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Many families in the United States have a larger income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult to make ends meet（收支平衡）anyway. Almost everyone is wondering, “What happens to all my money? I never seem to have anything to put away.”
Why isn't a dollar worth as much as it used to be? One dollar is always worth the same amount, that is, 100 cents. But the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. The value of money depends on the cost of living. Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay for the necessities of life such as food, housing or rent, clothes and medical expenses. For many years now, the cost of living has increased greatly, so the value of the dollar has decreased（贬值）. When a dollar has a low value, you cannot buy as many things with it.
No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps increasing, but economists（经济学家）believe that workers and producers can make prices go up. As workers earn more money, they have more money to spend, so they demand more goods. If there is a great demand for certain goods, the prices of these goods go up. At the same time, if there is a shortage of these goods, the prices also go up. For example, if everyone wants to buy more and more gas, the price of gas goes up. When companies withhold gas from buyers, they can also make the price of gas go up.
Families need to know what happens to their money. They need to make their income meet the cost of living, so many people plan a family budget（预算）. A budget is a list of monthly expenses. If your expenses add up to more than your income, you must find ways to save money. Maybe you are spending too much on entertainment. Or if you are spending too much on clothes, you may want to sew（缝制）your own clothes. Budgeting helps you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases.
（1）What has troubled many families in the United States?
[ ]
A. A not-large-enough income.
B. Nothing is left over to put away.
C. The increasing cost of living.
D. A shortage of certain goods.
（2）__________ determines the value of the dollar.
[ ]
A. The government
B. The cost of living
C. The economist
D. The bank
（3）Why does the cost of living keep increasing?
[ ]
A. There are always shortages of goods.
B. The workers are getting lower and lower pay.
C. The government makes no interference.
D. People demand more and better goods.
（4）According to the writer, _________ fully understand（s） why the cost of living keeps increasing.
[ ]
（5）Budgeting helps _________.
[ ]
A. one to make his income meet the cost of living
B. the government to battle the rising cost of living
C. merchants to produce more goods
D. the workers to earn more money
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Many families in the United States have a larger income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult to make ends meet（收支平衡）anyway. Almost everyone is wondering, “What happens to all my money? I never seem to have anything to put away.”
Why isn't a dollar worth as much as it used to be? One dollar is always worth the same amount, that is, 100 cents. But the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. The value of money depends on the cost of living. Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay for the necessities of life such as food, housing or rent, clothes and medical expenses. For many years now, the cost of living has increased greatly, so the value of the dollar has decreased（贬值）. When a dollar has a low value, you cannot buy as many things with it.
No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps increasing, but economists（经济学家）believe that workers and producers can make prices go up. As workers earn more money, they have more money to spend, so they demand more goods. If there is a great demand for certain goods, the prices of these goods go up. At the same time, if there is a shortage of these goods, the prices also go up. For example, if everyone wants to buy more and more gas, the price of gas goes up. When companies withhold gas from buyers, they can also make the price of gas go up.
Families need to know what happens to their money. They need to make their income meet the cost of living, so many people plan a family budget（预算）. A budget is a list of monthly expenses. If your expenses add up to more than your income, you must find ways to save money. Maybe you are spending too much on entertainment. Or if you are spending too much on clothes, you may want to sew（缝制）your own clothes. Budgeting helps you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases.
（1）What has troubled many families in the United States?
[ ]
A. A not-large-enough income.
B. Nothing is left over to put away.
C. The increasing cost of living.
D. A shortage of certain goods.
（2）__________ determines the value of the dollar.
[ ]
A. The government
B. The cost of living
C. The economist
D. The bank
（3）Why does the cost of living keep increasing?
[ ]
A. There are always shortages of goods.
B. The workers are getting lower and lower pay.
C. The government makes no interference.
D. People demand more and better goods.
（4）According to the writer, _________ fully understand（s） why the cost of living keeps increasing.
[ ]
（5）Budgeting helps _________.
[ ]
A. one to make his income meet the cost of living
B. the government to battle the rising cost of living
C. merchants to produce more goods
D. the workers to earn more money
查看习题详情和答案>>Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 31 I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find 32 work.
I was 33 a school bus to make ends meet（使收支相抵）and 34 with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had 35 five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not 36 the job. “Why has my life become so 37 ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to 38 a little girl, she handed me an earring 39 I should keep it 40 somebody claimed it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it 41 me -- I had been giving all of my 42 to what was going wrong with my 43 rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a 44 of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to 45 more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for 46 from a lady who was a director at a larger 47 . She asked me if I would 48 a one-day lecture on stress (压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My 49 there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of 50 that I completely changed my life.
31. A. As B. Though C. If D. When
32. A. successful B. extra C. satisfying D. convenient
33. A. driving B. repairing C. taking D. designing
34. A. working B. travelling C. discussing D. living
35. A. prepared for B. attended C. asked for D. held
36. A. lose B. like C. find D. get
37. A. hard B. busy C. serious D. short
38. A. wave at B. drop off C. call on D. look for
39. A. ordering B. promising C. saying D. showing
40. A. in case B. or else C. as if D. now that
41. A. hurt B. hit C. caught D. moved
42. A. feelings B. attention C. strength D. interests
43. A. opinions B. education C. experiences D. life
44. A. list B. book C. check D. copy
45. A. connect B. turn C. keep D. add
46. A. her B. a passenger C. me D. my friend
47. A. hospital B. factory C. restaurant D. hotel
48. A. listen to B. review C. give D. talk about
49. A. plan B. choice C. day D. tour
50. A. operation B. speaking C. employment D. thinking
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----The prices are _____ day by day. It’s hard to make ends meet.(收支相抵)
----I hope the terrible situation won’t continue.
A．putting up B．going up C．keeping down D．going down
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----The prices are _____ day by day. It’s hard to make ends meet.(收支相抵)
----I hope the terrible situation won’t continue.
| A．putting up | B．going up | C．keeping down | D．going down |