Wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略). There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.

   Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. I f you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money.

   When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it.

Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工) made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay(黏土) called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born.

Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money--- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.

1.What is the piggy bank strategy?

A. Paying 1% income tax at a time.

B. Setting a goal before making a travel plan.

C. Aiming high even when doing small things.

D. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use.

2.Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift?

A. To delight him with the latest fashion.

B. To encourage him to climb mountains.

C. To help him form the habit of saving.

D. To teach him English pronunciation.

3.What does the underlined word “something”(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to?

A. Money B. Gifts

C. Financial success D. Good luck

4.The piggy bank originally was _________.

A. a potter’s instrument

B. a cheap clay container

C. an animal-shaped dish

D. a pig-like toy for children

5.The last paragraph talks about ________.

A. the seriousness of educating children

B. the enjoyment of taking a great trip

C. the importance of managing money

D. the difficulty of starting a business

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析:正如不積跬步無以至千里，不積小流無以成江海。財(cái)富也是這樣，需要從點(diǎn)滴做起。在本文中作者介紹了the piggy bank strategy也就是存錢策略，并介紹了the piggy bank的起源和目的，號召人們都養(yǎng)成儲蓄的好習(xí)慣。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中If you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day.可知作者用這個例子告訴我們piggy bank strategy就是指每天都存一點(diǎn)錢以備未來之用，選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it.父母親給我這個儲蓄罐的目的是告訴我：如果想要得到某個東西，就要自己存錢來買。通過這個做法父親培養(yǎng)他養(yǎng)成存蓄的習(xí)慣，選C。

3.猜測詞義題。根據(jù)本句Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it可知世界各地的人都認(rèn)為儲蓄罐是一個很好的能夠帶來好運(yùn)和經(jīng)濟(jì)成功的禮物，但是條件是你要向里面放錢。因?yàn)閮π罟蘧褪怯脕眇B(yǎng)成存錢的習(xí)慣的，如果你不存錢，那就失去了價值。由此判斷something指money，選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段中people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Pottersmade these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars.可知以前沒有銀行的時候，人們就是使用粘土罐來存放零錢的，The piggy ban就是最初的儲蓄罐。故B正確。

5.主旨大意題。根據(jù)末段前兩句Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons.可知本段講述的是儲蓄罐的重要性，儲蓄罐不僅可以幫助孩子養(yǎng)成存錢的好習(xí)慣，而且對成年人也是有好處的，所以選C。

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