题目内容
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。
different , about, without, start, never, grow, own, thousand, excite, put |
Americans who haven’t saved enough for retirement (退休) could learn a lesson from these young retirement savers ---
they’ve already stored 1. of dollars during their young years.
Chana Goldstein, 16, amount saved: $ 1,000
I 2. saving for r
etirement at the age of 13. I set up my 3. website where I could get $2 an hour. So far, I have put $1,000 for retirement. Now I’m only in the tenth grade. I haven’t thought 4. what I will do when I retire. But I think the money will help me a lot.
Grace Goldoni, 18, amount saved: $ 300,000
When I got my first money on my ninth birthday, I 5. it in a bank right away. I worked as a mother’s helper and then a babysitter. These jobs helped my savings keep 
6. .
I’m in college now and trying to get a new job. Most of the teenagers at my age 7. think about saving for retirement. They prefer(更喜欢) spending money. They should consider saving more seriously.
Ryan Connelly, 20, amount saved: $26,000
It is 8. to see my money grow. Ever since I was 11, I have been putting money into three 9. saving accounts (储蓄账户). My mom always says I have saved what she and m
y dad had when they got married. When I retire, I’d like to live on my own 10. depending on others to take care of me. I don’t know what the right amount for retirement is, but it might be one million dollars.
1.thousands
2.started
3.own
4.about
5.put
6.growing
7.never
8.exciting
9.different
10.without
【解析】
试题分析：短文大意：美国人从小时候就开始为退休存钱。如德斯坦存钱1000美元，格雷斯哥尔多尼存钱300000美元，康奈利存钱26000美元。
1.句意：在他们年轻的时候就已经存下数千美元。Thousands of成千上万的。所以填写thousands。
2.句意：我在13岁开始为退休存钱。根据句意可知填写Started开始。
3.句意：。设置了我的网站，一个小时我可以得到2美元。Own，常用在形容词性物主代词后起强调作用。
4.句意：。我没有考虑我退休的时候我会做什么。Think about考虑。所以填写about。
5.句意：在我第九岁的生日我第一次得到钱，我马上就把它存到银行。Put···in a back存入银行。所以填写put。
6.句意：这些工作帮助我的储蓄保持增长。根据句意可知填写growing。
7.句意：大多数的我这个年龄的青少年从不为退休而储蓄。根据句意可知填写never。
8.句意：看见我的钱在增加是兴奋的。根据句意可知填写exciting。
9.句意：自我11岁起，我已经把钱分别存入三个不同的储蓄账户。根据句意可知填写different。
10.句意：。当我退休时，我想自己生活而不依靠别人来照顾我。根据句意可知填写without。
考点：选词填空。
