题目内容
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 __36__. Many people—adults included—do not have a good __37__ of saving for the long run.
I have been _38__ to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass cutting business since I was 10 years old. 39__ 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 __40__ 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 _41__. Young people should __42_ that their teenage years are a great time to begin saving.
If you have a job at high school, you _43__ have fun with some of the money. But you should also save some __44__ it will grow. Then you can begin planning for your future. When you spend money, you not only lose that money, __45__ lose the interest you could have earned by saving it.
After high school, college is __46__, with expenses such as food and rent. If you can __47__ 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 __48__.
Later in life it can be hard to start saving _49__ general cost of living is more expensive and you may only have enough to pay your _50__. If you want to buy a house and have a family, you need money to start with, which __51__ saving.
Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true. But money can help you to lead a __52__ life.
Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. It will also __53___ you to spend time doing the things that you want to do.__54__, it will mean you can live the way you want to without 55__.
1.A. needs B. likes C. arranges D. expects
2.A. knowledge B. experience C. form D. sense
3.A. foolish B. fundamental C. lucky D. grateful
4.A. With B. Of C. In D. From
5.A. divide up B. build up C. keep up D. make up
6.A. break B. run C. make D. grow
7.A. recognize B. realize C. research D. doubt
8.A. must B. dare C. should D. may
9.A. so that B. in case C. in that D. but for
10.A. but B. and C. also D. or
11.A. expensive B. cheap C. boring D. bitter
12.A. hold out B. hold up C. hold onto D. hold back
13.A. survive B. struggle C. tolerate D. die
14.A. if B. as long as C. while D. since
15.A. bills B. taxes C. attention D. consequences
16.A. results from B. gets from C. comes from D. escapes from
17.A. happy B. simple C. miserable D. secure
18.A. forbid B. allow C. Advise D. request
19.A. In addition B. Above all C. On the contrary D. Believe it or not
20.A. consulting B. worrying C. resting D. thinking
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
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We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells —but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)?Shouldn’t we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she’s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean,” When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.
Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations,It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’s traffic light. It’s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
【小题1】
By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are .
A.beneficial, because their inventors are famous |
B.beneficial, though their inventors are less fa![]() |
C.not useful, because their inventors are less famous |
D.not useful, though their inventors are famous |
Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____.
A.add colour and variety to students’ campus life |
B.inform students of the windshield wiper’s invention |
C.carry out the requirements by Mountain University |
D.prepare students to try their own invention |
Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _________.
A.not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer | |
B.inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper | C.due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm |
D.not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures |
Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this passage?
A How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?
B How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?
C Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?
D Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?