My sister and I were flying from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota. Our plane had a two-hour at the airport in Omaha, where I saw a toy airplane that I really . I had $10 and I had no idea what I needed to at camp, but I spent $8 on the airplane anyway. When we reached the camp, I discovered that there were no showers! , we bathed in a lake every night. I needed to buy soap. Because the regular soap I brought had chemicals that could the fish. The special soap cost $4 at the camp store. After buying the plane, I had $2 left, so I couldn’t buy the soap. After a few days, I was a . Sally, our camp teacher, asked me if I needed some soap. When I her that I had spent my soap money on a toy airplane, she laughed and said, “You need to budget.” She then explained that a budget was a(n) for spending money to help make sure you save enough for things you — like soap — before you buy fun things — like . Sally gave me her extra soap, which I took. When I returned home from , I decided to make my budget. Every week I spent time writing down everything I bought, and some weeks, I would have more in my “Money In” account I did odd jobs (零活) around the house. Budgeting was , especially when my friends bought soda at the store after school and I couldn’t because I had spent all my “Want to Spend” money. But I with it, and by the next summer, I had enough money to buy a Paula Pilot doll at Omaha Airport, as well as at the camp store to Sally!
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:D
题目分析：文章介绍作者一开始不会做预算，结果在自己不是非常需要的地方浪费了钱，而真正需要的东西却没有钱买，作者的营地老师教会了他怎么做预算，给了他很大帮助。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A. rest休息，B. trip旅行，C. flight航班，D. stop停留，根据下文的句子：where I saw a toy airplane that I really .可知作者和姐姐的飞机在 Omaha经常中途停留了两个小时，选D
小题2:考查动词辨析：A. made制作，使得，B. wanted想要，C. left离开，D. remembered记得，根据下文的： but I spent $8 on the airplane anyway.可知这个玩具飞机是作者真正想要的，所以选B
小题3:考查动词辨析：A. learn学会，B. bring带来，C. buy买，D. do做，根据下文的句子：I needed to buy soap.可知作者不知道在营地需要买什么，所以选C
小题4:考查副词辨析：A. Besides此外，还有，B. However然而，C. Instead相反的，D. Anyhow不管怎样，前面说作者发现没有淋浴，后面说他们每晚要到河里洗澡，可知是“相反”。选C
小题5:考查形容词辨析：A. special特殊的，B. common普通的，C. small小的，D. expensive贵的，根据下文的句子：The special soap cost $4 at the camp store.可知作者要买特殊的肥皂，选A
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. catch抓住，B. raise举起，饲养，提高，筹集，C. hurt伤害，D. control控制，作者买的常规的肥皂里面有化学物质会伤害河里的鱼。所以选C
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. hero英雄，B. mess混乱，C. star星星，D. failure失败，根据上文的内容，作者没有钱买肥皂，几天后，身上是一团糟，选B
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. warned警告，B. told告诉，C. suggested建议，D. reminded提醒，根据上文的：Sally, our camp teacher, asked me if I needed some soap.可知作者告诉老师他买肥皂的钱用来买玩具飞机了，所以选B
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. plan计划，B. idea想法，C. example例子，D. promise答应，根据下文的解释可知budget指的是花钱要有计划。来帮助你确保攒下足够的钱买自己需要的东西。选A
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. lose失去，B. gather聚集，C. need需要，D. hate憎恨，讨厌，根据破折号后面的：like soap，可知这是需要的东西，选C
小题11:考查名词词辨析：A. chemicals广告，B. clothes衣服，C. bills 账单，D. toys玩具，根据上文的：before you buy fun things可知好玩的东西是玩具，所以选D
小题12:考查副词辨析：A. fortunately幸运地，B. cautiously谨慎地，C. unhappily不快乐地，D. gratefully感激地，根据上文的：Sally gave me her extra soap,可知老师将额外的肥皂给了作者，他感激的接受了，选D
小题13:考查名词辨析：A. school学校，B. airport机场，C. camp营地，D. hospital医院，根据上文的内容：My sister and I were flying from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota.可知作者是从营地回到家，选C
小题14:考查形容词辨析：A. daily日常的，B. weekly每周的，C. monthly每月的，D. yearly每年的，根据下文的句子：Every week I spent time writing down everything I bought, and some weeks,可知作者每周都做预算，选B
小题15:考查副词辨析：A. so因此，所以，B. and并且，C. because因为，D. until直到，因为我在附近做些零散的工作，所以过几个星期都会有些钱进账。这里表示因果关系，选C
小题16:考查形容词辨析：A. hard困难的，B. boring令人厌烦的，C. safe安全的，D. fresh新鲜的，根据下文的句子：especially when my friends bought soda at the store after school and I couldn’t because I had spent all my “Want to Spend” money.看到其他人都买汽水喝，而自己不能，说明预算很难，选A
小题17:考查动词辨析： A. dealt处理，B. began开始，C. agreed同意，D. stuck卡住，stick with坚持，根据下文的句子：and by the next summer, I had enough money to buy a Paula Pilot doll at Omaha Airport,可知作者坚持了下来，所以选D
小题18:考查动词辨析：A. received收到，B. saved拯救，省去，节约，C. earned挣，D. borrowed借进，到第二年夏天作者攒下了足够的钱在Omaha机场买一个Paula Pilot 的玩偶，选B
小题19:考查名词辨析：A. fish鱼，B. water水，C. soap肥皂，D. soda苏打水，上文介绍作者的老师Sally将自己多余的一块肥皂给了他，所以选C
小题20:考查动词短语辨析：A. apologize for为…道歉，B. call on号召，C. care for要求，照顾，喜欢，想要，D. pay back偿还，作者又买了一块肥皂还给老师。选D。
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