Question

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(rùn)).

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 money

D. share all the money they make

2.Who manages the $20,000 in the class?

A. The teachers. B. The school.

C. The students. D. The parents.

3.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

4.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.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了在芝加哥的一所學(xué)校，讓學(xué)生在學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的同時(shí)，也讓學(xué)生參與股票的買(mǎi)賣(mài)，從而積累投資經(jīng)驗(yàn)的故事。

1.

2.Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy.描述，可知這筆錢(qián)是由學(xué)生來(lái)管理的。故選C。

3.

4.閱讀短文可知，這篇短文主要講述了在芝加哥的一所學(xué)校，讓學(xué)生在學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的同時(shí)，也讓學(xué)生參與股票的買(mǎi)賣(mài)，從而積累投資經(jīng)驗(yàn)的故事。故選B。

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