Most likely, you aren’t the family breadwinner. But doing a small job or getting a weekly allowance(零花钱) would put some money in your pocket. For kids and grown-ups alike, money is easy to spend. If you aren’t careful, it can be going in no time.
Being responsible with your money is an important skill to learn — and the sooner you start the better. Whether you are tracking your spending or saving for something special, creating a budget(预算) can help you deal with your expenses and plan for the future. All you need are paper and a pencil — and some self-control.
First, take a look at our sample monthly budget. Then, use a separate sheet of paper to plan your own. In the first two columns(栏), list your sources(来源) of income and how much you expect to earn from them. In the third and fourth columns, list what you expect to spend your money on and the amount.
The left-hand total should be more than or equal to the right-hand total. If it is, you have an effective budget.
Budgets are not complex, but sticking to them can be tough. When planning your budget, be realistic about your expenses. If you know that you drop $18 at a movie, don’t write $12 in that space simply because you wish you were spending less.
If you are eyeing a big purchase, such as a $150 skateboard, spend less and save more until you have the total amount. No matter how attractive it may be, avoid spending your savings. One day, you will thank yourself!
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expense | Amount |
| Allowance (零花钱) | $20.00. | Snacks | $20.00 |
| Money earned selling drinks | $25.00 | Music downloads | $12.00 |
| Money earned babysitting | $12.50. | Movies | $18.00 |
| Money earned delivering newspapers | $30.00 | Video rental | $10.00 |
| Total | $87.50 | Total | $66.00 |
46. Who is the passage written for?
A. Children. B. Parents. C. Breadwinners. D. Bank managers.
47. The purpose of making a budget is to help people _________.
A. learn to be realistic B. increase their saving
C. manage their money well D. test their power-control
48. What should people do when planning a budget?
A. Fill in the expenses as they really are.
B. Avoid spending money on expensive things.
C. Set aside a fixed amount of money as savings.
D. List income and expenses on two pieces of paper.
49. Which of the following budgets is effective?
A.
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance(零花钱) | $20.00 | Money earned walking dogs | $20.00 |
| Bus fares | $40.00 | Movies | $28.00 |
| Total | $60.00 | Total | $48.00 |
B.
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance(零花钱) | $20.00 | Movies | $30.00 |
| Money earned washing cars | $10.00 | Bus fares | $10.00 |
| Total | $30.00 | Total | $40.00 |
C.
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance(零花钱) | $27.50 | Money earned selling drinks | $22.00 |
| Money earned | $22.50 | Birthday gifts | $28.00 |
| Total | $50.00 | Total | $50.00 |
D.
| Monthly Income | Amount | Monthly Expenses | Amount |
| Allowance(零花钱) | $26.00 | Radio rentals | $22.00 |
| Money earned doing yard work | $24.00 | Birthday gifts | $28.00 |
| Total | $50.00 | Total | $50.00 |
50. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. the importance of making a budget B. how to make a budget
C. how to form good habits D. how to spend money
科目：高中英语 来源：2014届江苏无锡一中高一上学期期中考试英语试题 题型：单词拼写
1.George didn’t find it difficult at all, but it was really a c____task for me.
2. In modern times, people should pay attention to their psychological health as well as their p_______ health.
3. To e______ enough money to support a large family, Thomas had to work really hard.
4. Every Monday morning, we a_______ a school assembly on the school field.
5. On a_______, 90,000 people are killed in traffic accidents in China every year.
6. The company gave him a large sum of money in ____ (作为交换) for the information he provided.
7.The most likely ____ (解释) for his success is that he works harder than anyone else.
8. To her ____ (满意), her son spoke English fluently after spending two years in the US.
9. Lisa made Tom’s secret known to all, which made him _____ (尴尬的) in public.
10. The _______(教授), for whom students show great respect, teach his students not only what to learn but also how to learn.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012届江苏省高三上学期期中考试英语题 题型：阅读理解
He’s out there somewhere, an instant icon in the records of American conflict, the final big-game hunter. But a puzzle, too, his identity would be kept a secret for now, and maybe forever.
He is the unknown shooter. The nameless, faceless triggerman who put a bullet in the head of the world’s most notorious（臭名昭著的）terrorist, Bin Laden.
He’s likely between the ages of 26 and 33, says Marcinko, founder of the “SEALs Team 6” that many believe led the attack on Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He’ll be old enough to have had time to hurdle the extra training tests required to join the counter-terrorism unit, yet young enough to stand the body-punishing harshness of the job. The shooter’s a man, it’s safe to say, because there are no women in the SEALs. And there’s a good chance he’s white, though the SEALs have stepped up efforts to increase the number of minorities in their ranks, Marcinko and Smith say.
He was probably a high school or college athlete, Smith says, a physical specimen who combines strength, speed and wisdom. “They call themselves ‘tactical athletes,’” says Smith, who works with many future SEALs in his Heroes of Tomorrow training program in Severna Park. “It’s getting very scientific.”
Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms: “He’ll be ripped,” says the author of the best-selling autobiography “Rogue Warrior.” “He’s got a lot of upper-body strength. Long arms. Thin waist. Flat stomach.”
On this point, Greitens departs a bit. “You can’t make a lot of physical assumptions,” says the author of “The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL.” There are SEALs who are 5 feet 4 and SEALs who are 6 feet 5, Greitens says. In his training group, he adds, there were college football boys who couldn’t hack it; those who survived were most often men in good shape, but they also had a willingness to show their concerns in favor of the mission.
The shooter’s probably not the crew-cut（平头）, neatly shaven ideal we’ve come to expect from American fighting forces. “He’s bearded, rough-looking, like a street naughty boy,” Marcinko supposes. “You don’t want to stick out.” Marcinko calls it “modified grooming standards.”
His hands will be calloused（长老茧）, Smith says, or just rough enough,” as Marcinko puts it. And “he’s got frag in him somewhere,” Marcinko says, using the battlefield shorthand for “fragments” of bullets or explosive devices. This will not have been the shooter’s first adventure. Marcinko estimates that he might have made a dozen or more deployments（部署）, tours when he was likely to have dealt with quite a number of dangerous situations, getting ready any time for explosive devices or bullets.
1.Which of the following is most likely to be the title of the passage?
A. Who shot Bin Laden? B. What do the SEALS do?
C. How can boys be SEALS? D. What SEALS are like?
2. From the passage we can know that the writer ___________.
A. knows clearly what the shooter is like B. doubts whether Bin Laden is dead
C. is certain that the shooter is a man D. is not sure of the shooter’s gender
3.We can say for sure according to the passage that ___________.
A. the shooter will eventually be revealed in the Press
B. the writer is a person who is curious about the shooter
C. the writer is a detective who tries to arrest the shooter
D. the shooter is a strong man with a pair of rough hands
4.Which of the following are the names of writers mentioned in the passage?
①. Marcinko ②. Greitens ③. Smith ④. Abbottabad
A. ①④ B. ③④ C. ②③ D. ①②
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届江苏省高二12月练习试题（英语） 题型：阅读理解
Some say everyday miracles (奇迹) are predestined (注定的)----the right time for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.
In 2001, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give. The boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, her shift (换班) at the hospital had been changed to see her son’s performance. She was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions. And he revived in the end.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 18, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking.
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he'd first learned in Scouts. The food that was trapped in the woman's throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
"The food was stuck. I couldn't breathe," she said. She thought she was dying. "I was very frightened."
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
1.The author wrote the passage to show us that __________.
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A．miracles are predestined and they can happen anywhere |
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B．whoever helps you in trouble will get a reward one day |
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C．God will help those who give others a helping hand |
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D．miracles won’t come without any difficulty sometimes |
2.Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?
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A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life |
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B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills |
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C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college |
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D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke |
3.The underlined word “revived” (paragraph3) most likely means __________.
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A．came back to life |
B．became worse |
C．failed |
D．moved |
4.Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?
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A．She was invited to give the players directions |
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B．She volunteered to give medical services |
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C．She was a little worried about his son’s safety |
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D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年江西省、遂川中学高一上学期1月联考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
Here is a poster on a middle school website. Read the website poster.
Going, Going, Gone!
The Haynes Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization invites you to attend our latest fund-raiser, The Fourth Annual Haynes School Auction (拍卖)!
Saturday, May 10
☆6:00 p.m. ~ 11:00 p.m.
☆In the school hall
☆6:00 p.m.~ 6:30 p.m.: All items for auction are previewed.
☆6:30 p.m.~ 7:00 p.m.: Silent auction begins.
☆7:00 p.m.~ 7:30 p.m.: Highest bidders (出价人) from silent auction are determined.
☆7:30 p.m.~ 11:00 p.m.: Main auction begins.
Items (物品) up for bid in the silent auction vary in value from $ 5.00 to $ 30.00.
Items up for bid in the main auction include the following:
●Airline tickets to a place of your choice
●Weekend getaways at first-class hotels
●Season tickets to the Chicago Bears football game
●$ 50 gift tickets to local gift shops, restaurants, and salons
Don’t miss the boat! Book your tickets today.
Last year, tickets were sold out within four days!
Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
$ 15.00 per person
All the money from the auction will be given to the Haynes School computer lab.
1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as being up for bid at the auction?
A. A movie pass to the local cinema. B. A weekend stay at a hotel.
C. A ticket to a restaurant. D. Airline tickets.
2.The more items that are given or bought for auction, ________.
A. the less money that will be charged for the tickets to the auction
B. the more money that can be raised to support the computer lab
C. the faster the ticket will be sold to the auction
D. the higher the value that will be placed on the items in the silent auction
3.Which of the following is most likely to happen at the year’s auction?
A. The airline tickets will receive higher bids than any other item.
B. All items up for bid will be sold for at least twice their value.
C. More money will be raised this year than in any other year before.
D. Tickets for the event will be sold out in less than one week.
4.The phrase “first-come, first-served” tells you that ________.
A. people can buy the tickets on the first day only
B. the person who is the first to arrive will receive a ticket at no charge
C. food and drinks will be served at the auction
D. tickets are sold in the order of who arrives first to buy them
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届广东省恩平市高一下学期期末考试（英语） 题型：阅读理解
“Most experiences of absent-mindedness ,forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room , are caused by a simple lack of attention, ” says Schacter. “You’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded（编码） it deeply.”
Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impression on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create troublesome situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your cupboard. “Your memory itself isn’t failing you, ” says Schacter, “Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed.” http://wx.jtyjy.com/
Lack of interest can also lead to absent -mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago, ” says Zelinski, “ may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.”Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory depends on just that.
“Visual cues（ 视觉提示 ）can help prevent absent--mindedness, ”says Schacter, “But be sure the cue is clear and available. ”If you want to remember to take a medicine with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don’t leave it in the medicine box and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.
Another common experience of absent - mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’re there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. “Everyone does this from time to time, ”says Zelinski. “The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you’ll likely remember.”
1.The writer of the passage thinks that encoding properly is very important because ________.
A. it enables us to recall something from our memory
B. it slows down the process of losing our memory
C. it helps us understand our memory system better
D. it helps us to get back to where we were
2.One possible reason why women have a little better memories than men is that________.
A. they rely more on the environment
B. they have a wider range of interests
C. they have an unusual power of focusing their attention
D. they are more interested in what’s happening around them
3.Why can a note in the pocket hardly serve as a reminder? ________.
A. It will easily get lost
B. It is out of your sight
C. It’s not clear enough for you to read
D. It might get mixed up with other things
4.From the last paragraph we can learn that________.
A. repetition might help improve our memory
B. memory depends to a certain extent on the environment
C. we’d better return to where we were if we forget things
D. we should think about something else while doing one thing
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the memory system of persons
B. a way of encoding and recalling
C. the causes of absent-mindedness
D. the impression of the environment on memory
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