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 mis-selling 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.”
1.From Paragraph 1 we can know that the author ___________.
A. was in deep debt
B. was good with money as a child
C. ran out of cash quickly
D. earned a lot of money
2.The financial education in England aims to ________.
A. educate children to become money savvy
B. avoid continued mis-selling epidemics
C. help children make money
D. deal with the current economic crisis
3.What’s the financial problem of some people in Britain？
A. They have no patience to spend money.
B. They watch their daily expenses.
C. They invest money blindly and unwisely.
D. They neglect big purchases.
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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 mis-selling 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.”
1.From Paragraph 1 we can know that the author ___________.
A. was in deep debt
B. was good with money as a child
C. ran out of cash quickly
D. earned a lot of money
2.The financial education in England aims to ________.
A. educate children to become money savvy
B. avoid continued mis-selling epidemics
C. help children make money
D. deal with the current economic crisis
3.What’s the financial problem of some people in Britain？
A. They have no patience to spend money.
B. They watch their daily expenses.
C. They invest money blindly and unwisely.
D. They neglect big purchases.
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If you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. 1. Working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.
Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. 2.
Your metabolism(新陈代谢) gets a head start. 3. If you work out in the mornings, then you will be getting the calorie(卡路里) burning benefits for the whole day, not in your sleep.
4. Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.
5. If you work out bright and early in the morning, you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food? You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.
There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mornings. Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.
A.You will stick to your diet.
B.Your quality of sleep improves.
C.You prefer healthy food to fast food.
D.There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.
E.You can keep your head clear for 4-10 hours after exercise.
F.After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.
G.If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you’re doing it now, then listen up!
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If you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. 1. Working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.
● Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. 2.
● Your metabolism (新陈代谢) gets a head start. 3. If you work out in the mornings, then you will be getting the calorie (卡路里) burning benefits for the whole day, not in your sleep.
● 4. Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.
● 5. If you work out bright and early in the morning, you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food? You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.
There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mornings. Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.
A.You will stick to your diet.
B.You prefer healthy food to fast food.
C.Your quality of sleep improves.
D.There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.
E.After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.
F.You can keep your head clear for 4-10 hours after exercise.
G.If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you’re doing it now, then listen up!
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Be a Good One
"Whatever you are,” said Abraham Lincoln, "be a good one." He _______ it with his own life. And in the present age.，his words _______ an improvement.
Composer Frederick Loewe was not always _______. He learned the piano from the great masters of Europe and achieved huge success as a（n） _______ and composer in his early years. But when he immigrated to the United States, he _______ as a piano genius. For a while he tried other types of _______ including looking for gold and boxing. _______ he never gave up his dream and continued to play the _______ and write music.
During those _______ years, he could not always ______________ to make payments on his piano. One day, bent over the keyboard he heard nothing but the music that he ______________ with such rare inspiration. When he finished and looked upon, he was ______________ to find that he had the audience of three men who were seated on the ______________.
They said nothing and made no movement toward the piano. ______________, they stood from the floor and dug into their pockets, collected together enough ______________ for the payment, placed it on the piano and walked out, empty handed. Moved by the ______________ of his music, these men recognized excellence and ______________ to it.
Whatever you are, be a ______________ one. If what you do is worth doing, if you believe that who you are is of value, then you can't afford to be ______________ with mediocrity （平庸之才）.When you choose the path of excellence through this life, you will bring it to your best and ______________ the best it can offer in return. And you will know what it is to be satisfied.
1.A.linked B.ensured C.proved D.invented
2.A.need B.take C.make D.bring
3.A.greedy B.famous C.polite D.generous
4.A.actor B.conductor C.singer D.musician
5.A.failed B.worked C.acted D.lived
6.A.choices B.jobs C.chances D.fortunes
7.A.Or B.So C.But D.And
8.A.card B.violin C.basketball D.piano
9.A.hard B.memorable C.unforgettable D.wonderful
10.A.bother B.seek C.struggle D.afford
11.A.recorded B.played C.wrote D.liked
12.A.surprised B.satisfied C.ashamed D.terrified
13.A.edge B.chair C.blanket D.floor
14.A.Thus B.Therefore C.Instead D.However
15.A.money B.cost C.charge D.fee
16.A.form B.meaning C.title D.beauty
17.A.adapted B.turned C.responded D.led
18.A.honest B.good C.wise D.positive
19.A.content B.patient C.popular D.busy
20.A.experience B.present C.addict D.receive
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You have to be very careful with the dry wood. It ____ very easily.
A.is lighted B.lights C.will be lighting D.is lighting
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It’s great to be part of a happy family. It is fun to be with people who like you. It is good to feel the_______and the love of the ones who care for you. It is fantastic when you can_______them when you have problems.
_______,it is also true that things are not always easy. Young people want to_______their own personality. Parents_______think they know better. They find it_______to accept that their son or daughter wants to think differently from how they used to think when they were_______themselves. As a result, young people are often unhappy and believe their parents do not_______them.
Many of my friends would love to be_______of their parents as soon as possible. They would love to have their own place where they can live the life they imagine must be________. They think that not having a________who tells them to tidy up their room or get up at a certain time must be paradise （天堂）.
How would I________if I were asked if I wanted to leave home? First of all, there is the financial( 财务的） situation． Having your own flat costs a lot of ________. Secondly, being completely________also means a lot of responsibility.________, I admit I like to be reminded of urgent（紧急的） things I have forgotten to do ________I would never admit that to my parents). And thirdly, if members of a family accept that everybody is an individual and needs a certain amount of________, life in a family can be great fun.
________,I would not like to be on my own too soon. I would say that I am________living with my family for now and I can________.
1.A. need B. courage C. beauty D. warmth
2.A. look after B. turn to C. search for D. think about
3.A. Besides B. Instead C. Therefore D. However
4.A. change B. forget C. develop D. avoid
5.A. often B. still C. hardly D. never
6.A. interesting B. unfair C. important D. difficult
7.A. young B. old C. weak D. strong
8.A. like B. accept C. teach D. understand
9.A. glad B. proud C. careful D. independent
10.A. real B. perfect C. normal D. busy
11.A. friend B. parent C. teacher D. partner
12.A. feel B. study C. react D. prove
13.A. time B. money C. effort D. energy
14.A. in trouble B. in silence C. on your own D. on others’ side
15.A. As usual B. In short C. For example D. Above all
16.A. if B. although C. unless D. because
17.A. attention B. help C. freedom D. respect
18.A. Surprisingly B. Unluckily C. Strangely D. Personally
19.A. happy B. brave C. sad D. afraid
20.A. leave B. stop C. wait D. follow
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Smartphones can be a force for good. Your phone is always with you, making it the perfect device to push you into a more beneficial way of living. Here are some of the best apps that can help.
Habitica
Habitica turns the goal of forming good habits into a game, with its own characters and scoring. It’s a lot of fun, and the app also lets you build habits with friends and family. In addition to regular repeating habits, you can add a more general to-do list, and the rewards you get can be customized too—you could treat yourself to a meal out or an extra hour of games.
Smoke free
If you’re determined to give up smoking, Smoke Free is one of the most comprehensive apps for giving you that extra push you need to make a permanent change. The app offers a host of useful features to people wanting to go smoke-free: the ability to see your progress over time, charts showing how your health is improving, day-by-day encouragement, and some advice on techniques for giving up smoking.
MyFitnessPal
You can find tons of health and fitness apps for your phone, but My FitnessPal stands out not just because it is easy to use, but because it makes practical suggestions for you. It can take in a host of data, from the calories you’re taking in to the number of swims you’re doing per week, and offer reports on calorie consumption and macronutrient (大量营养素) breakdown.
1.What can Habitica help you to do?
A.Win a tough game. B.Start a lasting friendship.
C.Develop a pleasant habit. D.Find a fancy restaurant.
2.Which of the following can Smoke Free provide?
A.The freedom to smoke. B.The ability to make progress.
C.Charts about your excellent health. D.Advice on how to quit smoking.
3.What can we learn about the three apps mentioned in the text?
A.They’re practical. B.They’re cheap.
C.They’re interesting. D.They’re free.
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Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra courses or activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. ________1.________ So parents will spend unreasonable amount of money on education. ________2.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary. Some children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. ________3.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but not teaching them the most important skills: they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. 4. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. he will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. ________5.________And that is more important.
A. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is.
B. These activities are teaching a child not only to read a book, but also to think , to use his mind.
C. What most parents fail to realize ，though ,is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
D. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
E. The more cost in education, the better the result will be.
F. Cooking demands patience and time.
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Are billionaires good with exams as well as their money? Or are they more likely to have escaped school at the first opportunity and worked their way up to make their fortunes?
A study of the educational background of some of the world’s wealthiest people shows that they are much more likely to have gone to university, and they are more likely to have a postgraduate degree(硕士或博士研究生学位) than no degree at all.
It doesn’t give much support for the image of self-taught entrepreneurs (企业家), who rely on their own wisdom rather than higher education.
The study, by insurance company GoCompare, examined the educational background of people appearing in the top 1 00 billionaire lists by Forbes magazine over the past 20 years.
It shows that 76 percent of these billionaires have a degree. Forty-seven percent of them have a bachelor’s (学士) degree, 23 percent a master’s (文/理科硕士) degree and 6 percent a doctorate(博士学位). The most popular subjects were the ones related to economics and engineering. There were many more studying sciences than arts.
The school attended by the global super rich are also much more likely to be world-class universities, rather than local ones. Harvard University is the single most likely name to be found on the resume(履历) of a billionaire, though one of the most famous names on the rich list, Bill Gates, dropped out of Harvard before finishing.
Stanford University in California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have become the launchpads for a rising number of tech billionaires. Google’s co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were both postgraduates at Stanford. Borthers Charles and David Koch, who are among the world’s biggest oil tycoons, both got their bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT.
Among U.K. universities, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Cambridge have the most multi-billionaires on the Forbes list, while Oxford has produced Rupert Murdoch.
1.The study has found all of the following EXCEPT .
A. most billionaires are not self-taught geniuses
B. billionaires are much more likely to have received higher education
C. nearly half of those on Forbes’ top 100 billionaire lists have a bachelor’s degree
D. there are more billionaires without degree at all than those with a master’s degree
2.Of the following subjects, what is the most likely to have been a college major of a billionaire?
A. Computer science. B. Art history.
C. English literature. D. Law.
3.What does the underlined word “launchpads” in Paragraph 7 mean?
A. Favorite places of famous people.
B. Effective starting points for a career.
C. Places on the Internet that help you find information.
D. Places where rockets and other spacecraft are sent into space.
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. The study was carried out by Forbes magazine.
B. A high percentage of the world’s richest people have a doctorate.
C. Rupert Murdoch went to the London School of Economics and Political Science.
D. Harvard University has produced more billionaires on the Forbes list than any other university.
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Who cares if money can’t buy you love? But it can still be your best friend forever．That’s one of the surprising findings in a new research paper, “The Power of Money”，published in me journal Psychological Science．
Like any best friend forever，money demonstrated to researchers its ability to soothe us，reduce our sense of social exclusion and even reduce life’s painful moments．
“I was surprised” says Katherine Vohs，one of the researchers and professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management．“The findings were surprising because no one had connected the meaning of money to pain．The money wasn’t buying the subjects more friends；it was only psychologically helpful.”
In the research ,students were told they would be participating in a test of finger dexterity(敏捷度)．One group was given some paper money to count，while the other group was given blank pieces of paper．Once the counting was complete, all the test subjects were asked to dip their fingers into bowls of water heated to 122 degrees—roughly the temperature of a very hot bath．
Result? Those who had been counting money reported less pain than those who had not．Subjects also were asked about their feelings．Those who handled actual money reported feeling stronger even 10 minutes after they put down the cash．
Combined with previous experiments，the findings confirmed what researchers have long doubted，that money acts as a general panacea(万能药)in the brain，giving us social self-confidence and reducing physical pain without having to spend a dime on aspirin．
But can we get the same effect by using credit cards? “No，credit cards do not have the same effect，” Vohs says．“They are scary for most people，and they in fact represent debt m many ways．”The findings could have an interesting effect in the business world, where recent trends have been to issue non-monetary rewards and bonuses instead of what was thought of as “cold, hard cash”．
1.The underlined word “soothe” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to“____________” .
A．encourage B．remind C．calm D．trust
2.What’s Katherine Vohs’s attitude towards the result of the study?
A．He found it totally unexpected．
B．He had no doubt about it．
C．He thought it needed further experiments．
D．He thought it was not convincing．
3.What do we know about the students involved in the study?
A．They were divided into two groups according to their ages．
B．One group was given paper money while the other was given coins．
C．They were holding the money while dipping fingers into hot water．
D．Both groups were asked to dip fingers into hot water．
4.We can 1earn from the passage that_________．
A．the effect of money can only last until we put it down
B．money is both psychologically and socially helpful to us
C．the result of the research hasn’t been confirmed（证实） by experts
D．credit cards have the same effect on us as money
5.The last paragraph suggests that___________．
A．the recent trend in the business world is to give cash as rewards
B．employers should give non-monetary rewards to employees
C．cash is a better way to reward employees than credit cards
D．more and more employees prefer non-monetary rewards to cash
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