问题
填空题
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。
Chana Goldstein, 16, amount saved: $ 1,000 I 小题2: saving for retirement at the age of 13. I set up my 小题3: website where I could get $2 an hour. So far, I have put $1,000 for retirement. Now I’m only in the tenth grade. I haven’t thought 小题4: what I will do when I retire. But I think the money will help me a lot. Grace Goldoni, 18, amount saved: $ 300,000 When I got my first money on my ninth birthday, I 小题5: it in a bank right away. I worked as a mother’s helper and then a babysitter. These jobs helped my savings keep 小题6: . I’m in college now and trying to get a new job. Most of the teenagers at my age 小题7: think about saving for retirement. They prefer(更喜欢) spending money. They should consider saving more seriously. Ryan Connelly, 20, amount saved: $26,000 It is 小题8: to see my money grow. Ever since I was 11, I have been putting money into three 小题9: saving accounts (储蓄账户). My mom always says I have saved what she and my dad had when they got married. When I retire, I’d like to live on my own 小题10: depending on others to take care of me. I don’t know what the right amount for retirement is, but it might be one million dollars. |
答案
小题1:thousands
小题2:started
小题3:own
小题4:about
小题5:put
小题6:growing
小题7:never
小题8:exciting
小题9:different
小题10:without
题目分析：短文大意：美国人从小时候就开始为退休存钱。如德斯坦存钱1000美元，格雷斯哥尔多尼存钱300000美元，康奈利存钱26000美元。
小题1:句意：在他们年轻的时候就已经存下数千美元。Thousands of成千上万的。所以填写thousands。
小题2:句意：我在13岁开始为退休存钱。根据句意可知填写Started开始。
小题3:句意：。设置了我的网站，一个小时我可以得到2美元。Own，常用在形容词性物主代词后起强调作用。
小题4:句意：。我没有考虑我退休的时候我会做什么。Think about考虑。所以填写about。
小题5:句意：在我第九岁的生日我第一次得到钱，我马上就把它存到银行。Put···in a back存入银行。所以填写put。
小题6:句意：这些工作帮助我的储蓄保持增长。根据句意可知填写growing。
小题7:句意：大多数的我这个年龄的青少年从不为退休而储蓄。根据句意可知填写never。
小题8:句意：看见我的钱在增加是兴奋的。根据句意可知填写exciting。
小题9:句意：自我11岁起，我已经把钱分别存入三个不同的储蓄账户。根据句意可知填写different。
小题10:句意：。当我退休时，我想自己生活而不依靠别人来照顾我。根据句意可知填写without。