user: Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Children's allowance. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance . The purpose is to let them learn from experience at an age when financial (;;)mistakes are not very costly. In any case, parents should make clear what 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 so, they'll learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget . Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance. It is to show them that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. 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 what they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or give it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it. Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: They 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. Many banks offer services to help children learn about personal finance. Question: By receiving an allowance, children can learn   _  . Options: A: how to spend money from experience B: when to avoid making mistakes C: what they should do next at a young age D: what they can do with money earned

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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents . They say their parents don't understand them .They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways , that they are too serious   -- too strict with their children and that they seldom give their children a free hand . It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children's trust  and they often forget how they themselves felt when they were young . For example , young people like to act _ without much thinking . It is one of their ways to show they have grown up and that they can face any difficult situation . However , older people worry more easily . Most of old people plan things ahead , at least in the back of their minds , and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected . When you want your parents to let you do something , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it . Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes and in music . But they do not want to cause any trouble ; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people's world , into which they have not yet been accepted . That's why young people want to make a new culture of their own . And if their parents do not like their music or hairstyle or clothes or their ways of speech , this will make the young people very happy . Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say "yes" to what you do . All you want is to be left alone and do what you like . It is natural enough , after being a child for so many years , when you were completely under your parents' control . If you plan to control your life , you'd better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility , they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do . Question: Whom is this text written for ? Options: A: Parents B: Both parents and their children C: Young people D: Teachers

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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: If you have seen or heard of the British TV series Downton Abbey, you have probably noticed an "upstairs-downstairs" class system in which the noble people are upstairs, worrying what clothes they should wear for dinner and the poor people are downstairs, working hard to make food and tea. So it's not hard to tell that people are divided into different classes. British society has changed a lot since the days of Downton Abbey, but the division still exists and the funny accents do, too. Nowadays, what divides Britons is the so-called "North-South divide". As you make your way north from the south coast of England, the accent begins to change. The posh "How are you" in parts of the South becomes "Ahhdu" (how do you do) in the Midlands, "reeit" (are you all right) in the North West, "eyyup" (what's up) in Yorkshire, and "hou's it gaun" (how's it going) in Scotland. Besides accents, the economy also changes. The rich southern city of London slowly becomes the North where people general have less money. So where does the "South" stop being the "South" and the "North" start being the "North"? Well, depending on where someone comes from in Britain, you'll get a different answer. "Anywhere above London is 'the North'," you might hear a Londoner say. Or if you're in Scotland, you might hear, "Southern softer!", talking about a person from Lancashire or Yorkshire, who think of themselves as "hard (tough) Northerners". "Anywhere south of Manchester is not northern," you might hear a person from Manchester say. Many stereotypes   have come from the "North-South Divide", too. Often, southerners are seen as being rude and snobbish   by northerners. And northerners are often seen as uneducated by southerners. Today, the career you have and the person you marry don't depend on where you were born or what class you are from. But as London is getting richer and people are moving to the South for work, the North-South divide is getting bigger. Yet for all that divides us, the truth is, we couldn't live without each other! Question: What is the passage mainly talking about? Options: A: British accents are different from North to South. B: Class division is getting smaller at present. C: It is about the "North-South Division" and its influence. D: Northerners and Southerners dislike each other in Britain.

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Ques:Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Jiajia, a third grader who was born with anemia, a medical condition in which there are too few red cells in blood, wrote an affecting article that moved many netizens. In the article, she shared her biggest wish: to survive so she could take care of her grandparents. Jiajia, 9, currently lives in the city of Suining in Sichuan province. In the article, she writes, "My heart gets heavier each time I see my grandma cry for me. If I ever get to grow up, I will take good care of her." Jiajia contracted pneumonia when she was 4 months old. Since then, she has required a blood transfusion every two weeks. After her parents' divorce, her grandparents took her in and faced many challenges in the process of raising her. The girl's article was only 235 words long, and it was handed in as a school assignment. Nevertheless, Jiajia's words "deeply impressed" her elementary school teacher, who then posted the article online, where it struck a chord with many people. Up till now, a fund started by teachers at Jiajia's school has reached more than 30,000 RMB, which will be put toward Jiajia's future blood transfusions. Question: How can Jiajia survive? Options: A: by receiving a blood transfusion every two weeks. B: by being in hospital every day. C: by receiving a big operation at once. D: by being looked after by her parents.

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assistant: A
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