Pocket MoneyMost British parents give their teenagers pocket money. Teenagers ge

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Pocket Money
Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money. Teenagers get between ￡7 and ￡20 a week. They spend it on fast food， designed clothes， the cinema， concert， magazines and mobile phones.
1. Lazy parents？
37% of parents pay teenagers to clean the living room， 66% of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out.
2. Lazy teens？
51% of teenagers don’t make their bed

s 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 30% of teenagers save any money.
7. Earnings
Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money：
Emma： I get ￡30 a month， I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room.
James： 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.
Lain： I get ￡7. 50 a week. I have to be “good” but I don’t have to do any jobs for the money.
Richard： I get ￡5 a week. But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me ￡25 a week for looking after their cats.
52. This passage is mainly about　　　　.
A. teenagers everywhere get pocket money    B. how to spend pocket money
C. some bits about pocket money in Britain    D. how to get pocket money
53. 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.
54. 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
55. Who most probably gets the most money for a wh

ole year according to the passage？
A. Emma. B. James. C. Lain. D. Richard.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D

解析

举一反三

For better health, many people turn to doctors or self-help books．But they don’t realize that their friends could help them fight illness and sadness, slow aging and help them live a longer life．Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in whole health．A 10-year Australian study found that old people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during the study than those with fewer friends．
“In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t well appreciated,” said Rebecca G．Adams, a professor of the University of North Carolina．“Friendship has a bigger influence on us than family relationships．” Why friendship has such a big effect isn’t clear．While friends can pick up medicine for a sick person, the advantages go well beyond physical help．
Last year, researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the foot of a steep（陡峭的）hill and fitting them with a heavy backpack．They were then asked to estimate the steepness of the hill．Some of them stood next to their friends during the research, while others were alone．The students who stood with their friends judged the hill to be lower than the hills in other students’ eyes．And the longer the friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared．
“People with stronger friendship feel like there is someone they can turn to,” said Karen A Roberto, director of the medical center at Virginia Tech．“Friendship is a great resource, but many people don’t realize it．The message of these studies is that friends make your life better．”
64．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that     ．
A．friends could take the place of doctors and medicine
B．researchers have studied the importance of friendship for a long time
C．people with few friends usually die at a young age
D．people with many friends can live longer
65．Which of the following is RTUE of Professor Adams?
A．She thinks friends affect us more than family members．
B．She likes making friends with different people．
C．She advises people to choose a close friend．
D．She knows the role of friendship in her life．
66．The underlined word “estimate” in Paragraph 3 means “       ”．
A．judge         B．find      C．learn           D．imagine
67．What’s the best title for the passage?
A．How to keep healthy            B．How to make friends
C．The importance of friendship     D．The meaning of real friends

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When I was young，I wished for a good car and a big house. That was my idea of success. I took all the advanced classes and tried to do well in the exams with my mind set on going to a key school. I just knew that I would somehow become famous and be able to afford the car and the dream house. All the way through junior years，my mind was planning this beautiful future.
Then in the eleventh grade, many losses changed my mind. First, one of my friends died at 16. Soon after， my great-grandmother passed away followed by my beloved fourth-grade teacher. These events left me not knowing what to do or where to go. Death had never touched me so closely.
After a long period of emptiness, it finally struck me: Life is not promised and neither is future success. Though I was attempting to achieve material success， I was not enjoying my daily life. I realized that finding inner peace， purpose and happiness will stick with me forever and that is real success.
Enjoying life"s precious quirks (偶发事件) makes an ordinary person more successful than a wealthy person who isn"t content and takes everything for granted. The summer before senior years, my attitude changed greatly. Instead of memorizing facts, I began learning skills. Instead of focusing on the future， I focused on today and the many blessings and successes that came with it.
I still get excellent grades， but now I devote weeks to studying instead of struggling for exams, and I think about the future with a deeper sense of meaning. For me, being successful means truly living life each day.
68.The reason why the author changed his idea of success is ____.
A.that he can"t afford his house
B.that his beloved teacher was dead
C.that he didn"t know what to do or where to go
D.that he lost a few beloved persons in a short time
69.What does the author want to tell the readers?
A.The true meaning of the life.
B.The true meaning of studying
C.How to achieve success.
D.His opinion about success.
70. According to the passage which of the following is TRUE?
A.The writer thinks the success is not promised.
B.His teacher died before the death of his grandpa.
C.The writer didn’t do well in all the exams.
D.He didn’t want to take all the exams.

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第三部分阅读理解
(共15小题，每题2分，满分30分)
Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game.
Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test --- unless the person cheats again.
Some people lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too.
Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.
If you were sick or upset about something the night before and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.
A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions(解决办法) together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.
56．The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, _______.
A．it is unfair to other people B．it does harm to their heath
C．teachers should punish them D．teachers shouldn’t stop them at once
57．Some students like cheating mainly because_________.
A．the material in the test is very difficult
B．they want to do better than the others
C．cheating can make hard things seem very easy
D．they have little time to study their lessons
58．The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.
A．cheating isn’t a good idea B．why kids cheat in the test
C．some kids can’t pass the test without cheating
D．some kids don’t spend the time studying
59．We can learn from the passage______.
A．cheaters are often thought highly of
B．people show no respect for those who cheat
C．parents whose kids cheat are often in trouble
D．kids cheat in the test because of swim practice
60．In the passage those cheaters are advised to_______.
A．spend more time on school than on sports
B．find good solutions instead of cheating
C．try hard to be intelligent rather than lazy
D．ask their classmates for good methods of study

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed．“I’m impatient．” “I’m always behind．” “I always put things   36 !” You’ve surely heard them．Maybe you’ve used them to describe   37 ．
These comments may come from stories about us that have been   38   for years—often from   39  childhood．These stories may have no   40   in fact．But they can set low expectations for us．As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life．” How did these expectations   41   my development? I was never   42   to work on cars or be around 43 ．When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test．My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later,   44 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree．One of my professors, Dr．Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do．On the positive side, I   45    down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking．” On the   46   side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills．”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills．I explained my life   47   and told him about my   48  performance on the Army test．Bob then asked, “ 49   is it that you can solve 50   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   51   from some sort of genetic defect．I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   52 ．At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   53   my belief that I was mechanically hopeless．And it wasn’t just the Army test, either．I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true． 54   , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   55   we choose．
36．A．away       B．off    C．up    D．down
37．A．them B．myself      C．yourself    D．others
38．A．said   B．spoken      C．spread      D．repeated
39．A．as long as B．as far back as   C．as well as D．as much as
40．A．basis B．plot   C．cause D．meaning
41．A．lead B．improve    C．affect       D．change
42．A．encouraged     B．demanded C．hoped       D．agreed
43．A．means      B．tools C．facilities   D．hammers
44．A．therefore B．somehow C．instead      D．however
45．A．settled      B．turned      C．took D．got
46．A．passive     B．active       C．negative    D．subjective
47．A．experiences      B．trips C．roads D．paths
48．A．unexpected      B．poor C．excellent   D．average
49．A．When      B．What C．How        D．Why
50．A．complex   B．advanced C．commonD．primary
51．A．arise B．separate    C．suffer       D．come
52．A．believe     B．suspect     C．adopt D．receive
53．A．weakening       B．strengthening   C．abandoning      D．accepting
54．A．As a result       B．At the same time     C．In addition       D．On the contrary
55．A．anythingB．something C．nothing     D．all

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I know that it"s hard to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But, I wanted to succeed in both. I knew this would be a 36 but didn"t realize how much until classes began.
I 37 on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. Often, 38 finishing my homework before it was 39 to hand in, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I 40 finished it the next day between classes. But I knew it wasn"t very good and the 41 I received showed my lack of 42 .I realized that I needed to find some sort of 43 .So, the next day I created a 44 _ that would 45 my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea, 46 I was only able to 47 it for a few days. A schedule like that had too much   48  .So I tried another plan. This one 49 lists and common sense. Each week I made a list of 50 I had to get done during that week and by which day I had to have it done. Then, 51 the list of things I had to get done, I made a list of things I could do if I had the time. This is the 52 I have used since then. Now, I have started my senior year and I feel time is 53. Scheduling my time has become more challenging, but I continue to do it.
My cousins, who are now in college, tell me that there are a lot of books to read by yourself and many different things to do, with various people and organizations. So I"m 54 that I"ve learned to balance things and it has helped 55 me for what is to come after graduation.
36．A．disaster            B．challenge         C．trouble             D．competition
37．A．kept              B．caught            C．took               D．got
38．A．as well as          B．in order to        C．instead of         D．not only
39．A．point             B．late              C．ready            D．time
40．A．seldom           B．always           C ．hardly          D．never
41．A．degree            B．rank             C．grade            D．title
42．A．intelligence       B．confidence       C．exercise         D．effort
43．A．balance          B．skill             C．change           D．improvement
44．A．form             B．timetable      C．method            D．system
45．A．average           B．arrange          C．divide           D．organize
46．A．and              B．but             C．so              D．then
47．A．accept            B．collect          C．follow          D．insist
48．A．pressure          B．influence         C．question         D．doubt
49．A．provided         B．included         C．formed          D．needed
50．A．anything          B．something       C．nothing          D．everything
51．A．under            B．among          C．from            D．with
52．A．skill             B．method         C．experience       D．way
53．A．important         B．valuable         C ．limited        D．up
54．A．glad             B．convinced         C．sure             D．ungrateful
55．A．enable           B．prepare         C．practise          D．equip

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