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(經濟學). They also get a chance to make money. Each 1^st grade and 5^th grade, students learn the basics of economics and investing(投資).
Then in 6^th 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 1^st 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 money	D．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．$500	B．$400
C．$10,000	D．$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.

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文給我們講述的是芝加哥的一所學校里，學生們不僅可以學習經濟學的基礎知識，還能把自己所學運用到實踐中，去投資賺錢。學生們賺到的錢一部分自己保留，一部分用來建設學校。
【小題1】推理判斷題。根據短文中students learn the basics of economics and investing可知A和B是學生們可以做的事情；根據They also get a chance to make money可知C也是學生們可以做的事情；根據They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school.可知，對于學生們賺到的錢，他們只能保留一部分，即不能分享所有的錢。故應該選D。
【小題2】細節理解題。根據短文第三段中Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students可知，學生們參加一個由12到14個學生組成的小組，這個小組管理著這些錢。故選C。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據短文第五段中The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500.可知，學生們買谷歌的股票時是400美元一股，但現在它已經漲到了超過500美元。故選A。
【小題4】細節理解題。根據短文第五段中的內容可知，學生們在學校里學習如何投資，這一段中還給了我們兩個例子，如學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校里，學生們可以學習經濟學的基礎知識，并把自己所學的運用到實踐中，去投資賺錢。故應選B。
考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。