1 . Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance (pocket money). The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

    1    . Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance. In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.

At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget.     2    . The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics. Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.

Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.

Allowances give children a chance to experience the things they can do with money.     3    . They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save and maybe even invest it.

Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you have to cut costs and plan for the future.

Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving and investing.     4    . A savings account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest. Compounding works by paying interest on interest. So, for example, one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year. The second year, the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents, and so on.

That may not seem like a lot. But over time it adds up.

A．Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finance.

B．They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause.

C．It is a good virtue for children to form a habit to learn how to save money.

D．The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.

E．Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance.

F．Parents are supposed to tell their children how they should spend their pocket money wisely but the refused to do so.

4 . Along with its Nordic neighbours, Sweden features near the top of most gender-equality rankings. The World Economic Forum rates it as having one of the _________ gender gaps in the world.

But Sweden is not only a good place to be a woman: it also appears to be an idyll (田园生活) for new dads. Close to 90% of Swedish fathers take paternity leave (陪产假). Last year some 340,000 dads took a total of 12m days’ leave, _________ to about seven weeks each. Women take even more leave days to spend time with their children, but the gap is _________. Why do Swedish dads take so much time off work to _________ their children?

Forty years ago Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce a gender-neutral paid parental-leave allowance. Benefits were _________ of 90% of wages for 180 days per child, and parents were free to divvy up (分摊) the days between them in whatever way they pleased. But the policy was _________ a hit with dads: in the scheme’s first year men took only 0.5% of all paid parental leave.

Today they take a quarter of it. One reason is that the scheme has become more _________, with the number of paid leave days for the first child being bumped up from 180 to 480. But it has also been _________ to encourage a more equal sharing of the allowance. In 1995 the first so-called “daddy month” was introduced. Under this reform, families in which each parent took at least one month of leave received an additional month to _________ to their total allowance. The policy was expanded in 2002 so that if the mother and father each took at least two months’ leave, the family would get two extra months. Some politicians now want to go further, __________that the current system of shared leave be turned into one of individual entitlements, under which mothers should be allowed to take only half of the family’s allowance, with the rest __________ for fathers.

Policies similar to the Swedish “daddy months” have been introduced in other countries. __________, Germany amended (修正) its parental leave scheme in 2007 along Swedish lines, and within two years the share of fathers who took paid leave jumped from 3% to over 20%. One of the most powerful arguments __________ splitting parental leave more equally is that it has __________ ripple effects (波及效应) for women. Since Swedish men started to take more responsibility for child rearing, women have seen both their incomes and levels of self-reported happiness __________. Paying dads to change nappies and hang out at playgrounds seems to benefit the whole family.

1.

A．largest

B．widest

C．narrowest

D．longest

2.

A．equivalent

B．similar

C．available

D．familiar

3.

A．widening

B．shrinking

C．expanding

D．emerging

4.

A．encourage

B．maintain

C．raise

D．concern

5.

A．consisted

B．composed

C．disposed

D．deprived

6.

A．hardly

B．entirely

C．amazingly

D．probably

7.

A．tight

B．tough

C．strict

D．generous

8.

A．divided

B．updated

C．reversed

D．implemented

9.

A．add

B．attribute

C．distribute

D．attend

10.

A．restricting

B．confirming

C．proposing

D．identifying

11.

A．eliminated

B．reserved

C．protected

D．defended

12.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Furthermore

D．For instance

13.

A．in favor of

B．in exchange for

C．in addition to

D．in honor of

14.

A．negative

B．positive

C．definite

D．specific

15.

A．increase

B．plunge

C．decrease

D．vary

5 . About a year ago, my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip about my research laboratory to be screened at a secondary-school summer camp. With many ________ under my belt (已获得的) after five years as a main investigator, I was quite ________ about getting this ________.

Three seconds into ________ myself on my phone in my office, I realized that I had been too ________. I had to press ‘Pause’ ________ I couldn’t help looking around the room. And while watching myself on camera, I couldn’t obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom—all my ________ trained teaching method didn’t work well for a video clip. Admitting that my acting career had ________ a wall, I decided to ________ to a directing role and asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video.

The 5-minute clip ________ taking 2 hours to finish, but it was so well received by the audience that it ________ me to create an account on Bilibili, one of the leading video-sharing websites in China. I got my lab to ________ making short films in Chinese on the main topics of our ________, which include digital fabrication (数字制造) in architecture and adaptive structures that can respond to stimuli (刺激物). In the nine or so months since I created that ________, our lab videos have attracted more than 20,000 subscribers and received nearly 3 million ________, mainly in China.

1.

A．students

B．experiences

C．cameras

D．comments

2.

A．curious

B．nervous

C．confident

D．cautious

3.

A．cut

B．posted

C．passed

D．done

4.

A．filming

B．watching

C．reminding

D．calling

5.

A．anxious

B．optimistic

C．active

D．hard

6.

A．unless

B．though

C．because

D．until

7.

A．badly

B．newly

C．easily

D．finely

8.

A．hit

B．covered

C．destroyed

D．built

9.

A．stick

B．react

C．take

D．switch

10.

A．set about

B．ended up

C．put off

D．went on

11.

A．invited

B．taught

C．motivated

D．required

12.

A．enjoy

B．admit

C．miss

D．continue

13.

A．research

B．video

C．school

D．team

14.

A．website

B．account

C．architecture

D．classroom

15.

A．gifts

B．fans

C．views

D．prizes

7 . 假定你是李华，得知你的交换生同学Amanda今年将第一次在中国过春节。请你给她发一封电子邮件，邀请她到你家做客。内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 发出邀请；
3. 期待回复。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Amanda,

How are you doing?

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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Saving the Carnations

Dawn broke. Regina aged 14 opened her sleepy eyes and looked out of the window at the foggy field below. “NO!” she cried, now fully awake. Buttermilk, the cow was in Mama’s carnation (康乃馨) garden.

“I must have forgotten to close the gate last night,” Regina thought as she pulled a sweatshirt over her head. Mama was planning to sell the carnations at the fair next week. But Buttermilk was eating the flowers. Regina hurried outside and grabbed the lead rope on the wall.

“Why can’t you stay in the field?” she called to Buttermilk as she headed across the yard to the carnation garden. Buttermilk still stood there chewing the tender flowers.

“When I grow up, I’ll be an artist and paint pictures all day,” annoyed Regina thought. “I’ll not own a cow. Too much trouble.” Regina was fond of painting since the day she had memory. She would like to not only help with family but see birds and flowers alive under her brush.

Just as Regina was about to throw the lead rope onto Buttermilk’s collar, the family dog Blue, rounded the corner of the house, barking loudly and furiously. Buttermilk couldn’t stand it and took off, tearing through the carnations. It finally ran through the open gate and into the field outside. “Thank goodness!” Regina said as she closed the gate and secured the lock. But, as she turned to look at the flower garden, most of the carnations were either eaten or trampled (踩踏).

Mama and Dad came out of the house. “What’s going on?” Mama asked. She looked sadly at her garden. “I forgot to close the gate,” Regina said. “I’m so sorry.” “I know you are.” Mama sighed and gave Regina a hug.

Regina’s heart was heavy as she went back into the house. Mama had prepared much for the fair but now half of her efforts were in vain. Regina decided to think of a way to make it up to her mother. The problem tasked Regina’s mind. Could she plant other flowers in a week? Not enough time. Could she make use of the carnations in pieces? Not enough magic. Regina found no way out.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

All of a sudden, a flower painting on the wall caught Regina’s eye.

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A week later, the fair day, when her parents were loading the car, Regina brought her vivid paintings downstairs.

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10 . 假定你是李华，你们学校将举办主题为“校园最美，因为有你”（Most Beautiful Campus, Thanks to You）的海报设计大赛，学生作品将在校内展出，你的好朋友Ryan，现就他的参赛作品初稿征求你的意见。请回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 提出存在的问题；
2. 给出修改建议。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Ryan,
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Yours,

Li Hua