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How Do People Plan Their Life?

　　The story of King Midas is not true. No man could really touch the things around him and make them turn to gold．It could be wonderful if we could turn things into gold as in the story. But the “magic touch”, the life without work is seldom part of life in an everyday world．

　　It costs money to do the things you want to do and to buy the things you want to buy. In order to give a present for a birthday you must first earn the money before you have any to spend．Your home, your food, and your clothes are basic needs. Everyone needs these three things. Many other things we want are really luxuries. Basic needs and luxuries together form our standard (标准) of living. Many of the things we feel we “need” in our homes would be regarded as luxuries to other people in other parts of the world．

　　Have you ever helped plan a family budget (预算)? If you know you have to balance the whole money the family have earned, you should pay for gas, electricity, water and your house. You should also plan for holidays and other special uses. At the same time you should have some of your money to be saved．

　　How people earn their money and how they spend their money is an important aspect of the study of economies.

(1)________ in the story of King Midas.

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A．Nobody could turn things into gold

B．Things could be turned into gold

C．Nothing could be turned into gold

D．No man could really touch gold

(2)The “magic touch” in the sentence means ________.

[　　]

A．a special touch

B．hard work

C．making a riving by hard work

D．living a rich life without doing any work

(3)You can do what you want to do by first ________.

[　　]

A．earning the money you need

B．spending your money

C．buying everything you want

D．giving presents to others

(4)A family budget includes (包括) ________.

[　　]

A．gas, electricity, water and house

B．food, clothes, house and holidays

C．the money your family earn and the money your family spend for all the things needed

D．everything your family need in daily life

(5)You should ________ when you are planning your family budget.

[　　]

A．spend all your money

B．save some of your money

C．earn a lot money

D．pay for everything

阅读理解

How Do People Plan Their Life?

　　The story of King Midas is not true. No man could really touch the things around him and make them turn to gold．It could be wonderful if we could turn things into gold as in the story. But the “magic touch”, the life without work is seldom part of life in an everyday world．

　　It costs money to do the things you want to do and to buy the things you want to buy. In order to give a present for a birthday you must first earn the money before you have any to spend．Your home, your food, and your clothes are basic needs. Everyone needs these three things. Many other things we want are really luxuries. Basic needs and luxuries together form our standard (标准) of living. Many of the things we feel we “need” in our homes would be regarded as luxuries to other people in other parts of the world．

　　Have you ever helped plan a family budget (预算)? If you know you have to balance the whole money the family have earned, you should pay for gas, electricity, water and your house. You should also plan for holidays and other special uses. At the same time you should have some of your money to be saved．

　　How people earn their money and how they spend their money is an important aspect of the study of economies.

(1)________ in the story of King Midas.

[　　]

A．Nobody could turn things into gold

B．Things could be turned into gold

C．Nothing could be turned into gold

D．No man could really touch gold

(2)The “magic touch” in the sentence means ________.

[　　]

A．a special touch

B．hard work

C．making a riving by hard work

D．living a rich life without doing any work

(3)You can do what you want to do by first ________.

[　　]

A．earning the money you need

B．spending your money

C．buying everything you want

D．giving presents to others

(4)A family budget includes (包括) ________.

[　　]

A．gas, electricity, water and house

B．food, clothes, house and holidays

C．the money your family earn and the money your family spend for all the things needed

D．everything your family need in daily life

(5)You should ________ when you are planning your family budget.

[　　]

A．spend all your money

B．save some of your money

C．earn a lot money

D．pay for everything

—Plastics are very useful, aren’t they?

—Yes, they are.

—Plastics are often used instead of natural materials.  51 

—I don’t think so. I prefer things made of natural materials.

—Don’t you know plastics are not only cheap but also light in weight?

—  52  But I don’t like man-made things. I feel clothes made of silk or cotton more comfortable than those made of plastics.

—  53 

—You make a mistake about me.  54 

—I’m sure with the development of modern science and technology there can be no trouble at all.

—  55 

—Well, we’d better leave this problem for scientists to discuss.

       A．Yes, I do.

       B．You think plastics should come out of use.

       C．I think plastics cannot completely take the place of natural materials anyway.

       D．I think plastics may do harm to people’s health.

       E．They are as good as natural materials. 

       F．They are being made and used almost everywhere

    G．It seems that you have something against plastics.