How much should you save? You may be able to save 100% of your money. Does that mean you should? Not at all. The best way to develop good saving habits is to make saving a regular part of your life, along with spending.
Here is the rule you should remember: save before spending. Whenever some money gets into your hands, from a job or your pocket money or whatever, take your savings out immediately, before spending any of the money. The beauty of this system is that if you take away your savings, you are free to spend the rest.
Here are some more suggestions on how to successfully get into the saving habit from teens. Let’s see!
Tony,13: I put my money in a bank instead of my wallet, so the money is not there. And I have to take an extra step to get it.
Bill,14: When considering a major purchase(购买), wait a week or so, at least. This will help you make sure if you still want it, and the price might go down.
Dick, 13: Carry very little money always. You can’t spend money if you don’t have it. A cake would be nice, but without a dollar, you can’t get it. Little things like that really add up quickly.
Steve,16: I used to be weak when it came to money. I bought something whenever I went into a store. I’m glad I’m not that person now. I taught myself discipline by keeping a $20 bill in my pocket while waking around the mall all day and not buying anything. Now I have no strong wish to buy things when I go into a store. It works for me.
These ideas should help you get started. If you have some questions about anything you’ve read here, or would like to share your ideas about saving money, please write to us.
小题1:How does Tony advise you about saving money?

A．By keeping money in a bank.

B．By putting money in a wallet.

C．By making it easy to get your money.

D．By buying little things.

小题2:According to Billy, if you want to buy something expensive, you’d better_________.

A．wait at least a month

B．make sure it’s necessary

C．wait until it’s for sale

D．ask somebody for help

小题3:According to the passage, Steve is the person who _______.

A．didn’t carry any money

B．can’t wait to spend his money now

C．didn’t use to buy anything in a store

D．doesn’t spend money quickly and carelessly now

小题4:Where is the passage most probably from?

A．A dictionary

B．The instructions

C．A newspaper

D．An advertisement.

小题5:The writer wrote the passage in order to ask teens to_______.

A．make major purchases

B．save 100% of their money

C．spend all their savings regularly

D．save money regularly as well as spending

The time in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a   1_  bookshop, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I help you?” You   2  buy anything you don’t want. You may try to find out  3   the book you want is. But if you can’t find it, the assistant will lead（带领） you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is   4_  selling books at all. A story tells us about a good bookshop. A young student  _5   a very useful book in the bookshop.  _6   it was too expensive for him. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to _ 7  a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find  _8  from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing(示意) to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in the desk , “I put it there  _9  I don’t want other people to buy it,” said the assistant. Then he  10   the student go on with his reading.

小题1:	A．good B．bad C．cheap D．rich

小题2:	A．shouldn’t B．needn’t C．mustn’t D．can’t

小题3:	A．what B．which C．where D．when

小题4:	A．surprised at B．not surprised at C．interested in D．not interested in

小题5:	A．bought B．found C．read D．took

小题6:	A．But B．And C．So D．Or

小题7:	A．look B．read C．watch D．buy

小题8:	A．the book B．the shop C．the assistant D．the shopkeeper

小题9:	A．so B．though C．because D．because of

小题10:

A．left B．let C．told D．taught

Ann is   1  American worker. She works  2 __a big factory(工厂) in America. It’s  3  __in the morning. Ann  4 _ up. She is sitting on the bed. She is putting  5 __her clothes. She   6   _nothing to do today.
Now Ann    7  at the table. She is    8  her breakfast. There is a cup of orange and some bread on the table. Ann is  9  the orange and eating the bread. She is  10 today’s newspaper.
小题1:A. a                   B. an                   C. the
小题2:A. in                   B. on                   C. at
小题3:A. half six              B. half past six         C. six past half
小题4:A. gets                 B. is geting             C. is getting
小题5:A. off                  B. down               C. on
小题6:A. has                  B. have                C. is having
小题7:A. sit                   B. sits                 C. is sitting
小题8:A. eating               B. eat                 C. eats
小题9:A. seeing              B. eating              C. drinking
小题10:A. reading              B. watching           C. seeing

In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
小题1:Many English people have ______ meals a day.
A. two           B. three         C. four  
小题2:People may have _______ for their breakfast according to the passage.
A. tea and eggs    B. hamburgers and tea    C. coffee and salad 
小题3:People have lunch at _______.
A. any time     B. one     C. five   
小题4:People don’t have _______ for their dinner.
A. bananas and apples   B. porridge  C. meat and fish 
小题5:Most Englishmen have dinner ________.
A. in the evening      B. at any time    C. at noon 

Dear Dave,
I’m not happy. There are too many rules in my house. It isn’t fair. I have to get up at five o’clock every morning. I can’t arrive late for school. I have to be there at eight o’clock. I have to come back home after school because I have to do my homework. In the evening I can’t watch TV because I have to help my mother make dinner and wash the dishes. I have to go to bed before ten o’clock. On weekends, I have to stay at home on Saturday morning. I have to clean my room and wash my clothes by eleven o’clock. On Saturday afternoon, I have to go to the children’s palace to learn the piano. Do you have lots of rules? Are they fair?                                                                   
Your friend,
Alice
小题1:Who is the letter from?
A. Dave.                  B. Alice.           C. Alice’s mother.
小题2:What time does Alice have to get up?
A. Five o’clock.         B. Eight o’clock.    C. Ten o’clock.
小题3:What does Alice have to do on Saturday morning?
A. Wash the dishes.      B. Wash her clothes.    C. Learn the piano.
小题4:Why does she go to the children’s palace?
A. To play football.      B. To learn math.       C. To learn piano.
小题5:Why does Alice have to come back home after school？
A Because she has to do her homework.
B Because she has to go to the children’s palace to learn the piano.
C Because she has to help her mother make dinner.

Roger Scott worked as a salesman in a department store. Like a lot of other young people, he didn’t like his    1    very much. One day he was    2   in the canteen (食堂)of the store with his girlfriend, Annie Davis. She worked there, too. “I’m going to find another job as soon as I    3  “. He said, “The pay isn’t very good and the work isn’t interesting, either. The worst thing with it is that I have to take orders from people like Mr. Smith! Mr. Smith was the manager of the store. Everybody was    4   afraid of him. He often walked around the store and always got very angry if he saw somebody who was not working. Sometimes there was really no work to do    5   people still tried to look busy.
While Roger was talking, Annie looked up and saw Mr. Smith    6  into the canteen. Roger was sitting near the door and Mr. Smith was just behind him. He could hear what Roger was telling. Annie didn’t know what to do. “I    7  Mr. Smith is even a very good manager.” Roger continued loudly. “   8  a man is a good manager, the people would   9  to work for him. I’m sure everyone here hates it! At least I am.” Annie saw Mr. Smith come closer. There was a very angry    10   on his face.

小题1:	A．friends B．girlfriend C．pay D．job

小题2:	A．sit B．ran C．sitting D．running

小题3:	A．may B．can C． need D．must

小题4:	A．a few B．a little C．some D．lots of

小题5:	A．and B．or C．but D．as

小题6:	A．coming B．came C．to come D．would come

小题7:	A．don’t think B．know C．don’t understand D．think

小题8:	A．Although B．Because C．Even if D．If

小题9:	A．loved B．be like C．like D．better

小题10:

A．feeling B．thinking C．seeing D．look

Kate: I like running very much. It’s good exercise. My parents both like running, too. We usually get up early in the morning and run together. It is good for one's legs, heart and lungs. It helps one to have a strong body. Mum says that she should thank running because it helps her to get thinner. Running is fun. It can make one happy. There are many different ways for one to run. One can run in a school or in a park. One can join a running club to run and make new friends, too.
Chen Feng: I like ball games, like football, basketball and tennis. And basketball is my favorite. I often play basketball with my friends on Sunday mornings when we are free and the weather is nice. I joined my school team last year. And I can play it very well now. There is going to be a basketball game between No. 1 Middle School and our school in our school next Saturday. Many students are going to cheer us on. Our teacher says that she will buy some presents for us if we win. I hope we can win the game.
小题1:Kate and his parents usually ______ together in the morning.

A．leave home	B．run
C．play games	D．have breakfast

小题2:Kate's mother thinks that ________.

A．running is cool	B．Kate dislikes running
C．running is as popular as swimming	D．running makes her get thinner

小题3:Chen Feng _______.

A．likes football best

B．hopes to win the football game

C．is a member of the school basketball team

D．plays basketball with his friends on the mornings of weekdays

小题4:Chen Feng's teacher is going to _______ if Chen Feng's team wins the game.

A．tell them a story	B．buy some presents for them
C．sing a song for them	D．cook delicious food for them

小题5:Both Chen Feng and Kate _______.

A．like sports	B．want to make new friends
C．like ball games	D．are middle school teachers

This is my family. I  1  a big family. My father is a  2 . He  3  in a hospital. My mother is a nurse.  4  works in the hospital, too. I have  5 uncle. He is my father’s  6 . He drives a car. Susan is his wife(妻子). She is  7  aunt. She is a teacher and she works in a   8 . They have  9  kids. Bob is their son, and Amy is their  10  . We all love our family.
小题1:A. have    B. has  C. am
小题2:A. teacher B. farmer   C. doctor
小题3:A. work   B. working C. works
小题4:A. He  B. She  C. It
小题5:A. an B. a   C. the
小题6:A. sister  B. father   C. brother
小题7:A. my  B. his  C. our
小题8:A. school  B. restaurant   C. office
小题9:A. one B. two  C. three
小题10:A. son    B. cousin   C. daughter

Dear Helen,
How are you? I’m in Beijing now. I study(学习) in Bayi High School. I like Beijing very much. I have two good friends here. They are Rose and Xu Ting. Rose is from America and Xu Ting is from China. We are in the same class. Xu Ting often helps me with my Chinese. So I can speak a little Chinese now. The teachers are all kind to me.
I like Chinese food here, like Guangdong food, Sichuan food and Shandong food. They are very nice. For breakfast, I have milk and bread. My favorite food is jiaozi. I often have jiaozi for lunch and noodles(面条) for dinner. Sometimes(有时) we go out to have dinner. What about you?
Yours,
Linda
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
小题1:Where is Linda now?
A. In Canada.   B. In Japan.    C. In China.
小题2:Where is Rose from?
A. America. B. England. C. Cuba.
小题3:Who helps Linda with her Chinese?
A. Rose.    B. Xu Ting. C. Helen.
小题4:What does Linda have for breakfast?
A. Noodles and jiaozi.  B. Rice and eggs.   C. Bread and milk.
小题5:Which(哪个) is NOT right?
A. Rose, Xu Ting and Linda are in different classes.
B. Linda’s teachers are kind to her.
C. Jiaozi is Linda’s favorite food.

这是一张Dave家的全家福照片。The man is his father. His name is Mike. He is a teacher in No. 3 High School. 62. Dave’s mother is next to his father. She is a nurse in Ren’ai Hospital. The girl in red is Betty. She is Dave’s sister. She is twelve. She is in Grade 7 in No. 3 High School. Who is that boy in a cap? It’s Dave. He looks like his father. Dave and Betty are in the same school, but in different grades. Dave is in Grade 8. Oh, who are the old man and woman on the sofa? They are Dave’s grandparents. They are old and they live with their children(孩子) now.
阅读短文内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：翻译句子。
小题1:把文中的中文句子译成英语。__________________________________
小题2:把文中的画线句译成中文。__________________________________
任务二：回答问题。
小题3:Where does Dave’s mother work? __________________________________
小题4:What color are Betty’s clothes? __________________________________
任务三：判断正误。
小题5:Dave’s parents are on the sofa.