-----Why not play the music we listened to ye...

-----Why not play the music we listened to yesterday?

----Because it ______________ old times.

A. calls on        B. calls for      C. calls in       D. calls up

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There are many things we remember from our childhood—the games we played, the music we listened to...but what about earning pocket money? This was our first ever wage for completing tasks such as tidying our bedroom or sorting the laundry. Our reward was a handful of coins that we safely stored. 1.

There was a time when cash was the main currency for financial transactions (交易). These days, though, using credit cards, or making cashless payments, are the most convenient ways of paying. 2. Research has found that 84% of British parents currently give notes and coins to their children—usually 7 pounds a week as an allowance.

But banks predict that by 2028 only one in ten transactions will be with cash, and that is something today’s children will have to deal with. One issue is that children may not understand the value of cash because they never see it. 3. They either should find a new way to hand out pocket money, or needn’t bother to pay it at all.

Still, solutions are available. Giving children lessons at school about finance is important. 4. The trick is to go and get some coins so that children have the opportunity to interact with them. Besides, bank accounts for older children can be opened to give them cash cards to use. Whatever method a parent chooses to adopt, their children will get some idea of the value of pocket money. 5.

A. Parents face a dilemma too.

B. This, in turn, makes the buying much easier.

C. They have completely taken the place of cash.

D. So how do parents hand out pocket money at present?

E. But parents need to teach their kids that money doesn’t grow on trees!

F. But now, it seems that parents’ attitude to handing out cash is changing.

G. And parents are advised to get children started with money as young as possible.

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There are many things we remember from our childhood—the games we played, the music we listened to, but what about earning pocket money? This was our first ever wage for completing tasks such as tidying our bedroom or sorting the laundry. Our reward was a handful of coins that we safely hid away. But now, it seems parents’ attitude to handing out cash is changing.

There was a time when cash was king—it was the main currency for financial deals. These days, though, using credit or debit cards, or making contactless payments, are the most convenient ways of paying. So where does that leave handing over pocket money? Research has found that 84% of British parents currently give notes and coins to their children— typically an allowance of £7 a week.

But banks predict that by 2028 only one in ten deals will be with cash, and that is something that today’s children will have to deal with. One particular issue is that children may not understand the value of cash because they never see it. Parents face difficult choices too— finding a new way to transfer pocket money, or maybe not bothering to pay it at all.

Giving children lessons about finance at school is important. Children should be provided with financial literacy at an early age. That is vital to ensure proper money management skills later in life, such as setting a realistic budget, responsibly managing credit and debt, saving for unexpected expenses. The UK’s Money and Pensions Service advises parents to get children started with money as young as possible. Sarah Porretta from the service told the BBC that for parents who no longer carry cash, “The trick is to go and get some cash, just so your children have the opportunity to interact with them. Talk about what you are doing with money. If you are paying with a card or with a phone, talk to children about that and link it back to those coins they have handled.”

But, of course, many of the goods that young people want to buy—such as add-ons for a computer game—only allow digital deals. This has led to a number of apps being set up that allow children to track and spend their hard-earned pocket money and parents to transfer money electronically and monitor their child’s spending. Banks also suggest setting up accounts for older children which gives them a cash card to use. But whatever method a parent chooses to adopt, they need to teach their kids that money doesn’t grow on trees!

1.What can you learn from the passage?

A.The custom of giving children pocket money is disappearing.

B.Banks predict people will pay most of the deals in cash by 2028.

C.It isn’t necessary for children to experience the course of using cash.

D.Cash-free payments are convenient ways of purchasing goods these days.

2.The underlined word “That” refers to _________.

A.digital deal

B.cash payment

C.financial literacy

D.pocket money

3.According to UK’s Money and Pensions Service’s advice, parents should _________.

A.offer chances for children to use cash

B.no longer carry cash when they go out

C.play some tricks with kids using the coins

D.play cards and make phone calls with children

4.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A.To stress the importance of paying in cash.

B.To introduce the development of pocket money.

C.To explain why the ways of payment are changing.

D.To develop children’s awareness of money management.

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What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Look at the planes.

B. Listen to some music.

C. Stop playing such loud music.

高三英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Look at the planes.

B. Listen to some music.

C. Stop playing such loud music.

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This piece of music being played at the concert________sweet.

A．sounds        B．listens to     C．is sounded  D．is listened to

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many of us listen to music while we work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand. And in fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity. When it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact of background music is more complicated.

The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in the so-called “Mozart effect”. Put simply, this is the finding that spatial rotation performance(空间旋转能力) is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart, compared to no sound at all.

How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years, and is observed through a phenomenon called the irrelevant sound effect. To study irrelevant sound effect, participants in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or letters in the exact order in which they saw them. The tricky thing is being able to do this while ignoring any background noise.

Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation. First, the task must require the person to use their rehearsal abilities(复述能力), and second, the sound must contain acoustical variation(声学变化). Where the sound does not vary much acoustically, the performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions.

The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered information at the same time—one from the task and one from the sound. Unfortunately, only the former is required to successfully perform the　 recall task, and the effort in ensuring that irrelevant order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders(阻碍) this ability.

A similar conflict is also seen when reading while in the presence of lyrical music. In this situation, the two sources of words—from the task and the sound—are in conflict. The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics.

What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders performance depends on the task and on the type of music, and only understanding this relationship will help people maximize their productivity levels.

1.“Mozart effect” is mentioned to ________.

A. explain how music can relax people

B. show music can improve performance

C. advise people to listen to Mozart music

D. stress Mozart music gains wide attention

2.It can be inferred that participants in the research ________.

A. have improved their rehearsal ability

B. perform better in the quiet conditions

C. ignore the background noise successfully

D. prefer the music with great sound variation

3.Paragraph 6 is written to ________.

A. support an idea B. make a contrast

C. introduce a topic D. describe a fact

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Music shapes your life

B. Music develops your creativity

C. Choose quiet music for your work

D. Does music make you concentrate?

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—There were not many people in the concert yesterday.    —Pop music isn’t ________.

A. to everyone’s taste  B. to everyone’s joy

C. to someone’s measure  D. to anyone’s surprise

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—There were not many people in the concert yesterday.    —Pop music isn’t ________.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Most people go to the theatre not to see a play ______ plot is complicated, but to listen to brilliant dialogues between actors.

A．where            B．what             C．which            D．whose

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