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!
小题1: | A.rest | B.trip | C.flight | D.stop |
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小题2: | A.made | B.wanted | C.left | D.remembered |
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小题4: | A.Besides | B.However | C.Instead | D.Anyhow |
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小题5: | A.special | B.common | C.small | D.expensive |
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小题6: | A.catch | B.raise | C.hurt | D.control |
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小题7: | A.hero | B.mess | C.star | D.failure |
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小题8: | A.warned | B.told | C.suggested | D.reminded |
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小题9: | A.plan | B.idea | C.example | D.promise |
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小题10: | A.lose | B.gather | C.need | D.hate |
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小题11: | A.chemicals | B.clothes | C.bills | D.toys |
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小题12: | A.fortunately | B.cautiously | C.unhappily | D.gratefully |
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小题13: | A.school | B.airport | C.camp | D.hospital |
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小题14: | A.daily | B.weekly | C.monthly | D.yearly |
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小题15: | A.so | B.and | C.because | D.until |
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小题16: | A.hard | B.boring | C.safe | D.fresh |
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小题17: | A.dealt | B.began | C.agreed | D.stuck |
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小题18: | A.received | B.saved | C.earned | D.borrowed |
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小题19: | A.fish | B.water | C.soap | D.soda |
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小题20: | A.apologize for | B.call on | C.care for | D.pay back |
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