【正文】 s a muscle and if you want to get the most out of it, you must use it. 第三部分 語言知識運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分 ) 第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共 20 小題；每小題 分，滿分 30 分 ) 閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四個選項中，選出可 以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 A Wealth starts with a goal and saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略 ). There are lessons in that timehonored coinsaving container. Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. If you wished to climb a 12,000foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $ a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate aftertax, you will have your trip money. 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. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it. Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工 ) made these inexpensive containers from an orangecolored clay(黏土 ) called ―pygg,‖ and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was ―pigge‖. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as ―pug‖, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the ―i‖ as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born. Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. What does the underlined word ―something‖(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to? A. Money B. Gifts C. Financial success D. Good luck 24. The last paragraph talks about ________. A. the seriousness of educating children B. the enjoyment of taking a great trip C. the importance of managing money D. the difficulty of starting a business B Students who date in middle school have significantly worse study skills. They are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol and tobacco use as their single classmates, according to a new research from the University of Geia. Romantic relationships are a trademark of adolescence, but very few studies have examined how adolescents differ in the development of these relationships, said Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health and head of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior. Orpinas followed a group of 624 students over a sevenyear period from 6th to 12th grade. Each year, the group of students pleted a survey indicating whether they had dated and reported the frequency of different behaviors, including the use of drugs and alcohol. Their teachers pleted questionnaires about the students’ academic efforts. He found some students never or hardly ever reported dating from middle to high sc