Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance．The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly．

    The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family．Timing is another consideration．Some children get a weekly allowance．Others get a monthly allowance．

    In any case，parents should make clear what，if anything，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 are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance．

    The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending saving．Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs，like clothing or electronics．

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

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

1．What is special about children learning financial management by experience?

A．They learn more quickly．   

B．They are not as likely to make mistakes． 

C．Their mistakes won’t matter so much．

D．They have plans made by their parents．

2．When the writer says some young children“will learn the hard way that…”，he means____________. 

A．they will know a budget is hard to carry out 

B．they will have a hard time learning the lesson 

C．what they will learn is absolutely true 

D．their parents will teach them a hard lesson

3．Judging from the article．it is all right if a couple gives their son an allowance________. 

A．regularly twice every month 

B．whenever he has run out of money 

C．telling him to ask for permission before spending 

D．without telling him what to spend on

4．The writer would agree to encourage the kids to ____________to deal with a tight budget．  

A．borrow money from others    B．a(chǎn)sk their parents for more money  

C．get paid for their household routines D．earn money by extra work

5．When a kid donates some of his allowance to wild animal protection，he is_____．

A．sharing it with others         B．giving it to a good cause

C．buying things for himself      D．saving for his future spending

In people’s minds．Beijing women are taller, bold，and uninhibited，while Shanghai women are smaller in figure．a(chǎn)nd always speak in a soft voice．The image(形象)of Beijing women is usually bigger than Shanghai women’s． However, it turns out to be just the other way round after I have worked in Beijing for some time．   

    Everybody goes Dutch in Shanghai；even at a grand party，but in Beijing it's usually the men’s treat．It is impossible to invite a female friend who already has a boyfriend or a young married woman out, even if you promise to see her home that night．

    The conditions of the men in Beijing are no better at a11．All their cells will ring one after another at 12 o’clock sharp at night．The voice on the other end is usually loud enough for anyone nearby to hear．“Where have you been! Do you remember that you’ve got a home? Now who’s with you?”and these three sentences are usually the main parts of the call．

    Shanghai women could never understand this．If it’s a Shanghai woman who shouts in the phone，the Shanghai man on the other end must think that she is crazy(or drunk，perhaps)．The Shanghainese go Dutch in life，and they appreciate the independence in both economic and love affairs．

    Many of my friend girls in Shanghai are office ladies with very high income．The tiredness of life cannot kill their pride in saying：“I don’t depend on any men．”Thus no men can command them，for example，to force them to come back home before 10 pm．Beijingers do not admire the Shanghai way of life，anyhow．How can a couple be addressed as“a couple”when they don’t know where the other has been last night? They wondered．

1．The underlined word“uninhibited ”in Paragraph One probably means_____．

  A．relaxed enough to do as they like    B．very cautious about their behavior

  C．a(chǎn)lways doing what they are told to  D．not having courage or confidence

2．By mentioning men paying bills for women in Beijing，the writer wants to show that___________.

  A．Beijing women are respected    B．Beijing women lack independence

  C．Beijing men are generous       D．Beijing men possess gentle manners

3．The conditions of Beijing men are no better because they____________.

  A．often stay out late at night        B．have women call them at midnight

  C．a(chǎn)re treated the same as Shanghai men D．enjoy no more freedom than the women

4．Shanghai women could never understand why_____________．

  A．Beijing women behave like that     B．Beijing men behave like that

  C．Shanghai men think so differently D．Shanghai women don’t copy Beijing women

5．In a Beijinger’s mind．it’s normal for a couple to___________．

    A．go Dutch in life                B．know each other’s whereabouts

    C．return home before 10 pm        D．suspect each other’s behavior

6．The title of the article may be______________．

    A．Lifestyle difference between Shanghai and Beijing

    B．Physically strong may mean spiritually weak

    C．Big Shanghai women and little Beijing women

D．Can a couple go Dutch in life?

For that idea kicking around Clancy’S head since 1988，the U．S．Patent Office this month(June 2006)awarded the 52-year-old Mansfield，Ohio, man a patent．Its number：7037243．What makes this invention work is the moving weights inside the handles．They let you have the feel of a rope moving，Clancy said．

    But why jump rope without a rope?

    It’s perfect for the clumsy, Clancy said．”If you are still jumping，you’re still using your legs，as well as your alms．a(chǎn)nd giving exercise to the cardiovascular(心血管)．You just don’t have to worry about tripping on the rope．”

    It is also good for mental institutions and prisons where people might use rope to kill themselves，said Clancy，who serves as a laundry worker in a state prison．And low ceiling fans aren’t dangerous any more，he said．

    The idea isn’t all that crazy．said Mike Ernst，a professor of kinesiology(運(yùn)動(dòng)機(jī)能學(xué))at California State University in Dominguez Hills．

    The more he thought about it，the more Ernst said he could see the benefit，adding that，“   Do you need to jump with a rope? You don’t，”Ernst said．” But I wouldn’t buy the product，I can tell you that．I'm not a fool．”

    High-tech handles aren’t needed．You could even use toilet paper holders，Ernst said．On second thought，he wondered if he could patent that idea．

1．What’s the name of the patent owner?

   A．Clancy．   B．Mansfield．   C．Ohio．    D．Mike Ernst

2．The moving weights inside the handles are used to__________________．

    A．free the jumper’s hands      B．a(chǎn)dd weight to the rope

    C．help throw the rope around    D．work as a rope

3．Ernst thought“The idea isn’t ail that crazy”because it aimed to_______．

    A．make the jumping safer                     B．prevent self-killing

    C．1et others share the inventor’s experience    D． have people do more exercise

4．The last paragraph mainly tell us that Ernst__________________．

    A．considered the patent and his new idea equally silly

    B．might apply for a patent for his new idea

    C．preferred toilet paper holders to high-tech handles

    D．was a person full of new ideas

閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題。(請(qǐng)注意問題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求)

You are about to become a college freshman．You enter college expecting to leave with a degree．

The following are tips on how to get the most out of your college education．

    Time Management

    “Man is first a social animal，then a rational(理性的)one．”So you may find it hard to say“No”each time your roommate wants to see a movie when you need to read Paradise Lost(《失樂園》)．

    Think about what you want from college and from friends．Study after breakfast，between classes，whatever works best for you．Don’t cut off all social contacts，which are as vital(重要的)to surviving in college as reading．Study Hegel(黑格爾)first，then catch a late movie．

    Study Method

Would you take a trip by __________instead of reading a map? Of course not．Studying in college demands more independence than in high sch001．Survey the material first to get a sense of it；ask some questions；write down key ideas；tell yourself the essence(本質(zhì))of what you’ve read and review it．

    Keeping up

    Professors may not notice whether you attend a large lecture，but you could notice later on．Some professors use lectures to discuss material not found in the reading on which they will base an exam．    Others stress key points．Skip at your own risk．If you must miss a lecture，get the notes in time．If too much time elapses(逝去)．the notes will make no sense．Never fall more than a week behind in reading the notes．If you don’t do the reading，you won’t understand the lecture．

1．What is the best title of the passage?

(Please answer within 10 words．)

2.   Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

As a college student，getting yourself involved in social activities is as important as studying．

3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

4．Which of the suggestions do you think is the best for you? Why?

(Please answer within 30 words．)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese．

隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展，許多人為城市未來的交通狀況而擔(dān)憂，你對(duì)此持何態(tài)度?請(qǐng)寫一篇120—150詞左右的短文，談?wù)勛约旱囊娊夂驮O(shè)想。

—Have you seen my notebook?

一Oh，Jane must take it      ；she has the same one as yours.

A．on purpose    B．by chance    C．by accident    D. by mistake

—Our plane takes off at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning from Xiaoshan Airport.

—    we fail to arrive there in time?

一I have no idea．

A．What if    B．As if    C. Only if    D. Even if

The employees have not been paid     since the new manager took over this company last month．

A．regularly    B．normally   C. absolutely    D. ordinarily

     your advice，I would have caught in the traffic and I wouldn’t have been there on time.

A．In spite of    B．But for    C．Because of    D. As for

NO matter how frequently       ，the work of Beethoven still attract people all over the world.

A．being performed  B．performing    C．to be performed    D. performed