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阅读理解。     Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the
"wash up". An application is calling on the next government to bring it back.
     At school the children are taught to add up and subtract (减法) but, extraordinarily, are not routinely
shown how to open a bank account-let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and
demanding world. 
     Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces
to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum
in England. Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions,
they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved
by the government in the so-called "wash-up" earlier this month-the rush to legislation before parliament
was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most
frustrating omissions of the curriculum.
     As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not
last long. Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them
are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft (透支) as a way of extending
their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will"find it much harder to avoid the serious
unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents" generation unless they receive good quality
financial education while at school."
     The UK has been in the worst financial recession (衰退) for generations. It does seem odd that-unless
parents step in-young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when
they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools,
while 3% said it was a job for parents. 1. The passage is mainly about _____. A. how to manage school lessons
B. how to deal with the financial crisis
C. teaching young people about money
D. teaching students how to study effectively 2. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that _____. A. the author complains about the school education
B. pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C. students have been taught to manage their finances
D. laws on financial education have been effectively carried out 3. The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _____. A. instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money
B. promote the connection of schools and families
C. ask the government to dismiss the parliament
D. appeal for the curriculum of financial education 4. According to Pfeg, _____. A. it is easy to keep good habits long
B. teenagers spend their money as planned
C. parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids
D. it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone 5. A poll is mentioned to _____. A. stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
B. show the seriousness of the financial recession
C. make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D. illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal
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阅读理解。     Liu Jiaoyang, 16, carefully winds a bobbin (绕线筒) with thread, places it on her sewing machine (缝纫机)
and then presses her foot down to begin sewing. While she"s doing this, she pretends to guide fabric (布料)
through the machine. Liu looks forward to the class when she can work on a piece of real cloth, and make a
beautiful dress.
     Each Tuesday afternoon, after the bell rings for the fourth period, Liu becomes a fashion designer. At the
same time, the rest of the students at the High School Attached to Yunnan Normal University in Kunming are
also having classes a little bit different from the usual ones. Some students dance, others create robots, and still
others review films. These are just a few of the other 27 elective (选修的) courses besides Liu"s sewing class
that the school began to offer last month.
     "The fashion design class has become the bright point of my week. I learn how to choose colors and fabrics
(织物) as well as sewing and sketching (素描) skills. It"s all helping me to realize the dream of becoming a
fashion designer I"ve had since I was a little girl," Liu said.
     Design is Liu"s favorite, but for other students the electives are interesting lessons which relieve (舒缓) the
pressures of schoolwork. Some students, for example, are learning how to play bridge. Chen Xi, 15, is one of
them. She said, "Many people think that playing a card game like this in class is a waste of time. But in fact,
bridge is a very challenging game that helps develop memory and math skills." 1. How often do the students have elective classes? A. Once a week
B. Once a month
C. Once a term
D. Once a year 2. How often do the students have elective classes? A. Once a week
B. Once a month
C. Once a term
D. Once a year 3. Why did the students like to have elective classes? A. Because the elective classes are easier.
B. Because they needn"t do any homework in the elective classes.
C. Because they can get an opportunity to relieve their pressures.
D. Because they want to be fashion designers in the future. 4. According to the passage many people think _____ in class is a waste of time.A. dancing
B. creating robots
C. playing a card game
D. reviewing films
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阅读理解。     Scientists are not sure how the brain follows the tracks of time. One theory holds that it has a group of
cells specialized to record the intervals (间隔)of time, while another theory holds that some neural processes
(神经突)act as an inside clock.
     Whichever theory it may be, studies find, the cells have a poor grasp of longer interval. Time does seem
to slow during an empty afternoon and race when the brain focuses on challenging work. Stimulants (兴奋剂),
including caffeine, tend to make people feel as if time is passing faster; complex jobs, like doing taxes, can
seem to drag on longer than they actually do. And emotional events-a breakup, a promotion, a transformative
trip abroad-tend to be sensed as more recent than they actually are, by months or even years. In short, some
psychologists say, the findings support the philosopher Martin Heidegger"s observation that time "persists
merely as a consequence of the events taking place in it."
     Now researchers are finding that the opposite thing may also be true: if very few events come to mind, then
the sense of time does not persist; the brain shortens the interval that has passed.
     In one classic experiment, a French explorer named Michel Diffre lived in a cave for two months, cut off
from the rhythms of night and day and man-made clocks. He appeared then, convinced that he had been
isolated for only 25 days. Left to its own devices, the brain tends to shorten time.
     In earlier work, researchers found that a similar case at work in people"s judgment of intervals that last only
moments. Relatively infrequent stimuli, like flashes or tones, tend to increase the speed of the brain" s internal
pacemaker.
     On an obvious level, these kinds of findings offer an explanation for why other people"s children seem to
grow up so much faster than one"s own. Involved parents are all too well aware of first step in their own
children; however, seeing a cousin"s child once every few years, without bothering memories, shortens the
time. 1. What can we infer from the first paragraph? A. Scientists have agreed about how the brain records time.
B. Scientists all think that some cells record the intervals of time.
C. Scientists haven"t agreed on how the brain records time.
D. Scientists all hold the theory that neural processes are an inside clock. 2. According.to Paragraph 3, if we have few things to do, the brain will _____.A. make the intervals of time long
B. make the intervals of time short
C. keep a state of rest
D. stop working 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?  A. Michel Diffre didn"t think he had stayed in the cave for as long as two months.
B. Parents tend to think their own children grow faster than others.
C. Michel Diffre actually stayed in the cave for twenty-five days.
D. Children usually bring bad memories to their parents.4. In which column of a newspaper can we find this passage?A. Social news
B. Community activities
C. Science
D. Children s life
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阅读理解。     The pupils of the remote Beau-Roc primary school in Haiti are chanting. One of them plays a guitar made
from an empty oil tin. Their headmistress, Emile Jean-Noel, is one of the few women school headteachers in
the country.
     Today, over 70% of Haitian population live without proper food, water, schools, or housing. To reduce the
hunger that prevents learning and to encourage parents to send their children to school, meals are provided by
the World Food Programme.
     "We are so cut off that we have many difficulties," comments Emile, adding that finding chalk, school books
and other materials is practically impossible. Entile tries to encourage people around her to make use of available
resources. Her efforts are bearing fruit. One of her successes was convincing local women to contribute to
their children"s schooling and increase their income by selling embroidery (刺绣) and other handicrafts.
     Recent political instability has meant that the country has not invested (投资) in education for ten years.
Only 44% of children go to school and less than half of them finish primary school. Less than a third of these
children go on to secondary school. In rural areas it is not rare to find 17 and 18 year olds in primary school-
Beau-Roc has only 4 teachers for 260 pupils. Emile works constantly to improve her pupils" environment.
Under her direction, a local worker is now constructing a store house for the food delivered regularly by the
WFP.
     Not only is Emile"s salary small, but she receives it irregularly. For her, transport is a real headache. She
lives five kilometers away and has to take the tap, a privately-owned bus, costing more than she can afford.
     "The decision to be a rural teacher in Haiti should not be taken lightly", Emile comments. "With all the
sacrifices and risks it requires, only those who are really cut out for teaching should do it." However, Emile
loves her job. "I always feel at home with the children and, because the parents understand what I"m doing,
I try to give my best." 1. Which of the following is extremely difficult for Beau-Roc primary school? A. Teaching the women how to make embroidery and other handicrafts.
B. Persuading local women to care about their children" s education.
C. Encouraging people around to use those available resources.
D. Finding chalk, school books and other materials. 2. The many figures in Paragraph 4 indicate _____. A. poor investment in Haitian education
B. political instability in Haiti
C. challenges in Emile"s life
D. Emile"s constant efforts 3. In the last paragraph, "those who are really cut out for teaching" refer to people who are _____. A. dismissed from teaching
B. unfamiliar with teaching
C. qualified for teaching
D. cautious about teaching 4. What topic is presented in this passage?A. Hardship for teachers.
B. Devotion to education.
C. Politics and children.
D. Love and beauty.
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阅读理解。     Why do men live a shorter life than women? The latest research indicates that men"s hearts going into a
rapid decline when they reach middle age could be the cause.
     The research of ageing on the heart has shown that women"s longevity may be linked to the fact that their
hearts do not lose much pumping power with age.
     "We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 20 and 70 years of age,"
said the head of the study, Samantha of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
     "Within the heart there are millions of cells which make it beat. Between the ages of 20 and 70, one-third
of those cells die and are not replaced in men," said Samantha. "This is part of the ageing process."
     What amazes scientists is that the female heart suffers very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old
woman"s heart could work almost as perfectly as a 20-year-old one"s.
     "This gender (性别) difference might give the reason why men live shorter than women," said Samantha.
They studied over 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 17 and 80, who are mainly healthy persons
so as to reduce the influence of disease. "The team has yet to think about why ageing suffers a greater loss on
the male heart," said Samantha.
     But there is also good news-men can enjoy the health of their hearts with regular exercise. Samantha
stressed that women should also take regular exercise to stop their leg muscles getting weaker as they age. 1. The underlined word "longevity" in the second paragraph means "_____". A. health
B. long life
C. aging
D. effect 2. The text mainly talks about _____. A. men"s heart cells
B. women"s ageing process
C. the gender difference
D. hearts and long life3. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that _____. A. men have fewer cells than women when they are bon
B. women can produce the cells that make the heart beat C. the female heart suffers less loss of the cells
    with age
D. women will never suffer the loss of pumping power with age 4. If you want to live a long life, you should _____. A. enable your heart to beat much faster
B. think about the reason for ageing
C. take regular exercise to keep your heart healthy
D. stop your cells from being lost
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。      Lately, there is a rising trend in families choosing to homeschool their child than send their child to a
traditional educational institution. Let"s look at some of the benefits of homeschooling.
     1. Flexible Schedule
     Homeschooling enables a flexible schedule. 1_____ With homeschooling, your child can start homeschooling at 9 am or later depending on your preferred schedule. You can schedule your child"s homeschooling education
as you see fit with materials or subjects that may be not available in a traditional school.
     2. Individual attention
     With homeschooling, your child gets all the individual attention. For example, if your child is weak in maths,
you could devote more time and energy to teaching maths.
     Your child"s homeschooling schedule can be adjusted for that. For example, if your child is better at science
than at maths, simply devote more homeschooling hours to maths and cut back on science. With
homeschooling, the choice is yours. 2_____
     3. Family Activity
     The schooling of the child can become an extended family activity. Examples are field trips and experiments.
Plus, the child also receives more quality time with his/her parents. 3_____ The child is also free of any negative
peer pressure or influences.
     4. 4_____ 
     With homeschooling, the child does not need to prove his/her abilities to other children. Parents are able to
plan the learning program according to his strengths and weakness.
     Parents can also change the curriculum to suit the learning style of the child. 5_____ Some children even
learn better from experiencing or seeing things in action. A. No peer pressure
B. Religion Learning
C. Traditional schools can"t do that.
D. There is more time for family bonding.
E. For example, the child needn"t wake up at 7 every morning.
F. Plus, it is quite impossible to provide individual attention to all students.
G. For example, some children learn better from reading while others need to write.
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