13．Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16received 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（减法） 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 16should 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（课程）．
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 8，000people，97% supported financial education in schools，while 3% said it was a job for parents．
71．The passage is mainly aboutC．
A．how to manage school lessons
B．how to deal with the financial crisis
C．teaching young people about money
D．teaching students how to study effectively
72．It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs thatA．
A．the author complains about the school education
B．pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C．students have been taught to manage their finances
D．laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
73．The website and the consumer campaigner joined toD．
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
74．According to Pfeg，D．
A．it is easy to keep good habits long
B．teenagers spend their money as planned
C．parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids
D．it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone
75．A poll is mentioned toA．
A．stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
B．show the seriousness of the financial recession
C．make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D．illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal．
分析 本篇文章呼吁学校里应该开设金融课程来教会孩子理财，放任孩子的理财能力不管会给他们带来严重的经济后果，这一观点也符合绝大多数家长的要求．
解答 71．C．主旨归纳题．本篇文章呼吁学校里应该开设金融课程来教会孩子理财，故选C．
72．A．段意理解题．由第二段段意可知，学校会教孩子学习加减法，却不曾告诉他们在这个日益复杂和苛刻的世界如何开立银行帐户，如何管理自己的财政状况．可知作者是不满学校的教育的额，故选A．
73．D．细节理解题．由第三段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，可知他们的目的是想让学校使金融课程成为必修课程．故选D．
74．D．理解推断题．由倒数第二段段意可知，当孩子到达17岁时会向家人，朋友欠下，超过一半的债务，26%信用卡透支，可知放任孩子不管会使孩子陷入困难中．故选D．
75．A．意图推测题．由最后一段中民意投票结果可知绝大部分人是支持学校开设金融课程的，作者以此来说明开设金融课程的必要性．故选A．
点评 在做此类文章时，考生应该先看看文章的试题考查内容，对题目类型做到心中有数，针对不同问题，在通读时有粗有细地去阅读，这样不仅能把握篇章的基本结构和逻辑线索，也能做好有关具体事实信息考查的试题．
