I. 选择填空（Multiple-choice）（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.)

31. Alice is fond of playing ________ piano while Harry is interested in listening to ________ music.

A. /; the        B. /; a     C. the; /       D. the; a

There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.

When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.

But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”

They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.

Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.

“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.

1.When did the couple first meet?

A. In 1940.                          B.In 1939.                   C. In 1941.                          D. In 1942

2.Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?

A. She is an environmentalist.

B. She can’t afford a new one.

C. She values the card very much.

D. She doesn’t want to waste money.  

3.What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?

A. It was first given to Doris on a plane.  

B. It is usually kept in their cupboard

C. It was made by hand by Mr. Ward.            

D. It is sent to Doris by post every year.

4.By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.

A. The card records their romance

B. The card will still be used in future

C. They both treasure the very card

D. Their affections are still strong

Welcome to our school. You can do a lot of things here. Come and join us.

1.You may have a chance to introduce your inventions on ___.

2.The person who teaches Computer Science is from______.

3.You may learn something about a disease called TB from ___.

4.If you want to learn something about space, you can go to the class from______.

The life-long benefits of teaching children how to take care of their money make it well worth the effort. Children who are not taught these lessons pay the consequences for a life time. Some parents don’t teach children about money because they think they shouldn’t talk about money with children, don’t have the time, or think they don’t have enough money. Parents should take the time to teach children about money regardless of their income and should start when children are young.

Most people have strong feelings and opinions about money, based on childhood experiences and the values and beliefs of their families. Most often, these experiences, values, and beliefs are different for each parent. Parents should talk about these feelings and opinions and establish an unchanging approach（方式） to teaching children about money. This is important for the healthy development of children.

Here are some tips that parents can keep in mind as they begin teaching their children to manage money:

★ Guide and advise your children how to spend their money, rather than tell them what they can and cannot do.

★ Encourage and praise children rather than criticize their actions.

★ Allow children to learn by mistakes and by successes.

★ Be consistent（前后一致的） while taking children’s differences into consideration.

★ Include all family members in money management discussions, decision making, and activities that are suitable for their age. As children get older include them in discussions of limits and consequences.

★ Expect all family members to do some everyday chores based on their abilities without being paid.

★ Express your desire to have things you can’t afford. Children need to know that parents say “no” to themselves, too.

1.It is _____ for parents to teach their children about money management in their childhood.

A．easy             B．useless           C．too early          D．beneficial

2.15-year-old Harry isn’t good at managing his money. His mother is advised to _____.

A．explain to him how to manage his money better

B．pay him more money to deal with his chores

C．praise him for what he has done

D．allow him to buy what he wants

3.When parents discuss how to manage the family finances, they should _____.

A．include their children in the discussion

B．express their desire to have some valuable things

C．pay more attention to their children’s differences

D．try to meet their older children’s needs first

—Oh, Mum, just a few minutes．

—Hurry up, Harry, or by the time you pack your belongings, the flight ____.

A. has left  B．will have left  C．had left   D.will be leaving