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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(減法) 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.
小題1:The passage is mainly about _____________.
A．how to manage school lessonsB． teaching young people about money　
C．how to deal with the financial crisisD．teaching students how to study effectively
小題2:It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.
A．laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
B．pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C．students have been taught to manage their finances
D．the author complains about the school education
小題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
小題4:A poll is mentioned to ___________.
A．show the seriousness of the financial recession
B．stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
C．make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D．illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：本文主要是關于青少年理財?shù)囊恍┙榻B。作者抱怨學校的教育，強調課程改革的重要性。
小題1:主旨題，通讀全文就可以找出答案。本文主要是關于青少年理財?shù)囊恍┙榻B。選B
小題2:作者態(tài)度題：閱讀前兩段，從第二段就可以看出作者的態(tài)度是抱怨學校的教育。選D。
小題3:細節(jié)題：從文中第三段的第一句中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.可以找出答案選D。
小題4:細節(jié)題：從文中最后一段最后一句話In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.可以看出是強調課程改革的重要性。選B
點評：本文考查細節(jié)題為主，細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的詞語或句子，再對相關部分進行分析對比，找出答案。
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Suddenly immortality（不死，不朽） seems within reach. We can begin to imagine a future where we are born, we grow to maturity, but we never grow old and die. But do we really want to live forever?
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B．the organs stop to perform appropriately
C．their cells continue to renew themselves
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A．alligators are in danger in the wild because of the threat from man, pollution and other animals
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D．the age gene damages the body
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B．cannot eat or drink for several hours
C．must wash their hands carefully
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B．men may keep their hands in the hot water longer
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D．we are not quite sure who will take their hands out earlier
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A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.
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B．is universal among parents
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A．should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read
B．should expect a lot of the children
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A．parents should be strict with their children
B．parental controls reflect only the values of the community
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A．opinion B．punishmentC．behaviorD．instruction
小題5:In terms of moral matters, parents should _____________________.
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B．be aware of the huge difference between adults and children
C．forbid things which have no foundation in morality
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