chris Evans,whose radio show runs the com?petition,said the results were "fascinating", adding, "Who'd have thought that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?"

1. According to the passage,which of the following is an example of British English?

   A. Sneakers. B. Fairy cakes.

   C. Tuxedo. D. Candy.

2. Which of the following was NOT frequently found in the pupils' stories?

   A. Text message language.

   B. A variety of Americanisms.

   C. Overuse of exclamation marks.

   D. Names of famous TV stars.

3. The underlined word "unfounded" in Paragraph 7 probably means "         ”.

   A. unbearable   B. unnoticeable

   C. not found   D. not based on facts

4. The passage is intended to          .

   A. show that British children have spelling and grammar abilities

   B. share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way

   C. discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written English in Britain

   D. criticize the influence of popular US cultu^re on British children's lan?guage use