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第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Are you good with money? I learnt to be careful with it during my childhood.My father would give me some pocket money and tell me it should last for a whole week.So,I learnt I had to save some if I didn’t want to run out of cash quickly.No surprise there：my dad was an accountant!
It’s never too early to become money savvy (会理财).That’s what British personal finances expert Martin Lewis thinks.He was part of a successful campaign to include financial education on the school curriculum in England.It will be embedded(植入)in maths and citizenship education.This includes children from 5 to 16 years old.
Lewis says：“We desperately need to break the cycle of financial illiteracy(无知)in the UK—one of the causes of our current economic crisis and a huge contributor to continued misselling epidemics (违规销售).”
Being careful with money pays off.Banks in Britain recently found themselves having to pay a large number of people who were persuaded to spend money and buy insurance policies they didn’t need.Many wasted their money on investments which were not for them.Few have the patience to read the small print.
The British say‘take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves’.It means you have to watch your daily expenses and not just the big purchases in your life such as houses.
Martin Lewis has made millions from his website which advises people to be thrifty(节俭) and refuses any suggestion that he is mean.The expert says in an interview with the English newspaper the Daily Express：“the better you are with your cash,the better your life can be.People think I am telling them to stop spending money but I am simply telling them to spend it wisely.”
21.The financial education in England aims to_________.
A.help children make money B.deal with the current economic crisis
C.educate children to become money savvy D.avoid continued misselling epidemics
22.What’s the financial problem of some people in Britain?
A.They invest money blindly and unwisely. B.They neglect big purchases.
C.They have no patience to spend money. D.They watch their daily expenses.
23.What does the author mainly tell us?
A.Financial illiteracy is the cause of economic crisis.
B.Take care of money and life will be better.
C.Financial education must be included in schoo1.
D.People should learn to be thrifty and mean.
B
Children who read for pleasure at the age of 10 have far higher vocabulary scores by the age of 42.
Researchers at the Institute of Education(IOE)have found that the most crazy childhood readers score far higher on vocabulary tests 30 years later.The new study suggests that children who read for pleasure carry the intellectual(智力的)benefits with them far into adulthood.
“The long-term influence of reading for pleasure on vocabulary that we have identified may be because the frequent childhood readers continued to read throughout their twenties and thirties,”says lead author Professor Alice Sullivan at the IOE.Researchers followed 9,400 British people from the age of 10 up to 42.Their vocabulary was tested using a simple quiz which asked participants to match up words to the most similar meaning.
Those who had regularly read for pleasure at 10 scored 67 percent in the age 42 vocabulary test,while infrequent childhood readers scored only 51 percent.
The IOE study also found that what people chose to read as adults mattered as much as how often they read.The greatest improvements between ages 16 and 42 were made by readers of ‘elegant’ fictions such as Booker Prize winning novels.And they found that readers of quality newspapers,including online versions,made more progress in vocabulary throughout their lives than those who read tabloids.
In addition,generally speaking,the adult readers who especially read broadsheets(宽幅印刷品)scored 76 percent on the assessment compared to 57 percent amongst those who didn't.
24.Why did frequent childhood readers have higher vocabulary scores?
A.Because they are born intelligent. B.Because they formed the consistent reading habit.
C.Because they were crazy about pleasure. D.Because they had a comfortable childhood.
25.What may not affect the adult readers' vocabulary scores?
A.The contents of reading. B.The designs of the page.
C.Versions online or not. D.The frequency of reading.
26.What does the underlined word “tabloids” mean in the text?
A.Newspapers of low quality. B.Newspapers of high quality.
C.Elegant fictions. D.Large vocabulary.
27.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Intelligence has a great influence on vocabulary.
B.Reading materials matter much for children.
C.Broadsheet newspapers are best for boosting vocabulary.
D.Children who read for pleasure have larger vocabulary as adults.
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