Winners Club

You choose to be a winner!

The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 – that’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers:

No account keeping fees!

You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!

Excellent interest rates!

You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them out in a month.

Convenient

Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all.  With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet···You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!

Mega magazine included

Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.

The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key – card) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!

1.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for ________.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?

3.The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.

4.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.

5.What is the purpose of this text?

C
1970 was World Conservation（自然保护）Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that people would act quickly in order to conserve nature（大自然）. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man. It is said that there are tens of thousands of kinds of animals in the world, but now many have died out（绝种）. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives . We can't live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future？Perhaps it is more important to ask“What must we do now？”The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of  11 kilometres of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called“No one's going to change our world.”It was made by the Beatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.
65、“No one's going to change our world”was 　　　.
A、an important book published in 1970    
B、an idea that nobody would accept（接受）
C、a record calling on people to conserve nature
D、a newspaper report in 1970
66、What's the most important thing for us to do to save our world？
A、We should know what will happen in the future.
B、We should plant more trees and flowers.
C、We should clean the banks of our rivers.
D、We must do what we must do to save our world.
67、What's the main idea of the passage？
A、1970 was World Conservation Year.
B、The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger.
C、Conservation is necessary.
D、Young people are helping to save our world.

         WILD WEATHERMAN

         Name: Sam Champion

         Hot job: TV Weatherman

         Where: WABC-TV, New York City

         When you were a child, did you plan to forecast wind, rain, and snow on TV?

         I wanted to be a foreign journalist．I took courses in weather science at Eastern Kentucky University, but I majored in broadcasting news．

         How did you finally become a weatherman?

         My first job in the early 80’s was at the local TV station in Paducah, Kentucky．I did everything from turning on the lights in the morning to writing and delivering morning news．I put together weather forecasts, and became interested in them．

         Back then, how did you forecast weather?

         Independent companies collected computer information that showed, for example, how a single weather system might split into snow or snow mixed with rain．The information was often opposite and the job of a weatherman was to study the information and make the best educated guess about the storm．

         Has weather forecasting changed much with new technology?

         Advanced computers, satellites, and Doppler radar （sound waves used to track storms） have made forecasting more exact．But we still know very little about how weather is shaped．So far, we just have theories．

         Any advice for children who’d like to become weather scientists?

         To me, weather is the most exciting field in the world．There are still so many more questions about weather than answers．After all, if we can’t foresee floods or hurricanes, how safe a society are we? Weather forecasting is wide open for scientists who love to solve puzzling problems．The next generation of meteorologists （weather scientists） will unlock many of Earth’s weather secrets．So get a general knowledge of Earth science, and study meteorology （weather science） in college．

         Thanks, Sam．                                            

1．Judging from the writing style, the text is ________．

         A．a diary     B．an interview       C．a news story      D．an announcement

2．As a child, ABC-TV’s Sam Champion wanted to be a ________．

         A．space scientist  B．weatherman      C．news reporter   D．meteorologist

3．Present weather forecasting technology ________．

         A．has made weather report more exact than ever              

         B．is still not perfect

         C．hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years                                    

         D．both A and B

4．The study of weather science is called ________．

         A． meteorology    B． forecasting     C ．geography        D． earth science

Dear Editor,
I’m a Senior I student in a middle school. This term, my favorite teacher, Miss Mao, no longer teaches us. I want to see her, but I’m afraid that she no longer likes me and I don’t want to trouble her. I really miss her. What should I do?
Tian Yan
Dear Tian Yan,
It’s bad luck that you have lost your favorite teacher, But if she is still in your school , nothing can stop you going to see her. When she isn’t busy, ask her if she minds having a quick chat. You can then tell her she was your favorite teacher------ everyone is happy to know that they are liked!
If she has left the school, it will be more difficult to meet her. It will be hard, but remember people always come and go in their lives. We can’t rely on them to be with us all the time.
You may be sad to say goodbye to her, but we can remember and learn from her. Think of her best qualities.
You could also try looking for similar qualities in your other teachers. Study hard and give your new teacher a chance.In time, you might start to see that he or she has different qualities to learn from.
Finally, you can not completely rely on other people to get you through your studies , or even your life.
Editor
【小题1】The letters are from________.
A book      B newspaper   C poster     D advertisement
【小题2】Which of the following does the editor advise Tuan Yan NOT to do?
A Find a time to see Miss Mao    B Have a short chat with Miss Mao
C Tell Miss Mao she likes her     D Keep quiet about the thing
【小题3】 According to the passage, students can make progress in their studies _______.
A completely by their favorite teachers  B completely by their favorite classmates
C mainly by their parents            D mainly by themselves