Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl. She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother took away all the money and put it in a bank account.

Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away.

Xiong Shengyue, 14, from Nanjing, doesn't agree with the practice. "I think the money should be the children's, " she said. " We should take care of it by ourselves."

It is not that simple, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher at national Institute of Education Sciences.

Giving gift money is used to show social status (地位)and develop relationships, he told Beijing Legal Evening News. Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has "little to do with the children". What's more, children don't earn the money through work. So he thought that parents should still play a big part in dealing with the money.

But Yan Honglan, a mother of a 14-year-old boy in Beijing, has let her son be responsible (承担责任的)for his gift money since the age of 8. "I want to develop his financial(理财) skills, ' Yan said.

She also added:"No matter how you deal with the money, the most important thing is to make the children feel they're respected(尊重) and trusted.

Chen supported Yan's idea. She said that though she knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift money, she would feel happier if she could at least know how the money is spent.

"It would make me feel a little bit more grown-up," she said.

1.Chen Jie’s grandmother ________.

A．took away all her money and put it in a bank   B．let her take care of all her money

C．gave all her money to her parents           D．spent all her money

2. Chu Chaohui thought the gift money should be dealed with by _________

A．children          B． grandmother      C． parents          D．friends

3.Yan Honglan thought___________ is the most important thing.

A．to make children feel a little bit more grown-up

B．to take care of the gift money by themselves

C．to put the gift money in a bank account

D．to make the children feel they're respected and trusted.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Chen Jie got 3600 yuan as reward this Spring Festival.

B．Xiong Shengyue thought children should take care of the gift money.

C．Chu Chaohui thought parents shouldn’t play a big party in dealing with the money.

D．Yan Honglan has let her son be responsible for his gift money since the age of 9.

 

Long long ago, an old scientist made a few tests on different animals to find out which was the cleverest of all the animals.
In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room. In the room there were many boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. The smallest box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited for a few minutes outside the door. Then he put his eye to the keyhole(钥匙孔). What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.  
【小题1】The scientist wanted to know ____.

A．if the monkey came into the small box	B．if the monkey would sleep
C．which animal was cleverer than other animals	D．if some boxes were inside other boxes

【小题2】After the scientist left the room, the monkey _______.

A．looked at the scientist through the keyhole	B．began to look for food
C．came into the boxes one after another	D．began to eat the food

【小题3】To the scientist’s surprise, _____.

A．the monkey went out of the room

B．the monkey looked at the scientist through the window

C．began to look for food

D．put its eyes to the keyhole.

We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．
【小题1】According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by sea

【小题2】People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________

A．train

B．plane

C．sea

D．bus

【小题3】______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

A．Traveling by bike．	B．Traveling by train．
C．Traveling by sea．	D．Traveling by car．[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

【小题4】If we travel by car, we can _________

A．enjoy the longest journey

B．travel only fifty miles a day[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

C．make our own timetable

D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

【小题5】When people travel on business, they usually take

A．a boat or a train	B．a car or a boat
C．a plane or a car	D．a train or a plane

What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
【小题1】 More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during                .

A．Christmas Day	B．National Day
C．the Spring Festival	D．the Mid-autumn Festival

【小题2】The newspapers will disappear                .

A．in 28 years

B．by 2020

C．by 2053

D．in 33 years

【小题3】               is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.

A．Coal

B．Wind

C．Nuclear power

D．Water

【小题4】From the passage we can know                 in the future.

A．the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem

B．90% of the population will live in the city

C．robot teachers will check homework

D．readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet

【小题5】What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?                 .

A．Schools will go electronic	B．Computers will be important
C．There will be robot teachers	D．School buses will be like spaceships

TOKYO, JAPAN--What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂）？ Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?
When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots. Each cockroach has a very small pack that has in it a microprocessor(微处理器）.Then researchers can send signals from the remote control to the pack. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.
Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble(瓦砾）to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.
This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.
First, the researchers breed (培育)hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae(触须）. They put small packs where the antennae were. The packs weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight. ”
With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packs. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don’t always move in the right direction.
【小题1】The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because ______.

A．they want cockroaches to do things people can’t in the future

B．they want to control the movements of the cockroaches

C．they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes

D．they want to send signals to the packs on the cockroaches

【小题2】What can cockroaches do to help people?

A．They can lift 20 times their own weight.

B．They can help people to carry very small cameras.

C．They can breed hundreds of cockroaches.

D．They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake.

【小题3】Scientists control cockroaches’ movements ______.

A．by removing their wings

B．by sending signals from the remote control

C．by using very small cameras

D．by removing their antennae

【小题4】What problem do the rcscarchcrs meet with?

A．The cockroachcs sometimes clon;t move.

B．The cockroachcs sometimes move in ihc wrong direction.

C．The cockroachcs arc too big to move through earthquake rubble.

D．The cockroachcs can only lift 20 times their own weight.