【稀饭阅读】高中版：2011高考英语阅读理解强化练习（2）2011年05月27日11:16 来源：新东方在线 【发表评论】  背景知识：说到“理财”这个话题，大家肯定不会陌生，因为这是时下最流行、也最受关注的一个话题。但说起来到底什么是理财，怎么理财？大家的回答却是五花八门。实际上理财的范围很广，理财是理一生的财，也就是个人一生的现金流量与风险管理。 理财作为一门课程，可以这么说，它博大精深。可是青少年的理财教育却长期不被重视，大部分小学乃至中学都没有开设这门课程，为此我们付出了高昂的代价。拓展阅读： 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. how to deal with the financial crisis C. teaching young people about money D. teaching students how to study effectively 2. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________. A. the author complains about the school education B. pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract C. students have been taught to manage their finances D. laws on financial education have been effectively carried out 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. According to Pfeg, ___________. A. it is easy to keep good habits long B. teenagers spend their money as planned C. parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids D. it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone 5. A poll is mentioned to ___________. A. stress the necessity of the curriculum reform B. show the seriousness of the financial recession C. make the readers aware of burden of the parents D. illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal 参考答案： 1. 答案：C。这是一篇文章主旨题，通读全文就可以找出答案。本文主要是关于青少年理财的一些介绍。 2. 答案：A。阅读前两段，从第二段就可以看出作者的态度。 3. 答案：D。从文中第三段的第一句中可以找出答案。 4. 答案：D。从文中第四段Pfeg的预测中可以看出他觉得青少年如果在校期间不接受理财方面的教育，以后就会很难避免一些意向不到的问题，就会容易陷入困境。 5.答案：A。从文中最后一段最后一句话可以看到a recent poll，需要结合该段和作者的意图考虑。 |
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