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【题目】Learning to save money when you’re young is an important lesson. All good habits begin early, and saving is a skill that everyone needs. Many people— adults included do not have a good sense of saving for the long run.

I have been lucky to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass-cutting business since I was 10 years old. Of 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 build up wealth (财富). 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 grow. Young people should realize that their teenage years are a great time to begin saving.

At high school many parents pay for almost everything, so your expenses can be small. If you have a job, you should have fun with some of the money. But you should also save some so that it will grow. Then you can begin planning for your future. When you spend money, you not only lose that money, but also lose the interest you could have earned by saving it.

After high school, college is expensive and then “real” life begins, with expenses such as food and rent. If you can hold onto 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 teen without any savings, you will always have to struggle. The earlier you begin saving, the easier it is to create a nest egg.

Later in life it can be hard to start saving because general costs of living are more expensive and you may only have enough to pay your bills. If you want to buy a house and have a family, you need money to start with, which comes from saving.

Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true. But money can help you to lead a secure life.

Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. It will also allow you to spend time doing the things that you want to do.

In addition to this, it will mean you can live the way you want to without worrying.

【1】Why does the writer think he has been lucky to learn the lesson early?

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【2】How can we build up wealth?

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【3】Who pays for almost everything when you are at the high school?

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【4】When does your real life begin?

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【5】What can you learn from this passage? (请自拟一句话回答)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because he has had a grass-cutting business since he was 10 years old.

【2】Making sure we save and don’t spend too much is a good way to build up wealth (财富).

【3】Our parents.

【4】After high school. /After we go to college.

【5】It’s necessary and important for us to learn to save money when we are young. (任何合理的答案都可以)

【解析】

本文作者主要从自己的经历出发说明一个人要从年轻时就学会积蓄，而积累自己的财富，这是很有必要的而且也是很重要的。

【1】根据文章第2段I have been lucky to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass-cutting business since I was 10 years old.可知作者很早学到这样的课是幸运的，因为我从10岁就有了割草的生意。故回答Because he has had a grass-cutting business since he was 10 years old.

【2】根据文中第三段第一句话，Making sure you save and don’t spend too much is a good way to build up wealth (财富).可知不要花费太多并把你的钱积攒下来是建立财富的最好方式。故回答Making sure you save and don’t spend too much is a good way to build up wealth.

【3】根据第四段At high school many parents pay for almost everything，可知在高中时是父母为我们支付所有费用，故回答Our parents.

【4】根据文中After high school, college is expensive and then “real” life begins, with expenses such as food and rent.可知真正的生活是在高中之后大学时候开始的，故回答After high school. /After we go to college.

【5】通读全文以及文章的第一段，Learning to save money when you’re young is an important lesson. All good habits begin early, and saving is a skill that everyone needs.可知作者的目的是让我们明白攒钱的重要性，并且这种技能越早学会你的受益就会越深，故回答It’s necessary and important for us to learn to save money when we are young.或类似接近作者写作意图的句子。

总结文章大意时通常我们需要通读全文，并且尤其注意文章的首段和最后一段，比如本篇文章在文章的第一段就点明了作者的写作意图和本篇文章的主题，所以这也是我们从文章能够学习到的，故第5题回答it’s necessary and important for us to learn to save money when we are young.