1．Many families in the United States have a（56）larger（large） income now than ever before，but people are finding（57）itdifficult to make ends meet anyway．
（58）Whyisn't a dollar worth as much as it used to be？Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay（59）forthe necessities of life．For many years now，the cost of living has increased（60）greatly（great），so the value of the dollar has decreased．
No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps（61）increasing（increase），but economists believe that workers and producers can make prices go up．As workers earn money，they have more money to spend，so they demand more goods．If there is a  demand for certain goods，the prices of these goods go（62）up．At the same time，if there's a（63）shortage（short） of goods，the prices also increase．
Families need to know（64）whathappens to their money．They need to make their income meet the cost of living，so many people plan a family budget．Budgeting（65）helps（help） you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases．

20．In his own restaurant，he would fire any employee who was rude to a customer．

19．Being afraid to make a speech in public is one of his weaknesses．

18．India won its independence from Britain in 1947and has developed quickly ever since．

17．Those women are having a discussion about how to balance their life and work．

16．An Interesting Festival
The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day．It is not a worldwide celebration．Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its （62）arrival （arrive） for its religious orin．
Long ago，humans'ancestors were bad．They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their （63）word （word）．So God turned up and drowned all their crops．Humans starved day and night，weeping．In order to gain God's forgiveness，a woman poet set off to see God．She admired God and kept apologizing．God （64）was moved （move）．With his permission，humans finally had good harvests again．So，to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God，people began the festival．
On the festival，people gather in the open air，（65）such as playgrounds or parking lots，and energetically have fun （66）with each other all night long，as though they （67）were （be） never tired．When a beauy（68）dressed （dress） up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of（69）the poet，everyone holds their breath．Then，it is the custom （70）that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award．
Obviously，the story is not true，（71）but the festival is interesting．

15．Jack，a clerk at the local bank，was wandering alone on the street．It was a cold，silent winter night．His mind was on his wife Linda，who had been in a car accident two months ago and was now lying in a hospital bed，waiting for more money for her operation．Jack had sold everything he had，and he had tried his best to borrow money from all the people and banks he could．But the real world is cruel．A large amount of money was still needed．To Jack，it would mean a great deal of suffering to see his wife die without any help．"I have only one option left，"Jack said to himself．Then he went to the bank，his workplace，again．For several days，he observed the bank and planned a theft．
The next day，he went to work as usual．Everything seemed normal：he joked with his workmates and helped his clients as he always did．But no one noticed that he had brought a bigger suitcase to work，instead of the small one he always carried．At 5：00 pm，the bank closed，and the clerks and the guardshad all gone home．However，at that moment，Jack was in the bathroom，and the guards didn't notice him，of course．When the noises coming from the street were replaced by silence and everything turned dark，Jack came out from the bathroom．He first cut the lines of the alarms and monitors with tools from his new suitcase．He was all too familiar with the equipment since he had been working there for 8 years and had been studying the security system for the past 30 days．Using a special key and some other tools，he then easily opened the doors of the safes．The bank's security system wasn't very good，which allowed Jack to take a lot of money．Several minutes later，Jack left the bank with a heavy bag filled with money．
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After Jack had been gone from the bank for a while，the alarms began to ring．
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But the most unlucky man was the manager of the bank，an old man．
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14．Many people like to read the （56）latest（late）newspapers．But（57）how is it produced so quickly？
The most important man may be the chief editor．He decides（58）what to do．Every morning the（59）journalists （journal） are sent to cover the events Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people（60）or do telephone interviews．Meanwhile，the picture editor sends （61）photographers （photograph） to take the pictures they need．
Later in the day，they pass the stories and the（62）developed （develop） photos to the editor．Then the chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page．（63）Other editors read the stories，make some necessary changes and write headlines for them．（64）Finally the newspaper is printed and（65）delivered （deliver）to different places．

13．The boy trapped in the heavy storm is in danger of losing his life if rescue doesn't come．

12．John speaks English like a native，which made all of us admire him very much．