Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. Parents often give their children an amount of money that they may spend as they wish. The purpose is to let the children learn from experience at an early age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

    A child may receive an allowance each week or each month. The amount is not so important.  But 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 they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents should not offer more money until the next allowance is to be given.

    Older children may be responsible enough to budget larger costs like those for clothing. The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving.

    Many people who have written on the subject 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 home, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.

    Allowances give children a chance to experience three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or giving it to organizations. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it.

    Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you 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 free savings accounts for young people with small amounts of money.

1.The functions of allowances given to children are the following EXCEPT ______.

   A. they can save more money for their future business

   B. they can give them to charities

   C. they may spend them on what they like

   D. they can learn to deal with money

2.The underlined word "sacrifice" in the last paragraph means "_____".

   A. 牺牲              B. 计划         C. 选择         D. 放弃

3.What's the main idea of the passage?

   A. Children should save part of their allowance. 

   B. Don’t pay your child for work around the home.

   C. Allowance helps teach children early about money.

   D. Parents should allow children to spend money as they wish.

4.How many advantages of saving has the passage mentioned?

   A. 2                 B. 3            C. 4            D. 5

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 

   A. Children are advised to buy anything they wish to with the allowance.

   B. Parents should offer children more money if they spend all of their allowance soon after they get it.

   C. It can be useful to pay children to do extra work around the home.

   D. It is unnecessary for the children to save part of the allowance.

I’m glad to find this comment which has some sort of support in this quest（寻求）I have to eat raw（未煮熟的）foods. I’m an unhealthy 49 years old and have come to the conclusion that it’s now or never, so I am taking a dive into the raw eating lifestyle.

I have to cook for my family and prepare what they want to eat. I’m trying to plan out this better so I have some of these unusual foods ready for myself.

I’ve read several books written by Ann Wigmore and like her approach to the living foods.

Last week I attempted fasting（禁食）and failed. I lasted five days by having carrots, spinach, apples and other vegetarian diets I could get my hands on. I was doing fine until I drank some coffee. I kind of proved it in my mind to have the coffee but it only made me excited and then I couldn’t sleep well and felt hungry and weak. So I stopped and went back to the old way of eating with the family.

This week I started to make a drink called rejuvelac made of sprouted wheat（芽麦）. This is fairly new to do for me and the drink smelled sort of musty（发霉的）and tasted kind of like a musty lemon. The kids tasted it and almost threw up but surprisingly it tasted good to me. It is supposed to help in digestion（消化）.

I’ve made some attempts to grow wheat grass. I think I have figured that out as long as I keep it away from birds and our horses. I have two habits to get rid of, drinking coffee and smoking. I quit smoking last month but something happened, so I started up again. I’m very frustrated(受挫的) with the smoking and really have a desire to quit for good. Anyhow I will keep this updated on my progress.

1. The author must have ________ before she wrote this article.

A. hesitated at whether she should eat raw foods

B. never eaten raw foods

C. made up her mind to eat raw foods instead of cooked ones

D. been discouraged by her family from fasting

2.The books written by Ann Wigmore which the author has read are probably about ________.

A. fasting   

B. losing weight  

C. how to be on a diet  

D. approaches to eating raw foods

3.To the author, the drink made of sprouted wheat ________.

A. might help in digestion

B. might make people who drank it throw up

C. tasted good to anybody

D. was welcomed by the whole family

4. We can learn from the passage that ________ smoking.

A. the author has given up

B. the author will never give up

C. it’s hard for the author to quit

D. it’s easy for the author to quit

5.The author’s biggest worry at present is most probably ________.

A. that she can’t eat with her family

B. that she can’t get rid of drinking coffee and smoking

C. how to get used to raw foods

D. that she doesn’t know whether she should eat raw foods

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，从所给的六个选项中，选出符合小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。

注意：涂卡时选项E用AB表示，选项F用CD表示。

以下是有关博物馆、音乐厅、剧院、大学等的信息：

A.  National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside represents the full collection of museums and galleries in the city and offers the Eight Pass for a small fee, this enables the visitor a year’s unlimited visits to all eight establishments.

B.  Although it is mainly associated with classical music, the Philharmonic Hall has branched out into popular music and the varied programme now includes country, rock, jazz and pop concerts; similar acts can be seen at the Empire. There is also the Picket on Hardman Street, and on Bold Street also has live music, including the occasional big name wanting to play in a smaller venue.

C.  London Theatre may be separated into three parts. One section encompasses the sophisticated end of the theatre spectrum—plenty of Shakespeare and excellent modern plays. There are also the West End shows—this refers to the big productions, not to where they’re located. There are many big-production plays and operas that make for a great evening out.

D.  Humanities College will set targets in three humanities—based specialist subjects. Applicants must choose a minimum of one key subject from history, geography or English. They will choose two other subjects from the following: religious education, citizenship, classics, English, history and geography.

E.  Dance performances tend to center on Theater, where contemporary dance, ballet and opera can all be found. The Barbican Centre also house excellent productions, and the ICA is a Mecca for experimental dance.

F.  Sexton College is the leading specialist catering（饮食提供）training centre in the education sector. Everyday we offer healthy, innovation and exciting menus, which meet the government standards. We have provided catering and cleaning services to Saint Francis Xavier’s College and the whole Liverpool for many years and recently won the contract to supply catering to Manchester. So join us, and you will get lots of practice.

以下是与广告相关的五个年人，请匹配他们各自可能去的地方。

1. Jon Murphy: I have worked for six months in California and have been to places as far as Bangkok, Australia, Canada and throughout Europe. Working with the communities is fantastic.

2. James Barton: I suppose I was born with a love of music. Every day, I listen to music for at least two hours and music bands are my favorite.

3.Jane Lake: I was at university studying Religious Studies and English. And now my area of practice is painting and drawing.

4.Dave Kirby: I met my great friend Andrew Schofield and it was probably he who introduced me to the theatre and plays.

5.Gary Burkett: Being a chef involves a lot of work. Not only do you have to cook but you learn about stock control, sourcing quality food, compiling rosters and creating attractive and exciting menus.

1. J_________ from CCTV were sent to the flooded areas to cover the events.

2. Anything you say may be taken down and used as e_________ against you in court.

3.As to traditional Chinese table manners, parents are the best persons to teach their children to

b_________ well in social occasions.

4.On a_________, we received ten junk e-mails every day.

5. This sofa o_________ too much room in the sitting room.

6.In his life he gave an example of _________ (勇敢) and wisdom.

7.After a long _________ (争论), we decided where to go for our holiday.

8.He was _________ (逮捕) in connection with the drugs last night.

9.Don’t be so _________ (敏感). I am just joking.

10. I hated it if I ever had to take __________ (口述) from him.

课文填空 (共10小题；每小题0.5分, 满分5分)

Still p 1.  how your 5 yuan can have so much effect? Well, just take a look at the fact below. 2. 1997, a tree-planting programme has  3.  the Jiuchengong Valley in Inner Mongolia into a green homeland. Visitors from all over the world now come to admire this great a 4. . What is  5. the success of the programme has greatly improved the lives of the local people. Just think: all this started with 5 yuan! So  6.  you have 5 yuan in your pocket next time, think t7.  about how to use the money. R 8.  you can use it to buy a tree and c 9.  a green future for our motherland, our people and  10. .

1.They were going to have a party last Saturday but ______ ______(决定不履行) at the last

minute.

2. _____(无论在什么地方) he may be, he will be happy.

3.In the end, it _____ _____ _____(归结为) two choices: you either improve your work or

leave.

4. I ______ the copy _____(与...比较) the original, but there was not much difference.

5.You can’t escape punishment.

= You can’t escape ______ _______.

6.The advanced scientific technology benefits us.

= We _____ _____ the advanced scientific technology.

7.He saved the drowning boy at the risk of losing his own life.

= He risked _____ _____ _____ to save the drowning boy.

 假设你是李华，你刚参加了某培训学校组织的“英语夏令营”活动，请根据以下内容， 写一封投诉信。

【写作内容】

【写作要求】

请用5个句子表达全部内容（信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数）。 

【评分标准】

    句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have just returned from the English Summer Camp at your School of Language, and I’m writing to express my unhappiness with your program.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,

Li Hua

She stepped on my foot _______, not _______, which made me angry.

A. by chance; on purpose        B. on purpose; by chance

C. for purpose; by chance   D. by chance; for purpose

Information has been put forward _______ more middle school graduates will be admitted into universities.

  A. where      B. as       C. when     D. that

The two sportsmen congratulated each other _______ winning the match by shaking hands.

A. with     B. on       C. in           D. to