Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company’s stock (股票) price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills’ school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time.
The Chicago school’s 420 students learn about economic(經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)). They also get a chance to make money. Each 1st grade and 5th grade, students learn the basics of economics and investing(投資).
Then in 6th grade, they put what they’ve learned to work. Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy.
After graduating, students pass on $20,000 to the next 1st grade class. They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school. They can choose to put their money in a college-savings program or take the cash.
In 2007, Bills suggested that her class buy the stock of the Apple computer company. This was just before the iPhone came out. “We bought stock just at the right time,” she says. The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500. “It was a good buy,” says Myles Gate, 13. He hopes to be a banker one day.
The school’s two graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 have each earned about $10,000 in profits(利潤).
小題1: At Bills’ school, students can’t       .
A．learn the basics of economics B．learn how to invest money
C．get a chance to make moneyD．share all the money they make
小題2: Who manages the $20,000 in the class?
A．The teachers.B．The school.
C．The students.D．The parents.
小題3:Google stock the kids bought has reached more than ______ at present.
A．$500B．$400
C．$10,000D．$20,000
小題4:According to Paragraph 5, we know that       .
A．Bills’ class bought the Apple stock after the iphone came out
B．it was a mistake for the class to buy Google stock
C．the students get some investing experience in the school
D．the class bought the two kinds of stocks at the same time
小題5: What’s the passage mainly about?
A．How students make money in the US.
B．Students learn economics and investing at school.
C．Myles Gage hopes to be a banker one day.
D．What US students hope to do after graduation.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文給我們講述的是芝加哥的一所學(xué)校里，學(xué)生們不僅可以學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的基礎(chǔ)知識，還能把自己所學(xué)的運用到實踐中，去投資賺錢。學(xué)生們賺到的錢一部分自己保留，一部分用來建設(shè)學(xué)校。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文中students learn the basics of economics and investing可知A和B是學(xué)生們可以做的事情；根據(jù)They also get a chance to make money可知C也是學(xué)生們可以做的事情；根據(jù)They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school.可知，對于學(xué)生們賺到的錢，他們只能保留一部分，即不能分享所有的錢。故應(yīng)該選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students可知，學(xué)生們參加一個由12到14個學(xué)生組成的小組，這個小組管理著這些錢。故選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段中The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500.可知，學(xué)生們買谷歌的股票時是400美元一股，但現(xiàn)在它已經(jīng)漲到了超過500美元。故選A。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段中的內(nèi)容可知，學(xué)生們在學(xué)校里學(xué)校如何投資，這一段中還給了我們兩個例子，如學(xué)生們購買蘋果電腦公司和谷歌公司的股票。故選C。
小題5:主旨大意題。這篇短文給我們講述的是芝加哥的一所學(xué)校里，學(xué)生們可以學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的基礎(chǔ)知識，并把自己所學(xué)的運用到實踐中，去投資賺錢。故應(yīng)選B。
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