All children want to have pocket money. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?   51 

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.   52   Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money. 

First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time.    53  

In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that.    54    

Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with the money. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want.    55  Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children. 

A One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money. 

B They can save it for future use. 

C Timing is another consideration. 

D As helping at home is a normal part of family life. 

E Some children are not good at managing their pocket money. 

F Learning how to get money is very important for every child.  

G By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget. 

 

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Every boy and every girl expects their parents to give them pocket money． Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?    1  

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family．   2  Some children get weekly pocket money． Others get monthly pocket money．

First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving． Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money． At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it． Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time．  3  

In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home． Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that．   4  

Pocket money can give children a chance to experience three things they can do with the money． They can spend it by giving it to a good excuse． They can spend it by buying things they want．   5  Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice（牺牲）． Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing（投资）for children．

A．They can save it for future use．

B．Timing is another consideration（考虑）．

C．As helping at home is a normal part of family life．

D．Some children are not good at managing the pocket money．

E．Learning how to get money is important for children．

F．One purpose（目的）is to let kids learn how to manage their own money．

G．By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget

 

 

Terry Herbert, 55, of Staffordshire, the UK, has used a metal detector (探测器)for the past 18 years to look for treasure. He’d never found anything especially valuable. But on July 5, he made a very important discovery, which also changed the way the British look at history. In a field near his home, Herbert found a huge number of ancient artifacts. The finding was announced on September 24.

Archaeologists(考古学家) are surprised by the size of the discovery. There are more than 1,300 pieces. The discovery is much bigger than any other from the Anglo-saxon era(盎格鲁撒克逊时代)，said Roger Bland of the British Museum. Bland said some experts think treasures of this kind must have belonged to a king but they couldn’t be certain.

The artifacts are thought to date from between AD 675 and AD 725, a time that is sometimes called the Dark Ages. The time was marked by frequent fighting. The gold in the collection weighs 5 kilograms. It suggests that England at the time was richer than historians thought.

Why were the gold and silver treasures buried? Archaeologists believe it could have been to hide them from enemies, a common practice at the time.

The findings could become one of Britain’s top archaeological finds. So far, experts have looked at 1,345 pieces and there are still more to come. It may take a year to look at the whole finding.

Herbert found the treasure while he was searching in a friend’s field over five days in July. He said his discovery was more fun than winning the lottery. “This is what treasure hunters dream of, finding stuff like this. The great amount there is just unbelievable,” he said.

1、Terry Herbert used a metal detector to search for treasure because     .

A、he had researched the area and was sure there was treasure there.

B、he was very interested in British history.

C、he wanted to be an archeologist

D、he enjoyed searching for treasure

2、Herbert’s discovery is very important because     .

A、the treasure he found belongs to an ancient English king.

B、the treasure has changed people’s understanding of early English history.

C、the treasure is proving a big help to the British economy.

D、it is the find that many British treasure hunters have been hoping for years.

3、On the basis of the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A、It might take three years for scientists to look through all of the treasure.

B、Ancient English people buried treasure in the fields for future use.

C、At the time England was a more violent and religious land than historians thought.

D、Herbert prefers the fun of treasure hunting over the money he will earn for his discovery.

4、Which of the following headlines best sums up the article?

A、British treasure hunter makes big find.        B、Scientists find out about the dark ages.

C、How to find treasures using a metal detector.  D、Archeologists win big lottery prize.

 

　    Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.

       Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we interact and build relationship. These are a few of recently recognized features of email, say experts, that should cause individual and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

       “Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits, ”says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect a growing unconcern to the way we write.

       Baron argues that we should not forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in emails. “ The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.

       Others say that despite its poor prose(文字), email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn’t: it has made writing fashionable again.

       “Email is a critical new communication technology,” says Ian Lancashire, a University of Toronto professor of English.“It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech.”

       Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email’s close similarity to speech.“ It’s like a circle of four or five people around a campfire,” he says.

  Still, he accepts that this new?found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble.“Almost everyday I get emails that apologies of previous emails,” he reports.

       In the US, the number of emails sent in a day exceeds(超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

5.The passages mainly shows us that .

A? people should stop using email to communicate

B? experts hold different opinions about email

C? Americans only use email to communicate

D? email makes people lose interest in English

6. In Lancashire’s opinion, email is a wonderful technology because_____.

A. it can be used all over the world

B. it is the fastest way to communicate

C. we can express ourselves in a free way

       D. we can save a lot of paper

7. Which of the following is NOT true about email?

A. It is changing the way of communication.

B. It is used more than letters in the US.

C. It helps us write better.

       D. It causes us to write more.

E

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Every boy and every girl expects their parents to give them more pocket money. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?   51  

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.   52   Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money.

First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time.  53

In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that. 54   

Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with

themoney. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want.   55  Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children.

A．They can save it for future use.

B．Timing is another consideration.

C．As helping at home is a normal part of family life.

D．Some children are not good at managing their pocket money.

E. Learning how to get money is very important for every child.

F. One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money.

G. By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget（预算）.