Question

【題目】Teenagers learn by taking on more and more responsibility gradually. For many parents, this involves giving their children a limited amount of control over financial decisions.

If you give your teen some pocket money regularly, take the time to teach them how to manage their money. 【1】Consider providing extra income opportunities to help them learn that money is something you earn, not something you can get for nothing.

【2】Discuss with them such issues as what the car can be used for, who is responsible for gas and maintenance, and who can actually drive the car. Show them how auto insurance works.

Get them involved with your daytoday personal finance decisions, such as grocery shopping. 【3】 Show them how to comparison shop, pointing out how much money you save through comparing prices and using coupons. Let them sit with you while you pay the bills, so they can see how much all the monthly expenses add up to.

Encourage teens to save their money toward a major purchase. Besides, you can offer to reward them for their savings. 【4】

【5】You might even consider showing them your bills when you pay them. Too often, young adults who get their first credit card consider it as free money and find themselves in debt very quickly. Make them understand that the D|S50 they charge today costs a lot more if they don’t pay it off quickly.

A．Another effective tool is to get them involved in the car buying process.

B．It’s easier to spend money than to earn it.

C．Finally, it is important to show teens how credit cards work.

D．Establish an agreement on what the pocket money covers.

E．This is a great way to teach them the relationship between building a savings account and the positive rewards that follow.

F．Without money, you can’t do anything.

G．Have them help you with the grocery list.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】G

【4】E

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，對于現(xiàn)代孩子來說形成正確的金錢觀理財觀是非常重要的，文章中作者提出了五個幫助孩子形成正確金錢觀的有效建議。

【1】橫線前一句take the time to teach them how to manage their money.告訴我們要花時間教孩子如何花錢，本句應(yīng)該是對前句的進一步的解釋說明，D項“Establish an agreement on what the pocket money covers.”與上下文語境一致，故選D項。

【2】本地主要談?wù)摰氖呛秃⒆由塘抠I車的目的，維修汽車及使用汽油的費用等。希望通過讓孩子參與到買車的過程，讓孩子明白如何管理金錢。A項“Another effective tool is to get them involved in the car buying process.”符合上下文語境，故選A項。

【3】橫線前一句“Get them involved with your daytoday personal finance decisions, such as grocery shopping.”建議我們讓孩子參與日常購物的過程，讓他們幫助我們列出購物的清單。以此來提高孩子的理財能力。G項“Have them help you with the grocery list.”符合上下文語境，故選G項。

【4】橫線前兩句建議孩子要存錢，而且父母要因此給孩子適當(dāng)?shù)莫剟睢Ｍㄟ^存錢并給與獎勵的方法教育孩子形成正確的金錢觀。E項“This is a great way to teach them the relationship between building a savings account and the positive rewards that follow.”與上下文語境一致，故選E項。

【5】根據(jù)本地第三句“Too often, young adults who get their first credit card consider it as free money and find themselves in debt very quickly.”可知孩子在使用信用卡時會有錯誤的觀點，我們要教會孩子如何正確對待信用卡。C項“Finally, it is important to show teens how credit cards work.”與本地中心思想一致，故選C項。

本文小題5考查了關(guān)聯(lián)詞確定答案的解題技巧，本地屬于最后一個教育孩子形成正確的金錢觀的建議，應(yīng)該使用finally結(jié)尾，且與這一段的中心思想一致，所以使用C項“Finally, it is important to show teens how credit cards work.”符合要求。
　　由于英語的句段之間經(jīng)常會運用關(guān)聯(lián)詞表示銜接和過渡，使文章邏輯更清楚和連貫，因此文章中和選項中表示各種邏輯關(guān)系的路標(biāo)性信號詞在選擇答案時都是很重要的線索�！　≡谧鲱}時可將這三個層面的線索很好地結(jié)合起來。例如，在看到表示并列或遞進關(guān)系的關(guān)聯(lián)詞時，一般表示前后句子的名詞或句意具有同指性；而表示轉(zhuǎn)折讓步關(guān)系的詞則往往表示前后句子的名詞同指，但句意對立，或褒貶對立；而表示例證關(guān)系的詞則意味著在舉例之前或之后有表述概念或某一觀點的句子，往往會有復(fù)數(shù)名詞出現(xiàn)。常見的關(guān)聯(lián)詞有下面這些：and, or, also，neither…nor…,either…or…,likewise, similarly, equally, in the same way, that is to say ,as well as, the same …as, besides, additionally, furthermore, moreover, in addition to ,what is more。