Pocket money means that you have money in your pocket(口袋）that you can spend. You may get a regular amount of money from your parents or grandparents , for example , every week or once a month.
How much pocket money should
you get ? That depends on what your parents or grandparents can afford, how many kids there are in your family and how old you are . A little primary school kid may get one yuan , but older children would get more . Each family is different.
Many parents or grandparents give kids pocket money so that their kids can :
★use the money to buy things that they want .
★learn to find out how much things cost .
★learn to look after money well .
★learn to shop around for the best price
★ learn to save thei
r pocket money for the future.
★ learn what is worth (值得）buying.
It is difficult to handle money . If you spend all of your money too quickly ,you will not be able to buy the necessary things that you will need in the future life . If you always save money , you will not get many nice things that you really like . Try to use your pocket money in the right way and you will always get something good.
1.Usually kids can get their pocket money from their _____.
A. parents B. friends
C. parents or grandparents D. Teachers
2.What can not influence how much pocket money kids get ?_____.
A. The kids' ages B. The kids' grades
C. The salary (薪水） D.the number of kids in a family .
3.The underlined word “ handle ” means _____.
A.pick up B. deal with C. buy D. save
4.Parents hope that their children _____instead of only buying what they want .
A.learn to handle their pocket money
B.save their pocket money
C. learn to buy things
D. know how to shop
5.The writer writes the passage mainly to tell us _____.
A. what pocket money means
B. we should get more pocket money
C. to save more and more pocket money.
D.handling pocket money is useful.
A 7-magnitude（震级）earthquake hit Ya'an, Sichuan at 8:02 on April 20, 2013, and it killed at least 196 people and injured more than 11,000.
Together with other students, Yang Xuelan ran out to the playground. She was safe. But all her textbooks and exercise books were buried（埋）in the teaching building.
What can we do when an earthquake happens? In fact, there's little we can do to stop natural disasters (自然灾害) such as earthquakes happening. But, some methods can reduce the harm they cause.
◆ Drop down onto your hands and knees. This way can protect you from falling.
◆ Cover your head under a strong table or desk. You can also stay along a wall, and cover your head with your arms and hands.
◆ Hold on
to(守住,抓牢) your shelter(遮蔽物) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking continues.
Schools can normally take the earthquake drills（演练） to help student stay alive.
1.How many people lost their lives in the earthquake in Ya'an?
A. At least 196. B. More than 11,000.
C. Less than 196. D. About 11,196.
2.When the earthquake happened in Ya'an, Yang Xuelan was .
A. at home B. at school C. on her way to school D. playing on the playground
3.What does the underlined word "reduce" mean in Chinese?
A.提高 B.阻止 C.增加 D.减少
4.According to the writer, we can to reduce the harm natural disasters ca
use.
A.do nothing B. stay at home
C. take some methods D. run out of the house
5.Which of the following can help you stay alive in an earthquake?
A. Dropping down on
to your hands and knees.
B. Covering your head under a strong table or desk.
C. Holding on to your shelter until the shaking stops.
D. A, B and C.
--- What did he _______ just now?
---Sorry, I didn’t catch his words. I _______ about something else.
A. speak; am thinking B. talk; thought
C. say; was thinking D. tell; have thought
.Look at the beautiful woman, she teaches _____ English very well. She always makes her English classes ________.
A. our; interesting B. we; exciting C. us; lively D. ours; surprising
---______ wonderful music! ---Yes, it’s written by Jay Chou, a pop singer.
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
Don 't ask him to study too late into the night . _____ , he is only a small child.
A. As a result B. Best of all C. After all D. For example
