Question

用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，使短文通順、正確、連貫（每個單詞限用一次）。

different , about, without, start, never, grow, own, thousand, excite, put

Americans who haven’t saved enough for retirement (退休) could learn a lesson from these young retirement savers --- they’ve already stored 1. of dollars during their young years.

Chana Goldstein, 16, amount saved: $ 1,000

I 2. saving for retirement at the age of 13. I set up my 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 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 5. it in a bank right away. I worked as a mother’s helper and then a babysitter. These jobs helped my savings keep 6. .

I’m in college now and trying to get a new job. Most of the teenagers at my age 7. think about saving for retirement. They prefer(更喜歡) spending money. They should consider saving more seriously.

Ryan Connelly, 20, amount saved: $26,000

It is 8. to see my money grow. Ever since I was 11, I have been putting money into three 9. saving accounts (儲蓄賬戶). 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 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.

 

Answer 1

1.thousands

2.started

3.own

4.about

5.put

6.growing

7.never

8.exciting

9.different

10.without

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：美國人從小時候就開始為退休存錢。如德斯坦存錢1000美元，格雷斯哥爾多尼存錢300000美元，康奈利存錢26000美元。

1.句意：在他們年輕的時候就已經存下數千美元。Thousands of成千上萬的。所以填寫thousands。

2.句意：我在13歲開始為退休存錢。根據句意可知填寫Started開始。

3.句意：。設置了我的網站，一個小時我可以得到2美元。Own，常用在形容詞性物主代詞后起強調作用。

4.句意：。我沒有考慮我退休的時候我會做什么。Think about考慮。所以填寫about。

5.句意：在我第九歲的生日我第一次得到錢，我馬上就把它存到銀行。Put···in a back存入銀行。所以填寫put。

6.句意：這些工作幫助我的儲蓄保持增長。根據句意可知填寫growing。

7.句意：大多數的我這個年齡的青少年從不為退休而儲蓄。根據句意可知填寫never。

8.句意：看見我的錢在增加是興奮的。根據句意可知填寫exciting。

9.句意：自我11歲起，我已經把錢分別存入三個不同的儲蓄賬戶。根據句意可知填寫different。

10.句意：。當我退休時，我想自己生活而不依靠別人來照顧我。根據句意可知填寫without。

考點：選詞填空。