阅读理解 Pocket Money Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money．Teenagers get between ＆7 and ＆20a week．They spend it on fast food, designer clothes, the cinema, concert, magazines and mo 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Pocket Money

　　Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money．Teenagers get between ＆7 and ＆20a week．They spend it on fast food, designer clothes, the cinema, concert, magazines and mobile phones．

　　1．Lazy parents?

　　37％ of parents pay teenagers to clean the lounge, 66％ of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out．

　　2．Lazy teens?

　　51％ of teenagers don't make their beds before they leave home．Only 13％ of teenagers wash the car for money．Some parents even pay their teenagers to do their homework．

　　3．Equality? Not yet!

　　Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs．For washing the dishes, boys get about ＆4 and girls get about ＆1．

　　4．And if you need some more money?

　　Teens get an extra ＆250 a year out of their parents on top of pocket money!About 50％ of teens get gifts of money from their grandparents．Go to Mum if you need extra money!She gives more than Dad．

　　5．Where you live makes a difference!

　　Parents in Scotland and the North of England give most pocket money．

　　6．Spending

　　51％spend their money on clothes．39％buy cosmetics, jewellery and toiletries．Less than 50％ of teenagers save any money．

　　Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money：

　　I get ＆30 a month, I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room．Emma, 15, Edinburgh．

　　I get ＆10 a week．But I have to clean the car, hoover(用真空洗尘器清洗)the house and load and unload the dishwasher．I usually save the money．James, 12, sheffield．

　　I get ＆7.50 a week．I have to be "good" but I don't have to do any jobs for the money．

　　Lain, 13, Gardiff．

　　I get ＆5 a week．But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me ＆25 a week for looking after their cats．Richard, 13, Belfast．

(1)

This passage is mainly about ________．
[　　]
A．	how to get pockety money．
B．	how to spend pocket money．
C．	some bits about pocket money in Britain
D．	teenagers everywhere get pocket money

(2)

According to the passage which statement is true?
[　　]
A．	Parents are lazy so they let children do housework．
B．	Teens are too lazy to do housework unless they are given pocket money．
C．	The pocket money boys and girls get is not equal．
D．	It is not right for children to ask for pocket money．

(3)

We can infer from the passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	boys earn more money at home than girls．
B．	girls earn more money at home than boys．
C．	only rich parents give children pocket money．
D．	most children spend their pocket money．

(4)

Who most probably gets the most money for a whole year according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	Emma．
B．	James．
C．	Lain．
D．	Richard．

答案：1．C;2．C;3．D;4．D;

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Giving life and hope

Orphans(孤儿)whose parents died of AIDS in Henan Province have been given new hope．Last week the provincial government answered the children's cries by promising 60 million yuan to improve schools，orphanages(孤儿院)and living conditions．But without the efforts of Dr．Gao Yaojie，these cries may never have been heard．

“I’m a doctor and it’s my duty to cure diseases and save lives，”said the 77-year-old grandmother．Gao was named one of the 2003 People of Year on February 20 by CCTV after millions of people took part in an online poll. But in 1996，when she started to promote AIDS awareness，using money from her own pocket，her actions were widely misunderstood．

“Although some of the children were born with born with HIV，90 percent of them were not infected(被感染)，”Gao said．“But people still reject(排斥)them．Many orphans change their names after finding a foster family(领养家庭)．”

The horror of Henan's AIDS problem became known in 1996．Frequent and unsafe blood-selling by poor farmers in the late 1980s and early 1990s had caused HIV to spread through dirty needles and infected blood use．As a doctor，Gao believed she should help：over the last eight years she has visited over 1000 AIDS and HIV patients and published thousands of pamphlets on AIDS awareness．With her help，hundreds of orphans have returned to school or found foster families．

“It's a disaster for the whole nation，not only for those innocent(无辜的)patients and their families，”she explained．Gao is delighted that so many childless families offer to foster orphans．But there is still much that can be done to support these children．“I hope that warm-hearted high school students will also reach out and offer a helping hand，”she said．

Comprehension question：

In what way has Dr．Gao Yaojie helped the orphans with AIDS?

第二部分阅读理解

（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Pocket Tape – Recorders “Family and Home Magazine” test what’s on the market now.

Pearlcorder S702 $ 64

This simple model at the bottom of the Olympus range scored the most points for its excellent quality of recording. Background noise hardly affects the sound and recording from a pocket is perfectly possible, but it doesn’t turn off automatically.

Tape length：30 minutes per side. Weight：240g.

Sony M9 $ 49.95

Small and very good looking, Sony’s latest offering scored most for appearance. Sounds clear, but there is slight machine noise. The big control buttons are a great improvement on some of the complicated little controls on other tape – recorders. Doesn’t switch off automatically, but a red light shows if the machine is still running.

Tape length：60 minutes per side. Weight：195g.

Sony M400 $ 115

Lots of little control buttons that make a noise are difficult to use. Recording was good but machine noise lost points. Tape counter and automatic switch – off when tape has finished recording or rewinding are useful.

Tape length：60 minutes per side. Weight：230g.

Imperial OEM MC7 $ 29.95

Cheap and simple compared with the rest, but recording was good as long as there was no background noise. Use only its own – make of cassette. No light to show it is on；no fast – forward button and the record button makes a loud noise.

Tape length：30 minutes per side. Weight：285g.

Philips 585 $ 80

Handsome and simple to use, but recording is very poor at more than the recommended distance of 5 cm – designed for dictation. No recording light.

Tape length：15 minutes per side. Weight：220g.

The machine that produces the best recording with the least unwanted noise is the _____.

A. Pearlcorder S702 B. Sony M9

C. Sony M400 D. Imperial OEM MC7

If you want a machine which turns off automatically and weighs very little you should choose the _____

A. Pearlcorder S702 B. Sony M9

C. Sony M400 D. Philips 585

Which of the following allows you to record longest but costs you least?

A. Philips 585 B. Imperial OEM MC7

C. Sony M400 D. Sony M9

What disadvantage does only the Imperial OEM MC7 have?

A. No light shows when it is on. B. It requires a special cassette.

C. It picks up background noise . D. The record button makes a noise.

III. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It’s hard to believe that before 1985, people in Britain didn’t use mobile phones. That was the year when the first mobile phone company began operation in the UK, although in other parts of Europe mobiles had been used for several years.
Early mobiles were much larger than they are today. Some of them weighed about 5 kg and the owners had to pay several thousand pounds for them. By the beginning of the 1990s, companies in the UK had updated their mobile phones so they were more like the mobiles used all over Europe. Those phones weighed about 500g, and the batteries lasted longer，whereas before they had lasted for only one hour’s talk-time.
Nowadays, some of our mobiles weigh as little as 50g and have a talk-time of up to five hours and a battery life of up to 10 days. About 80% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, and there are now almost 50 million mobile phone users in the UK.
Nobody had ever expected mobile phones to become so popular. One huge surprise was the increase in the use of text messages. Twenty years ago, people didn’t hear of “texting”. Now, over one billion text messages are sent every month in the UK. People are also using their mobile phones as music centers, as personal organizers and to surf the Internet.
Mobile phones are developing all the time and people are predicting that soon nobody will want to leave his house without one in his pocket. Mobile phones will no longer be just useful, but necessary for people in the UK.
41. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK are getting smaller and lighter.
B. Mobile phones in the UK have more functions now.
C. Mobile phones in the UK are developing very slowly.
D. The history development of mobile phones in the UK.
42. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK appeared earlier than in other parts of Europe.
B. In the UK some early mobile phones were about 100 times as heavy as those today.
C. In the UK more than twelve billion text messages are sent every year.
D. The British use mobiles to enjoy music, organize personal lives and surf the Internet.
43. When was the first mobile phone company started in the UK?
A. In 1985. B. Before 1985. C. In 1990. D. In 1970.
44. Which word can replace the underlined “whereas” in the second paragraph?
A. when B. while C. just D. till
45. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Mobile phones will be predicting daily life in the UK.
B. Mobile phones will be more popular in the UK.
C. Mobile phones will be necessary for people in the UK.
D. Mobile phones will develop quickly.

第三部分阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was at university, I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time drinking in the Students' Union than working in the library.

Once, at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question, we had to write "True" or "False". While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching television. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan.

"It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I'll take a coin into the examination room. I haven't studied a chemistry book for months, so I'll just toss the coin. That way, I'm sure I'll get half the questions right."

The next day Fred came cheerfully into the examination room. He sat tossing a coin for half an hour as he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.

The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor .

"Oh, good," he said. "Have you got the result of the test? What mark did I get?"

The professor looked at him and smiled.

"Ah, it's you, Baines. Just a minute."

Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.

"I'm terribly sorry, Baines," he said, "you failed."

1. Fred Baines _______.

A. spent quite some time working in the Students' Union

B. worked hard at his lessons but he failed again and again

C. often failed his tests

D. wouldn't work hard so long as he could pass a test

2 Fred looked perfectly calm before the chemistry test because _______.

A. he was already well prepared for it

B. he didn't think the test was so important for him

C. someone had promised to help him out

D. he believed he had found out a way to pass the test without any difficulty

3. The professor told Baines the result of the test by tossing a coin because _______.

A. he hadn't marked all the papers yet

B. he couldn't remember the mark Baines got

C. he wouldn't hurt Baines' feeling by telling him the truth

D. he wanted to teach Baines a lesson

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