Pocket money

Most British parents give their teenagers pocker money. Teenagers get between ￡7 and ￡20 a week. They spend it on fast food, designer clothes, the cinema, concert, magazines and mobile phones.

★Lazy parents?

   37% of parents pay teenagers to clean the lounge, 66% of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out.

★Lazy teens?

51% of teenagers don’t make their beds before they leave home.Only 13% of teenagers wash the car for money.Some parents even pay their teenagers to do their homework.

★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.

★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.

★Where you live makes a difference!

Parents in Scotland and the North of England give most pocket money.

★Spending

51% spend their money on clothes.39%buy cosmetics, juwellery and toiletries.Less than 40% of teenagers save any money.Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money:I get ￡30 a month, I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room. --Emma,15, Edinburgh .I get ￡10 a week. But I have to clean the car, hoover the house and load and unload the dishwasher. I usually save the money. --James, 12, Sheffield..I get ￡7.5 a week.I have to be “good” but I don’t have to do any jobs for the money. --Lain, 13, Cardiff.I get ￡5 a week. But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me ￡25 a week for looking after their cats. --Richard, 13, Belfast

63. This passage is mainly about ________.

A.how to get pocket money                        B.some bits about pocket money in Britain

C.how to spend pocket money                    D.teenagers everywhere get pocket money

64. Which of the following sentences is true according to the text?

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.

65 .We can infer from the text 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

66. Who most probably gets the most money for a whole year according to the passage?

A. Richard                      B.James                   C.Lain                    D.Emma

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.

   If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but…”, what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “You noise was giving me a headache” leaves the child who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for this bad behavior.

   Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

   These pseudo(虛假的) apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not turn to these pseudo apologies.

   But even when presented with examples of true regret, children still need help to become aware of how difficult it is to say sorry. A three-year-old child might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old child might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old child might need to be shown that taking away the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.

59. If a mother adds “but” to an apology, ________.

A.the child may find the apology easier to accept         B.the child may feel that he should apologize to his mother 

C.she does not realize that the child has been hurt        D.she doesn’t feel that she should have apologized

60. According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset.” most probably means “_______”

A.You have good reason to get upset                       B.I apologize for hurting your feelings 

C.I’m wrong for making you upset                       D.I know you’re upset, but I’m not to blame

61. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry ________.

A.their ages should be taken into consideration    B.parents should be patient and tolerant(寬容的)

C.parents need to set them a good example         D.the difficulties involved should be taken no notice of

62. It can be inferred from the text that apologizing properly is ________.

A.not necessary among family members                 B.a sign of social progress 

C.not as simple as it seems                                    D.a matter calling for immediate attention

Eight honours and disgraces

The leader of China issued a list of honours and disgraces, helping Chinese people form life values. They are the following:

    1. Love, do not harm, the motherland.          2. Serve, don’t betray, the people.

3. Value science; don’t be ignorant.           4. Work hard, don’t be lazy and hate work.

5. Be united and help each other; don’t benefit at the expense of others.

6. Be honest and trustworthy; don’t chase profit at the expense of your values.

7. Obey the law, be disciplined; don’t break laws and violate discipline.

8. Know plain living and hard struggle; do not waste away in luxuries and pelasure.

56. A boy was seriously ill. His grandpa thought the hospital could do nothing about the boy’s illness. He asked a witch to help him. This was against _______ value.

A.the first                   B.the third                   C.the seventh       D.the eighth

57. Which of the following is NOT good?

A. You found a wallet on the ground. There was nobody around. You couldn’t find its owner and you didn’t know where you should hand it in. So you kept it.

       B. You have too much homework, but a very funny cartoon is on TV. You still goon doing your homework until you finsih it.

C. You are in a noisy class. The other students are talking loudly. You can’t listen to the teacher clearly, so you ask them to be quiet.

D. You heard somebody say bad things about China. You are brave enough to tell him it’s not good to do so.

58. Why has the government issued “the Eight Honours and Disgraces”?

A.To ask Chinese people to gain more knowledge.      B.To tell people to obey laws.

C.To tell people that science is very important            D.To help Chinese people form life values.

Dear God,

    Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 36  it was too late to tell them.

    I am blessed with the dear mother who is still   37. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I  38  what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I am   39   to speak these words in her presence(面前), but they  40   easily from my pen.

    How does a daughter begin to  41  her mother for life itself? For the love,  42 and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for  43 a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows  44  ? For waiting for the 45 when a daughter realizes her mother really is?

    How does a  46  woman thank for a mother for 47  to be a mother? For being ready with advice (when asked) or 48  silent when it is most appreciated? For not 49 : “I told you so”, when she could have uttered these 50 dozens of times? For being essentially herself―loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?

    I don’t know how, dear God,  51  to bless her as richly as she  52   and to help me  53 the example she has set. I 54 that I will look as good in the eyes of my  55   as my mother looks in mine.

A daughter

 My friend, face up to life with smiles, and keep smiling _______ sometimes with tears in eyes.

A.unless                      B.before                      C.though                     D.as

At last the meeting suggested all the sides present ________ to develop the new area together.

A.allowed                 B.should allow             C.were allowed            D.be allowed

_______, Yang Wei still insists on finishing his last two picture.

A.He is tired                B.As he is tired            C.Tired as he is           D.Tired though he is

―Ten dollars, please!     

―How terrible! I______ bringing my wallet with me.

A.was forgetting        B.forgot                      C.have forgotten          D.am forgetting

―Only one in ten students are for the picnic plan.  

―You mean the _____ of students are against it?    

―Yeah.

A.majority                B.little                         C.most                              D.few

―Every one of us Chinese people should do ____“Eight honors and eight disfraces(八榮八恥)” tell us to. ―Yes, the first one is to “Love, and don’t harm our motherland.”

    A.how                          B.when                        C.as                             D.why