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at trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely. 【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。這篇短文講述的是小豬銀行策略, 即存錢罐定期地存錢, 這樣不僅可以讓孩子養(yǎng)成攢錢的好習(xí)慣, 對(duì)于成年人來說, 為以后的生活定期地存錢也是很有意義的。1. What is the piggy bank strategy? A. Paying 1% ine tax at a time. B. Setting a goal before making a travel plan. C. Aiming high even when doing small things. D. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use. 【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本題是問“什么是小豬銀行策略? ”, 根據(jù)短文第二段的意思可知, 如果你想要什么東西, 你可以定期地往你的小豬存錢罐里放入一些錢, 直到你能攢夠, 去買你想要的東西。2. Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift? A. To delight him with the latest fashion. B. To encourage him to climb mountains. C. To help him form the habit of saving. D. To teach him English pronunciation. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的“When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. ”再結(jié)合最后一段可知, 作者的父母送給了他一個(gè)小豬存錢罐, 教給作者想要什么東西的話, 就應(yīng)該自己慢慢存錢買。所以這樣就可以幫助他養(yǎng)成一個(gè)存錢的習(xí)慣。3. What does the underlined word “something” in Paragraph 4 most probably refer to? A. Money. B. Gifts. C. Financial success. D. Good luck. 【解析】選A。詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)“When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. ”以及“Ah, but you have to put something in it. ”和這一段的內(nèi)容可知, 有了存錢罐, 你可以慢慢攢錢, 買你想要的東西, 當(dāng)然, 你必須得往里面放錢。所以這里的“something”指的就是“錢”。4. The piggy bank originally was . A. a potter’s instrumentB. a cheap clay containerC. an animalshaped dishD. a piglike toy for children【解析】選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段的內(nèi)容可知, 很久以前, 還沒有現(xiàn)在的銀行的時(shí)候, 人們?cè)诩依飻€錢, 把一顆顆硬幣放在一個(gè)用一種叫 “pygg”橙色黏土制成的罐子里。當(dāng)撒克遜人把代表粘土的單詞“pygg”讀成“pug”時(shí), 這兩個(gè)詞最終變成了相同的發(fā)音, 聽起來像“pig”或“piggy”。隨著這個(gè)詞與橙色粘土的聯(lián)系越來越少, 而更多地與動(dòng)物聯(lián)系在一起, 一位聰明的陶工將一個(gè)pygg罐子做成了豬的形狀, 讓孩子和大人都很高興, 存錢罐便誕生了。后來慢慢演變成了現(xiàn)在的存錢罐?!痉椒记伞吭陂喿x中經(jīng)常會(huì)考查詞義猜測(cè)題。事實(shí)上, 閱讀材料中的每個(gè)詞與它前后的詞語或句子甚至段落都有聯(lián)系。運(yùn)用邏輯推理猜測(cè)詞義是使用最廣、考查最多、也最易得分的猜詞方式, 這要求考生具備整合信息的能力, 充分利用上下文(各種已知信息)并結(jié)合具體的語境推測(cè)、判斷某些詞或短語的詞義。例如第3小題詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫線單詞的上文“When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. ”以及“Ah, but you have to put something in it. ”可知, 有了存錢罐, 你可以慢慢攢錢, 買你想要的東西, 當(dāng)然, 你必須得往里放錢。所以這里的“something”指的就是“錢”。故選A。B There are many American expressions about insects—like bees, for example. Bees always appear to be busy, moving around their homes, or hives. In fact, you might say your house was a beehive of activity if