Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received 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 16 should 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.
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 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.
1.The passage is mainly about _____________.
A．how to manage school lessons B． teaching young people about money
C．how to deal with the financial crisis D．teaching students how to study effectively
2.It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.
A．laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
B．pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C．students have been taught to manage their finances
D．the author complains about the school education
3.The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.
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
4.A poll is mentioned to ___________.
A．show the seriousness of the financial recession
B．stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
C．make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D．illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received 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 16 should 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.
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 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.
1.The passage is mainly about _____________.
A．how to manage school lessons B． teaching young people about money
C．how to deal with the financial crisis D．teaching students how to study effectively
2.It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.
A．laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
B．pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C．students have been taught to manage their finances
D．the author complains about the school education
3.The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.
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
4.A poll is mentioned to ___________.
A．show the seriousness of the financial recession
B．stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
C．make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D．illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
To ensure that children from poor areas can receive a better education， the government has planned to_______ more money to improve the conditions of local schools．
A. announce B. allocate
C. advocate D. approve
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Mary_______ my letter, otherwise she would have gone to the concert.
A. couldn’t have received B. ought to have received
C. has received D. shouldn’t have received
高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
____ a letter from her parents, Lily is now looking forward to ___ from them.
A Having not received; hear B. Not received; hear
C. Not having received; hearing D. Receiving not; hearing
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
_______ a reply from Mabel, Jack sent another e-mail to her.
A. Not receiving B. Having not received
C. Not received D. Not having received
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Dear Xiaohua,
I’m very glad to receive your letter. From your letter I know you have shown 1.______ great interest in inventing new things. That’s great. As for how to be an inventor, there is no quick answer to 2.______.
Coming from different cultures and having different backgrounds, inventors don’t seem to have much 3.______ common. But creative thinking, 4._______ is greatly valued, is perhaps the basic skill an inventor should have. In order to explore new possibilities, you will have to learn to break5.______ from old thought patterns. When you get stuck, try to look at the problem in 6.____ many ways as possible. Each new way may improve your understanding.
More importantly, always keep it in mind 7.______ success is no accident. It is the result of a long process of trial and error. Above 8._____, the main task for you is to study hard and try to learn more knowledge. This, of course, will lay a solid foundation.
Hope your future invention will make a difference.
Good luck!
Yours,
Wang Li
高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
However much you have done, you ought to________the help you’ve received from others.
A．donate B．acknowledge C．conduct D．guarantee
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
________ five hours to the meeting, David learnt that it had been postponed.
A. Having driven B. Driven C. Being driven D. To be driven
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Do you expect _____ to be a possibility that we may have five days off for the coming Dragon Boat Festival?
A．it B．there C．as D．this
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Mr. Brown thought it would be a good idea to have ______ from his workers to improve his plan.
A. summaries B. admissions
C. comments D. connections
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析