Question

【題目】My Understanding of Money

I used to walk around the store with my parents constantly begging for something. I remember the sight of all the colorful bags of chips and candy that I asked my parents to buy for me. I cannot remember a time when I didn't beg for something at the store.

When I was about twelve years old, my dad always _________my begging and told me with a frustrated(使人挫敗的)face, "You can waste all the money as you want when you have a job." I listened, but I never really heard the _______he was trying to get across to me. Since I wanted so many things and my parents were not going to buy them for me, I decided to make money as a _________myself. I remember the feeling of getting new money in my pocket, then throwing it out within the next week.

A few years later, I was a freshman in high school and did not feel like looking for a new job. One day, I saw people handing out flyers（傳單）at school. I wasn't_________at first because I thought I was fine making money by babysitting. But once I_________thought about the money I could make, I applied to work as a lifeguard advertised on the flyer.

After a few months' training, I could finally start the job. But the more money I made, the less I wanted to spend. As the work and pay increased, so did my responsibility with money. Instead of _________my money on useless things, I started saving up. I finally realized that money meant so much more to me because I was the one_________for it. Now, I have 5,000 dollars in my bank account, and I limit myself to what I buy. My life has permanently(持久地)been influenced because I know the _________of money. It is more than what I can spend.

【1】A.metB.changedC.forgotD.refused

【2】A.replyB.storyC.messageD.news

【3】A.babysitterB.advertiserC.safeguardD.salesgirl

【4】A.involvedB.interestedC.acceptedD.pleased

【5】A.proudlyB.slowlyC.seriouslyD.secretly

【6】A.cuttingB.raisingC.receivingD.wasting

【7】A.workingB.savingC.longingD.begging

【8】A.limitB.valueC.powerD.supply

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【解析】

文章只要是通過作者小時(shí)候總是向爸爸要東西，但是爸爸總是拒絕作者的要求，到后來作者自己做兼職打工賺錢以及后來的工作越來越多，賺的錢也越來越多的時(shí)候，作者終于意識(shí)到錢對(duì)他來說意義重大，知道了金錢的價(jià)值。

【1】句意：我父親總是拒絕我的乞討。

met遇見；changed改變；forgot忘記；refused拒絕；根據(jù)句意理解及后句told me with a frustrated(使人挫敗的)face, “You can waste all the money as you want when you have a job.”可知，這里指的是“拒絕”，故選D。

【2】句意：我聽了，但我從來沒有真正聽到過他試圖向我傳達(dá)的信息。

reply回復(fù)；story故事；message信息；news消息；根據(jù)句意理解及前句You can waste all the money as you want when you have a job.可知，這里指的是前面爸爸說的話，所以這里應(yīng)該用message，故選C。

【3】句意：所以我決定自己當(dāng)保姆賺錢。

babysitter 臨時(shí)保姆；advertiser廣告人員，登廣告者；safeguard保護(hù)；salesgirl女售貨員；根據(jù)句意理解及后文I thought I was fine making money by babysitting.可知，這里說的是“當(dāng)保姆”，故選A。

【4】句意：一開始我不感興趣。

involved包含；interested感興趣的；accepted接受；pleased高興的；根據(jù)句意理解及后句I thought I was fine making money by babysitting. But once I____5____thought about the money I could make, I applied to work as a lifeguard advertised on the flyer.可知，這里指的是“感興趣的”，英語是interested，故選B。

【5】句意：但一旦我認(rèn)真考慮了我能賺多少錢，我就申請(qǐng)了在傳單上登廣告的救生員的工作。

proudly驕傲地；slowly慢慢地；seriously認(rèn)真地；secretly秘密地；根據(jù)句意理解及句中thought about the money I could make可知，這是要經(jīng)過深思熟慮的，所以表達(dá)的是“認(rèn)真地”，故選C。

【6】句意：我沒有把錢浪費(fèi)在無用的東西上，而是開始攢錢。

cutting切割；raising提升；receiving收到；wasting浪費(fèi)；根據(jù)句意理解及后句on useless things, I started saving up可知，這里指的是“浪費(fèi)”，故選D。

【7】句意：因?yàn)槲沂菫樗�工作的人�?/span>

working工作；saving節(jié)��；longing渴望；begging乞求；根據(jù)句意理解及前文I decided to make money as a ____3____myself.及文章的理解可知，這里表達(dá)的是“為錢工作”，故選A。

【8】句意：因?yàn)槲抑�道金錢的價(jià)值。

limit限制；value價(jià)值；power權(quán)利；supply供給；根據(jù)句意理解及后句It is more than what I can spend.和文章的標(biāo)題My Understanding of Money可知，這里指的是“知道了金錢的價(jià)值”，故選B。