Maybe you always wonder why your pocket money disappears（消失）so quickly．Well，this may be because you don’t have a budget．If you try a budget for your pocket money, you will find you can stop your money from going so fast．

    A budget is a careful plan to control（控制）where your money goes．Reasonable（合理的）budget can help you spend your money reasonably． 

  Sounds useful? Look at the following before you start your budget：

    Every day there are things you have to pay for, like school lunches and buses．There are also things you would like to spend money on just for fun! All these are your daily expenses（开销）．

    Since you can’t have money for everything, you have to make choices．you need to ask if you really need something or just want it．Needs are what you must have in order to live，like food and water．Wants are things you would like to have or do，but not necessary ,for example．CDs and cartoons．

    When making a budget，you should first make it clear that how much money you have and how much money you must spend on needs，and then think over how to deal with the left-if there is.

So keep an eye on your budget．Your needs may change into wants，or your Wants may.change into needs．

（   ）1．If you want to stop your money from going fast，you should make

A．needs              B．a list           C．a change             D．a budget

（   ）2．You couldn’t live without

A．needs             B．wants         C．plans                D．hopes

（   ）3．The money you pay for________ is your expense

A．something                                      B．anything       

C．something necessary                                D．anything interesting

（   ）4．The passage is probably written for

A．babies           B．teachers       B．boys                D．students

（   ）5．The best title for the passage is________

A．Money                                           B．Needs or Wants    

C．Control Your Spending                      D．Spend Your Money

Fast food chains（连锁） , American –style , are now on the increase（增加） all over the world. Most of these places work on a similar principle There is a long counter（柜台） , above which hangs a list (often with pictures) of the items they sell, and behind which several people (often students working for the lowest wage ) are working.  Buyers from queues in front of each assistant.  You receive what you order and take it on a tray to a table . If you can’t see any straws（吸管） , that’s because they are hiding in the straw machine that you have to push the bottom to get a straw.

When you’ve finished , you yourself throw away everything except the tray.

Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities（设施）. You place your order from your car through a microphone and then drive round to a special window to pay and pick it up . You may even find places where a waitress bring your meal out ,and you sit and eat in the car from a tray hooked over the door through the open window.

(    ) 66. What is the wage about the waitress working in the fast food shops ?

A. We don’t know.  B. Very high   C. Very low .   D. Normal.

(    ) 67. When you go to these fast food shops, how can you eat ?

A. Using knives and forks.

B. The waiter will give you the menu .

C. You will have to carry the food on the tray to the table .

D. Sitting at the table and waiting for the food.

(    ) 68. According to the passage , these fast food shops are usually quite _____

A. similar  B. different  C. very popular   D. not expensive

(    ) 69. What is a tray ?

A. Something you can eat.

B. Something you can drink.

C. Something you throw away.

D. Something used for carrying things.

(    ) 70.If you are driving your car, how can you have your fast food ?

A. Stopping the car and going to the restaurant.

B. Having it at home.

C. Having it in the office.

D. Having it at fast-food places with drive-in facilities.

Fast food chains（连锁） , American –style , are now on the increase（增加） all over the world. Most of these places work on a similar principle There is a long counter（柜台） , above which hangs a list (often with pictures) of the items they sell, and behind which several people (often students working for the lowest wage ) are working.  Buyers from queues in front of each assistant.  You receive what you order and take it on a tray to a table . If you can’t see any straws（吸管） , that’s because they are hiding in the straw machine that you have to push the bottom to get a straw.

When you’ve finished , you yourself throw away everything except the tray.

Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities（设施）. You place your order from your car through a microphone and then drive round to a special window to pay and pick it up . You may even find places where a waitress bring your meal out ,and you sit and eat in the car from a tray hooked over the door through the open window.

(    ) 66. What is the wage about the waitress working in the fast food shops ?

A. We don’t know.  B. Very high   C. Very low .   D. Normal.

(    ) 67. When you go to these fast food shops, how can you eat ?

A. Using knives and forks.

B. The waiter will give you the menu .

C. You will have to carry the food on the tray to the table .

D. Sitting at the table and waiting for the food.

(    ) 68. According to the passage , these fast food shops are usually quite _____

A. similar  B. different  C. very popular   D. not expensive

(    ) 69. What is a tray ?

A. Something you can eat.

B. Something you can drink.

C. Something you throw away.

D. Something used for carrying things.

(    ) 70.If you are driving your car, how can you have your fast food ?

A. Stopping the car and going to the restaurant.

B. Having it at home.

C. Having it in the office.

D. Having it at fast-food places with drive-in facilities.