Question

Learning to save money when you're young is an important lesson. All good lessons and habits begin early, and saving is a skill that everyone ____. Many people—adults included—do not have a good ____ of saving for the long run.

I have been ___ to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass cutting business since I was 10 years old. __ the money I make I spend about 10 percent and save the other 90.

Making sure you save and don't spend too much is a good way to ____ wealth. I have put my earnings in a bank. Many teens I know spend all the money they earn so it never has a chance to ___. Young people should ___ that their teenage years are a great time to begin saving.

If you have a job at high school, you ___ have fun with some of the money. But you should also save some ____ it will grow. Then you can begin planning for your future. When you spend money, you not only lose that money, ____ lose the interest you could have earned by saving it.

After high school, college is ____， with expenses such as food and rent. If you can ____ a good percentage of the money you earn as a teen, going to college and buying a house will be much easier. If you are in your thirties without any savings, you will always have to ____.

Later in life it can be hard to start saving ___ general cost of living is more expensive and you may only have enough to pay your ___. If you want to buy a house and have a family, you need money to start with, which ____ saving.

Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true. But money can help you to lead a ____ life.

Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. It will also _____ you to spend time doing the things that you want to do.____， it will mean you can live the way you want to without __.

1.A. needsB. likesC. arrangesD. expects

2.A. knowledgeB. experienceC. formD. sense

3.A. foolishB. fundamental C. luckyD. grateful

4.A. WithB. OfC. InD. From

5.A. divide upB. build upC. keep upD. make up

6.A. breakB. runC. makeD. grow

7.A. recognizeB. realizeC. researchD. doubt

8.A. mustB. dareC. shouldD. may

9.A. so thatB. in caseC. in thatD. but for

10.A. butB. andC. alsoD. or

11.A. expensiveB. cheapC. boringD. bitter

12.A. hold outB. hold upC. hold ontoD. hold back

13.A. surviveB. struggleC. tolerateD. die

14.A. ifB. as long asC. whileD. since

15.A. billsB. taxesC. attentionD. consequences

16.A. results fromB. gets fromC. comes fromD. escapes from

17.A. happyB. simpleC. miserableD. secure

18.A. forbidB. allowC. adviseD. request

19.A. In addition B. Above allC. On the contraryD. Believe it or not

20.A. consulting B. worryingC. restingD. thinking

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了青少年應(yīng)該攢錢為將來長遠(yuǎn)的發(fā)展做打算。確保自己不要花費(fèi)太多，是積累財富的一種好方法�？梢杂梅e攢的錢為以后的大學(xué)生活費(fèi)和房租做準(zhǔn)備。早攢錢意味著你以后年老的時候會少工作幾年。

1.A考查動詞辨析A. needs需要；B. likes喜歡；C. arranges安排；D. expects期望；句意：省錢是每個人需要的一種技能。根據(jù)語境選A項。

2.2】D考查名詞辨析A. knowledge知識；B. experience經(jīng)歷；C. form形式；D. sense感覺；句意：許多人包括成年人都沒有省錢的長期打算。Have a good sense of 一種。。感覺，故選D項。

3.3】C考查形容詞辨析A. foolish愚蠢的；B. fundamental基本的；C. lucky幸運(yùn)的；D. grateful感激的；句意：自從我十歲時，我就開始從事割草的生意，也因此我很幸運(yùn)從中學(xué)到一些經(jīng)驗；be lucky to do 很幸運(yùn)的做某事，故選C項。

4.4】B考查介詞辨析A. With和,用；B. Of。。的；C. In在，里；D. From來自；句意：用我賺的錢，百分之十用來消費(fèi)，百分之九十用來儲蓄。With 表示介詞，用。。故選B項。

5.5】B考查動詞短語辨析A. divide up分開；B. build up增強(qiáng)；C. keep up保持；D. make up編造；句意：在保證花費(fèi)的基礎(chǔ)上還有一定的儲蓄是一種很不錯的增加財富的方法，根據(jù)句意選B項。

6.6】D考查動詞辨析A. break打破；B. run跑；C. make制作；D. grow生長；句意：據(jù)我所知，許多青少年花光他們所賺的錢，因此沒有機(jī)會成長。根據(jù)語境不節(jié)省錢不會長大，故選D項。

7.7】B考查動詞辨析A. recognize認(rèn)出；B. realize意識到；C. research研究；D. doubt懷疑；句意：年輕人應(yīng)該意識到他們的少年時光是開始節(jié)約的好時候。根據(jù)句意選B項。

8.8】A考查情態(tài)動詞辨析A. must必須；B. dare敢；C. should應(yīng)該；D. may可能；句意：如果你在高中時就開始工作，你肯定會因為錢而感到高興。表示肯定的想法，故選A項。

9.9】A考查連詞辨析A. so that因此；B. in case以防；C. in that因為；D. but for除了； 句意：但你應(yīng)該省下一些錢因為它會變多。兩個句子之間是因果關(guān)系，故選A項。

10.0】A考查連詞辨析A. but但是；B. and并且；C. also也；D. or否則；句意：當(dāng)你花錢時，你不僅僅失去的是錢，也就失去興趣。Not only …but also ..并列連接，故選A項。

11.1】A考查形容詞辨析A. expensive昂貴的；B. cheap便宜的；C. boring令人厭煩的；D. bitter苦的；句意：高中之生，大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)很昂貴。根據(jù)下方提到with expenses such as food and rent.可知很貴，故選A項。

12.2】C考查動詞辨析A. hold out拿出；B. hold up耽擱；C. hold onto拿上；D. hold back抑制；句意：如果你能拿到你年少時省下的錢，上大學(xué)和買房子就變得更容易。根據(jù)句意選C項。

13.3】B考查動詞辨析A. survive生存；B. struggle努力；C. tolerate容忍；D. die死；句意：如果你三十歲時還沒有存款，你將不得不更努力奮斗；根據(jù)語境，如果沒有積蓄，生活會更艱難，故選B項。

14.4】D考查連詞辨析A. if如果；B. as long as只要；C. while雖然；D. since自從，因為；句意：因為一般的日�；ㄙM(fèi)比較貴，省錢也變得比較困難；兩個句子之間是因果關(guān)系，故選D項。

15.5】A考查名詞辨析A. bills支票，賬單；B. taxes稅；C. attention注意；D. consequences結(jié)果；句意：你可能僅僅夠支付你的賬單。根據(jù)上文提到Later in life it can be hard to start saving ___ general cost of living is more expensive故選A項。

16.6】C考查動詞短語辨析。A. results from由于；B. gets from從。。得到；C. comes from來自；D. escapes from逃脫；句意：如果你想買房子，成家，你需要錢，這得來自你的以前的節(jié)約；根據(jù)語境可知這些錢來自以前省下來的錢，故選C項。

17.7】D考查形容詞辨析A. happy高興的；B. simple簡單的；C. miserable可怕的；D. secure安全的；句意：但是錢能幫你過上安全的生活。根據(jù)上文提到Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true可知錢能給你安全，故選D項。

18.8】B考查動詞辨析A. forbid禁止；B. allow允許；C. advise建議；D. request要求；句意：這也允許你花更多的時間在你想做的事情上。根據(jù)上文提到Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. 可知B項正確；Allow sb to do 允許某人做某事

19.9】A考查短語辨析A. In addition此外；B. Above all首先；C. On the contrary相反的；D. Believe it or not信不信由你；句意：此外，這也意味著你沒有任何負(fù)擔(dān)的生活。根據(jù)上文提到It will also ____ you to spend time doing the things that you want to do可知選A項。

20.20】B考查動詞辨析A. consulting咨詢；B. worrying擔(dān)心；C. resting休息；D. thinking認(rèn)為，考慮；句意：此外，這也意味著你沒有任何負(fù)擔(dān)的生活。根據(jù)語境，你可以做自己想做的，沒有擔(dān)憂的生活，故選B項。

考點：教育類短文