An allowance(零花錢(qián)) is an important tool for teaching kids how to make plans for the use of money, save and make their own decisions. Children remem­ber and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly.
How large an allowance is suitable? Experts say there is not right amount. Actual amounts differ from region to re­gion, and from family to family.
    To set an suitable allowance for your child, work up a weekly plan. Allow for entertainment costs such as movies and snacks. Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, school supplies. "If you make the child responsible for these bills’," says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, " he or she will learn to plan for nec­essary costs."
     Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible. If you can keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose buying power falls away below his peers’ can feel left out.
    It can be tough, but don’t excuse your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Ste­phens was ten and growing up in Jacksonville, her mother gave her $5 a week, $1.75 of which was for bus fare and lunch." If you lose your money," Brooke’s mother told her, "you walk home."
    One week the girl spent all her allowance in a candy store, then she called home for a ride. " Mom made me walk home," recalls Stephens, now a financial planner in Brook­lyn. " At first I was angry. But I finally realized that she was trying to teach me an important lesson. "
    Experts advise that an allowance should not be tied di­rectly to a child’s daily housework at home. Kids should help around the house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family. You might, however, pay a child for doing extra jobs at home, which can develop his or her early habits.
66、Which of the following is the possible title of the passage?

67、 It can be inferred from the passage that if a child is given an allowance, he or she may ________.

68、 In Paragraph 4, the words “his peers” refer to ________.

69、 Why does the writer mention Brooke Stephens?

70、 The writer implies in the passage that ________.

All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life, but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children. That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking. Years of experience means that parents often do know best, but on the other hand, the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems. Revolutions are led by the young.
    Good teachers make the growth of critical (批判性的) thinking easier in their students, only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs. Schools encourage parents to become involved, but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used. Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process. And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government. The rebellions (叛逆的)young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development. They are not necessarily representatives of those   they want to represent or not realistic in their demands, but their voices must be heard.
Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities. Indeed, sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting, just because it is not accepted by authority.      Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts, know as much as possible about the lives of their children, provide a good example, encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them. But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go.
61、By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”, the author indicates that young people are more_____.

62、 From the second paragraph we know         .

63、 In order to educate children well, parents should          .

64、  From the passage we can learn that the author prefers         .

65、 What is the best title of the passage?

I began working in journalism(新聞工作) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
    With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
    Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分鎳幣). It was the first nickel I earned.
    Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
    One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
   My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
56、 Why did the boy start his job young?

57、From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

 58、What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

59、 What does the underlined phrase “this battle” refer to?

60、 What is the text mainly about?

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more  36  than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him 37  much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 38  it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was  39  to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so  40  of them had any desire to buy it.

Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was  41 when they met one evening, and said, “What’s  42 , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登廣告) it in the paper? You may  43  more for it in that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s  44  was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,  45  very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no  46. But then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨詢(xún)). A man rang up and said he would like to  47  him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be 48  or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll  49  my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to50  it.”

The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,  51 to wait there for the people who had 52  his advertisement. Even Dave had to  53  that the car really looked like a wreck (殘破的車(chē)). Then, soon after he had got the car as  54  as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this  55  to us yet, sir?”

36．A.directly                 B.safely         C.easily        D.properly       

37．A.too                          B.so                   C.such          D.very

38．A.keep                     B.sell                    C.repair         D.throw

39．A.generous             B.willing         C.lucky            D.ashamed       

40．A.some                  B.neither              C.none               D.most

41．A.delighted            B.calm                  C.sad                 D.astonished

42．Aon                           B.that                   C.up               D.it

43．A.learn        B.miss                    C.find                 D.get   

44．A.advice              B.message           C.request             D.description

45．A.loses                    B.has                   C.spends        D.uses 

46．A.doubt               B.help                  C.answer           D.trouble

47．A.see                       B.tell                    C.agree             D.call

48．A.exact                    B.early                 C.suitable              D.late

49．A.follow                B.meet                 C.bring       D.introduce

50．A.get            B.recognize          C.test              D.admire  

51．A.meaning               B.happening C.turning              D.failing

52．A.read                     B.answered    C.inserted               D.placed

53．A.admit                    B.forget     C.show                D.disagree

54．A.admit                    B.fast           C.clean                    D.light

55．A.bargain                B.sale              C.result          D.accident        

 Every student and every teacher ______.

A. are going to attend the meeting      B. has attended the meeting

C. have attended the meeting          D. is attended the meeting

 Having quarreled seriously three times, they have ______ and become best friends again.

A. turned up                B. put up                     C. brought up             D. made up

 –Mom, what did your doctor say?

–He advised me to live ________ the air is fresher.

A. in where          B. in which                  C. the place where            D. where  

 Seeing the policeman coming, away ____________.

A. the thief ran     B. were the thief running   C. did the thief run     D. ran the thief

It is helpful for children to form a good habit by asking them to _____ all the toys after they finish playing.

A. put off                            B. put down                 C. put away                 D. put out

What worried the mother most was __________ the Internet after class in this school.

A. her son’s not forbidding surfing                 B. her son’s not being forbidden to surf

C. her son’s being not forbidden to surf        D. her son’s having not forbidden surfing