For middle school students in China, it's really easy to spend money.There are so___36__ things,such as the latest clothes, video games, expensive handbags.

The habit of spending money like most bad habits, is ___37____ to break. When I was a middle school student, I __38___ lots of money on things. I _39__ I was very cool at that time. But now I feel very sorry because I ___40__ so much money.

When something is the latest and greatest, you want it at once because it’s new and you don’t want to wait ___41__ it’s old. The __42___ is that the latest things usually cost a lot of money. But once you own the things, they go out of fashion very__43__. How many things do you have in your bedroom? How often do you __44__ them?

The expensive things are not the coolest ones at all. It’s not necessary __45____ them.

(    ) 36. A. little        B. much         C. many      

(    ) 37. A. easy          B. good           C. hard           

(    ) 38. A. cost         B.spent            C. took       

(    ) 39. A. realized           B. thought         C. wondered          

(    ) 40. A. wasted            B. saved              C. paid

(    ) 41. A. as         B. before         C. till       

(    ) 42. A. reason        B. happiness              C. problem         

(    ) 43. A. quickly         B.difficultly          C. slowly

(    ) 44. A. watch       B. use            C. move           

(    ) 45. A. to buy      B. buy              C.buying   

Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo
Time Types	Pre-sale（预售）Ⅰ Mar. 27，2009 ～Jun. 30，2009	Pre-sale Ⅱ Jul. 1，2009 ～Dec. 31，2009	Pre-sale Ⅲ Jan. 1，2010 ～Apr. 30，2010	Expo Session（期间）May. 1，2010 ～Oct. 31，2010
Peak Day Ticket （指定日门票）	￥170	￥180	￥190	￥200
Standard Day Ticket （平日门票）	￥130	￥140	￥150	￥160
3-Day Ticket	（无）	￥400
7-Day Ticket	￥900
Evening Ticket	N/A	￥90

1. 1.

   If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day，he could book（预定）one during     ．

   1. A.
      Pre - sale Ⅰ
   2. B.
      Pre – sale Ⅱ
   3. C.
      Pre – sale Ⅲ
   4. D.
      Expo Session
2. 2.

   On March 1，2010，Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents. She paid   for
   them

   1. A.
      ￥380
   2. B.
      ￥300
   3. C.
      ￥260
   4. D.
      ￥180
3. 3.

   It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on     ．

   1. A.
      April 23，2009
   2. B.
      August l，2009
   3. C.
      February 2，2010
   4. D.
      May 20，2010
4. 4.

   Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo．Her visit can last     days．

   1. A.
      one
   2. B.
      three
   3. C.
      seven
   4. D.
      ten
5. 5.

   Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy      tickets only after May 1，2010．

   1. A.
      morning
   2. B.
      afternoon
   3. C.
      evening
   4. D.
      Midnight

(1)He spent 50 yuan ________ this pair of shoes.

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(2)The bike ________ him 480 yuan.

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(3)I bought a new dictionary and it ________ me 30 yuan.

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