Tykoon is an online website that allows you to teach your child financial principles through allowances, assignment of tasks and daily chores. As the parent, you can assign a cash value to the things you want your child to do. Then, your child can go in, accept the task and add to their wish list of what they would like to purchase with the money that they earn.

Let’s start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and your child’s information to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your child.

Then you can add tasks for your child to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a pre-determined amount. Your child is then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much each task earns, how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do! They can add items that they are working toward earning and can even earn nn-cash incentives such as extra TV time or staying up late!

Tykoon is a great way to start teaching your child about responsibility and financial principles in fun and safe way. Through the creation of their own profile and the ability to accept or decline tasks, they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets! So, head over and sign up for a free account today and watch your child get excited about doing their chores!

And right now, as a special reward, if you share Tykoon with your friends and have five friends sign up and stay active for more than a month, you’ll earn a ＄25 Amazon.com gift card! So get your child enrolled(注册), tell your friends and let’s start teaching all our kids about the important financial principles today!

66.The purpose of the text is to___________.

A. make an advertisement                    B. share teaching experience

C. describe an online website               D. present a way of making money

【答案】A

【解析】第一段介绍Tykoon，二，三，四段介绍怎样操作以及所带来的好处， 最后一段是奖励措施。因此， 本文的目的是做广告，吸引大家都来参与。

67.The underlined word“incentives” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_________”.

A. promises           B. rewards             C. gifts           D. tasks

【答案】B

【解析】根据下文such as extra TV time or staying up late!，可见，“incentives”表示的是一种奖励。

68.What can kids learn from Tykoon?

A. The ability to manage their budgets.        B. The responsibility to do daily chores.

C. The skills to earn their own living.           D. The tricks to accept or refuse tasks.

【答案】A

【解析】根据第四段they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets!他们被教给在以后生活中他们自己管理自己财务时需要的技巧。

69.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_________.

A. no parents will resist the special reward          B. Amazon is a very popular website

C. Tykoon wants to attract more visitors            D. friends should share information

【答案】C

【解析】如果你能分享给5个朋友，让他们也签约并且保持活跃至少一个月，你就会得到价值25美元的亚马逊礼品卡。

70.What is the best title of the text?

A. Tykoon—A Safe Way to Manage Your Financial Issues

B. How to Create Funny Tasks for Your Kids on the Website

C. Opening an Online Account with the Help of Tykoon

D. Teaching Your Kids Financial Principles with Tykoon

【答案】D

【解析】纵观全文可知。

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.  36  the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I  37  the bird before I saw it.

“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.

“It’s coming from the  38  .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little  39  .”

I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s  40   I saw the sparrow. It was flying  41  just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly  42  to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but  43  and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head 44  the ceiling.

I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the  45  open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet  46   it could get outside, but that only seemed to  47  it more.

“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita  48  .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”

We went back into the house, where we  49  to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was  50  and our uninvited guest was gone.

I’ve  51  that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were  52  to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the  53  that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make  54  without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much  55  .

36.A. Still              B. Somehow          C. Instead              D. Perhaps

【答案】B

【解析】不知怎么的，这只小鸟飞进了我们开着的车库。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未见其鸟，先闻其鸣”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根据36题所在的句子可知， 小鸟进入了garage,所以声音应该从garage传来。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子认为是期中一个孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引导表语从句。“就在那时我看到了那只麻雀。”

41.A. quickly         B. anxiously           C. cautiously          D. slowly

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦虑的。因为被困，所以很焦虑。

42. A. deciding       B. hesitating           C. trying                D. choosing

【答案】C

【解析】try to get out努力要出去。

43. A. up               B. backward          C. forward            D. down

【答案】D

【解析】但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。

44. A. against         B. off                    C. along                D. into

【答案】A

【解析】bump its little head against the ceiling 小脑袋撞击天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】门和天花板之间的空间很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引导目的状语从句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是这样似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 吓唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建议的用语。 所以选择A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth继续干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以没有声音了，很安静

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．担心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文题到“鸟和人没有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。

52. A. forced         B. determined         C. born                 D. urged

【答案】C

【解析】be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我们认为我们天生就是往上飞的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我们甚至没有考虑这种可能性，如果我们飞的低一些，好事也可能会发生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得进步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻烦。

根据以下各句所给的首字母或汉语提示，用单词的正确形式填空，并将其写在答题卷上。

It was quite terrible. It took me some time to c___________ down myself.

Parents are always c_____________ much about their children.

I'm terribly sorry. I didn't do it on p__________.

It took her a long while to r___________ from her heart operation.

The children played ____________ (在户外)until it started to rain.

After the war, a new g_______________ was set up for that country.

The people p__________ at the meeting were all for the suggestion.

The ball went in the d_______________ of the man sitting in a boat on the river.

At the party a foreign teacher was r______________(要求) to sing some folk songs.

He was a young sailor on his first sea v______________.

The mother i_________ that he finish his homework first, which made his son very angry.

Whether you will succeed or not in doing the work depends on your a________ to it.

This song sounds f_____________ to me. I must have heard it sung somewhere before.

She ________________ (毕业)from Peking University last year.

The speech contest was o______________ well.

When she heard the news that her husband was killed in the accident, she b_______ into tears.

After the earthquake, the whole city was in r_________.

J_______ from his accent, we know he comes from the west.

Prices have _____________ (上涨) quickly.

The building was completely ______________(摧毁) by fire.

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。

1. For v______ reasons, she gave up her job as a nurse.

2. You can buy many s______ in every place of interest.

3. Mr. Bean likes working on c______ because he loves to make people laugh.

4. The a______ stayed up, but the kids went to bed.

5. The scientist a________ the milk and found that it contained too much water.

6. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was one of the most o________ leaders in Chinese history.

7. He didn’t speak, but with a g______ he told me to follow him.

8. Most members of the committee were in favour of the suggestion; only a m_______ were  against it.

9. If I drink too much red wine, my c______ go all red.

10. The v_____ of the landslide accident in Taiwan are mostly from Guangdong.

11. Many people went to America hoping to make a f_______ there.

12. I turned the h________ and opened the door.

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信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

    请阅读下面应用文和相关信息，按照要求进行匹配，并在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

    首先，请阅读下列广告信息：

A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER

Classes for beginners for 3 months.

Focus on grammar as well as writing and oral English.

3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Small classes with maximum 8 students

Course fee: $300(10% discount for the first to enroll)

Tel: 22325445

 

B. HALIFAX PLAYHOUSE

Ring’s Cross Street, Halifax.

Oct. 10th –17th on Golden Pond by Emest Thompson.

This is a magical comedy about real people. A well-acted play for everyone.

Don’t miss it.

Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Admission: $3.

Tel: 3659 9988

C: LONDON COLLEGE OF ENGLISH

Classes for foreign students of all levels.

3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year course.

Focus on spoken language.

Open through all year from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p.m.

Small class with maximum 12 students.

Course fee for English for one year: $1,200

Discount at shorter period of study.

Tel: 22342381

D: EXHIBITIONS OF OIL PAINTINGS

Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Art

A combination of Eastern and Western Art

8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. from January 3^rd to 19^th

Admission: $2 for adults, $1 for students

Tel: 33569875

E: WESTERN ART SHOW

China National Art Museum

  European modern art, Chinese art and African ancient art.

Open from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm from January 6^th to 20^th

 Admission: $3 for adults, $1.5 for middle school students.

 Tel: 25545569

F: GRAND THEATRE

Oxford Street, Leeds.

Restaurant and Café.

Sept. 1-19

Admission: Tues-Thurs. $2~6; Fri. & Sat. $4~8

Sue Townsend’s musical play.

Performances: Evenings 7:45. October 10~17, at 2:30 p.m. No Monday performance.

All kinds of drinks offered

Tel: 52011611

然后请阅读下列Wendy 等人的信息，并匹配各人所需要联系的电话号码：

1. Wendy, a student who is interested in comedy and performing, happens to be free on Oct. 12^th and wants to relax herself by enjoying some performances, but she has no more than $4.

2.Carol happens to be free on October 15^th and plans to enjoy some performances while having a cup of coffee.

3. Jenny, a student who is a major in art is interested in Italian art as well as Chinese, will be  free after school at 4:30.

4. Tom will go to study in the USA for a master’s degree. He wants to have a full-time special training for several months to improve his oral English.

5. Mark, a worker of an export company, needs to improve his writing and oral English. He can only go to the training class after work every day.

6. Wendy          A. 22325445

7.Carol               B. 3659 9988

8. Jenny              C. 22342381

9. Tom            D. 33569875

10. Mark              E. 25545569

                      F. 52011611