() 8. — Good education to any country which wants to be strong. — That’s for sure.

A.minds
B.matters
C.agrees
D.depends

8. B

【分析】本题考查动词词义辨析，解题思路是先理解句子语境，再逐一分析选项中动词的含义，选出符合句意的正确选项。
【解析】句子意为“良好的教育对任何想要变得强大的国家都很重要”。逐一分析选项：A项minds作动词时意为“介意；照料”，不符合语境；B项matters作动词意为“要紧；重要”，符合句意；C项agrees意为“同意”，常与介词with搭配，不符合；D项depends意为“依靠；取决于”，常与介词on搭配，不符合。因此选B。
【答案】B
【知识点】动词词义辨析
【点评】本题考查基础动词的词义及语境应用，属于常见的词义辨析题，学生掌握常见动词含义即可轻松解答。
【难度系数】0.7

三、完成句子
1. 我妈妈在这条街对面的一家银行工作。
My mother works in a .
2. 我们可以用微信或支付宝支付几乎所有的东西。
We can use WeChat or Alipay almost anything.
3. 我们应该在日常生活中尽力节约用水。
We should try our best to in our .
4. Mike 家每年花费百分之五十的钱在他的教育上。
Mike’s family spends 50 their money his education.
5. 因为我父母能把控预算，所以我们总是有足够的钱。
Because my parents can , we always have enough money.
6. 如今，中国的许多孩子被允许自己支配压岁钱。
Today, many kids in China are allowed to all by themselves.

1. bank across the street
2. to pay for
3. save water; daily life
4. percent of; on
5. keep to their budget
6. manage their lucky money

【分析】
本题为完成句子题，需结合中文句意及英文固定搭配、短语，匹配对应的英文表达填空。解题时先理解每个句子的中文含义，再回忆相关的英语常用短语、介词搭配等，确保填入内容符合语法和句意要求。
【解析】
1. 中文“这条街对面的一家银行”，用“bank across the street”表达，其中“across the street”作后置定语修饰“bank”，符合语法结构。
2. 固定搭配“use sth to pay for sth”表示“用某物支付某物”，对应中文“用微信或支付宝支付”，故填“to pay for”。
3. “尽力做某事”是“try one's best to do sth”，“节约用水”是“save water”；“日常生活”是“daily life”，故填“save water; daily life”。
4. “百分之五十”是“50 percent”，“...的百分之五十”是“50 percent of...”；“花费...在...上”是“spend...on...”，故填“percent of; on”。
5. “把控预算”对应固定短语“keep to their budget”，符合中文句意。
6. “支配压岁钱”对应“manage their lucky money”，符合语境。
【答案】
1. bank across the street
2. to pay for
3. save water; daily life
4. percent of; on
5. keep to their budget
6. manage their lucky money
【知识点】
英语固定搭配；常用短语；介词用法
【点评】
本题考查英语常用短语、固定搭配及介词的基础用法，属于基础题型，侧重日常实用英语表达的掌握，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.7

四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Mr and Mrs Green took their sons John and Jack to a big store by car yesterday. They did some shopping there.
First the Greens bought a toy car for little Jack. It cost them 50 yuan. John wanted a pair of shoes. He found a pair of black shoes, but the store didn’t have the shoes in size 42. Then he found a pair of white shoes. The white shoes looked really cool. They were 280 yuan. They were a little expensive, but John loved the pair of white shoes very much. The Greens didn’t have much money, but they bought the shoes for him. Then the Greens bought two T-shirts. One was for John and the other was for Jack. All the things they bought cost the Greens 510 yuan in all.
Then the family went out of the store, but Mr Green couldn’t find the key to his car. They looked for it everywhere. After ten minutes, Jack wanted to sleep and he gave his toy car to his father. Mr Green was glad to find the key in the toy car.
() 1. Where did the Greens go yesterday?
A. A market. B. A restaurant. C. A mall. D. A bookstore.
() 2. What did the Greens buy at last?
① A toy car ② A pair of shoes ③ A car ④ Two T-shirts
A. ②③④ B. ①②③ C. ①③④ D. ①②④
() 3. Where did they find the key to the car at last?
A. In the store. B. In the toy car. C. Under the car. D. In Mrs Green’s bag.
() 4. What can we know from the passage?
A. The two T-shirts cost 180 yuan. B. They bought the black shoes at last.
C. The Greens bought a toy car for John. D. Mr Green bought himself a smartphone.

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A

【分析】做这类英语阅读理解题时，需先通读短文把握大意，再针对每个小题的问题，回到原文定位对应信息，逐一核对选项，排除与原文不符的错误选项，选出匹配原文的最佳答案。具体解题时，要精准定位各问题对应的原文内容，避免遗漏细节。
【解析】1. 由短文第一段“Mr and Mrs Green took their sons John and Jack to a big store by car yesterday”可知，他们去了大商场，对应选项C（mall），故选C。
2. 短文明确提到购买的物品：给Jack的玩具车、给John的白鞋、两件T恤，未购买汽车，因此对应①②④，故选D。
3. 短文最后一段“Mr Green was glad to find the key in the toy car”直接说明钥匙在玩具车里，故选B。
4. 总花费510元，玩具车50元，白鞋280元，两件T恤花费为510-50-280=180元，A正确；原文未买到合适的黑鞋，B错误；玩具车是给Jack的，C错误；未提及买手机，D错误，故选A。
【答案】1.C 2.D 3.B 4.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解）、信息定位
【点评】本题为基础英语阅读理解细节题，侧重考查学生对短文具体信息的提取、定位与判断能力，题目设置直接，只要认真阅读原文即可正确解答。
【难度系数】0.8