68．According to the passage, ____ might spend more energy cost.

       A．houses with trees on the west side of their home

       B．older houses with the most shade coverage

       C．houses with different levels of shade

       D．houses with the children under age 12

67．The underlined word "inventory" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ____.

       A．invention            B．volume           C．list              D．type

66．What does the passage mainly tell us?

       A．A new study about planting trees.

       B．Planting trees to reduce your power bill.

       C．Houses with trees on the west side.

       D．Don't cut trees down when planning neighborhoods.

65．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

       A．How to Deposit Pennies in "The Bank of Dad"．     

       B．Welcome to Deposit Money in the Bank.

       C．How to Teach Compound Interest to Kids.

       D．A Good Relationship between Father and Kid.

       A recent Auburn University study provides some

real numbers to back a theory we’ve all known was

true for some time―planting a shade tree near your

home reduces energy bills significantly in the spring

and summer months. The study, conducted in Auburn,

Alabama, included 160 homes with different levels

of shade. Each home’s energy usage was monitored

and compared to other houses with similar energy―

using patterns, size, type of cooling system, etc. Here

are some highlights from the study:

       Houses with trees on the west side of their home had a “much lower power bill”.

       Older homes had the most shade coverage, because people did not use to rely on air conditioning as much to keep them cool.

       Children under age 12 consume the most power in a home as they watch television, play games and frequently leave lights on.

       Fall and early winter are the perfect seasons to plant a tree. This time of year many nurseries（苗圃）are trying to reduce their inventory of trees heading into the winter, so you may find a deal on trees easily to plant around your lot.

       While you have the spade out, consider planting a tree near your outside air conditioning unit. The shade will keep the unit cooler and help it operate more efficiently. Be sure to plant far enough from the unit to allow proper airflow, and account for the tree’s growth over time.

       It actually hurts to watch the trees being knocked over when land developers plan neighborhoods because trees could provide much needed shade to new homeowners, reducing their electric bill and the amount of energy they consume. Hopefully this study, and more like it in the future, will encourage developers and builders to plan around trees as much as possible to offer homeowners a shaded lot.

64．What can we infer from the passage?

A．"The Bank of Dad" paid the girl a penny each day as interest.

B．The father used a good way to show his daughter about interest.

C．There were eleven pennies in the old film container in total.

D．The writer's daughter was very puzzled with compound interest.

63．Each day the writer' s daughter ____.

       A．got a penny from her father                B．received interest from her father

       C．deposited a penny in her piggy bank     D．handed over one penny to her father

62．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?

       A．The writer' s daughter got a handful of pennies from her father.

       B．The writer got compound pennies from "The Bank of Dad".

       C．The writer placed one penny in "The Bank of Dad" each day.

       D．Compound interest would begin to increase at the end of the week.

61．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ____.

       A．the writer' s daughter understood compound interest better than him

       B．the writer wanted her daughter to understand compound interest

       C．the writer' s daughter understood compound interest very well

       D．the writer' s daughter grasped the exact meaning of compound interest

60．The passage mainly wants to teach us ____.

       A．how to learn from failure                     B．how to become a good woman

       C．how to earn a master' s degree               D．how to bring up our children

       I've tried to explain compound interest to my eight - year - old daughter. When I have finished it, she summarizes back to me, "So, you are saying if I put $ 100 in the bank, when I turn sixteen the bank will give me $ 200?" She has already grasped more of the concept than I understood at her age, but she couldn't clearly understand that until she sees them in action.

       One day I gave her a Ziploc bag with a handful of pennies and told her over the course of a week I wanted her to give me a penny a day. I would deposit the penny in " The Bank of Dad" and compound interest would begin to accumulate the day she deposited the penny. At the end of the week we would check her bank balance.

       Each day my daughter handed over one penny at the breakfast table and I deposited it in her bank. I gave her a "receipt" for her deposit and explained that she needed to keep up with the receipts to see how much money she had added to her account. In an effort to make this a little more realistic, I deposited a penny from my own piggy bank every other day to give her an additional four pennies at the end of the week.

       On Sunday evening we gathered receipts and confirmed she had deposited seven pennies in "The Bank of Dad. " Then I opened the old film container and counted out its contents―all eleven pennies. "Hey, there are four extra pennies in there!" I explained that her original seven pennies had grown to eleven pennies because every couple days the bank paid her a penny for letting them use her money―that's interest. She paused and asked, "Dad, what would happen if you deposited like a hundred million pennies in the bank?

59．What does the author think of the failure she faced?

       A．It was possible to live without failing at something.

       B．It made her become embarrassed, scared, and angry .

       C．It made her give up hope and didn't bounce back.