1、Week 9ThursdayTask 1：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。(2014浙江，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 coinsavings container.Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps.If you wished to climb a 12，0
2、00foot 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 $3.93 a day.If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a
3、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 a
4、re 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 Years Day brings good luck and financial success.Ah，yes，but you have to put something in it.Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving？Why not an eleph
5、ant 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 i
6、n 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 cleve
7、r 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 child
8、hood lessons.Think about the things in life that require large amounts of moneycollege 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.【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。财富是一点点积聚起来的，那你知道为
9、什么每个孩子都会有一个小猪储蓄罐，每天往小猪储蓄罐存一点钱吗？为什么小猪成为了节约有钱的象征？那就仔细看一看文章吧！1What is the piggy bank strategy?APaying 1% income tax at a time.BSetting a goal before making a travel plan.CAiming high even when doing small things.DPutting aside a little money regularly for future use.答案D细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话So when you have m
10、oney，take off the top 10%，put it aside，save and invest wisely.可知应该定期为将来存一点钱是正确的。应选D。2Why did the writers parents give him a piggy bank as a gift?ATo delight him with the latest fashion.BTo encourage him to climb mountains.CTo help him form the habit of saving.DTo teach him English pronunciation.答案C细
11、节理解题。根据第三段第一句话可知，我的父母想要让我知道：如果我想要什么，应该自己攒钱去买，逐渐养成存钱的习惯，故应选C。3What does the underlined word“something”(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to?AMoney. BGifts.CFinancial success. DGood luck.答案A词义猜测题。根据第三段可知，人们经常把小猪储蓄罐和好运及财富联系在一起，所以必须要每天往储蓄罐里放一些钱(money)才能积少成多，故选A。4The piggy bank originally was _Aa potters
12、instrument Ba cheap clay container Can animalshaped dishDa piglike toy for children答案B细节理解题。根据第四段前四行可知在中世纪时，人们通常把硬币放在黏士制成的陶罐里，而且inexpensive等同于cheap，故选B。5The last paragraph talks about _Athe seriousness of educating children Bthe enjoyment of taking a great trip Cthe importance of managing moneyDthe
13、difficulty of starting a business答案C主旨大意题。根据最后一句So when you have money，take off the top 10%，put it aside，save and invest wisely.可知，此段主要讲述“打理钱财的重要性”，故C项正确。Task 2：用英语简要概述本文大意答案The writers parents gave him a piggy bank as a gift to help him form the habit of saving, and this habit is of great importanc
14、e to ones future success, as any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps.Task 3：词汇积累1at a time 每次2associate.with.将和联想在一起3financial adj.财政的4symbol n象征5eventually adv.最后，终于6seriousness n严肃7put aside 储存；把放在一边8invest vt.投资Task 4：攻克长难句1When I was a child，my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach
15、 me that，if I wanted something，I should save money to buy it.分析：主句是my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me，that引导的宾语从句中包含if引导的条件状语从句。2In 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.分析：该句为简单句，In the Middle Ages，before modern banking and credit instruments作时间状语，a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish为独立主格结构。