Ⅰ.阅读理解
I used to walk around the store with my parents and beg (祈求) for something.I remember all the bright bags of chips and candy.I asked my parents to buy them for me.I cannot remember a time when I didn't beg for anything at the store.I had no real knowledge about the value of money.
When I was about twelve years old, my dad always rejected my begging and told me “You can waste all the money you make when you have a job”．Since my parents weren't going to buy them for me, I decided that I was going to get a job as soon as possible.But before I was old enough to get a job, I babysat to make some money.I remember the feeling of getting money in my pocket.
A few years later, I went to high school.One spring day, I saw people handing out flyers (传单) in the school dining hall.One of them gave me a flyer and I put it in my schoolbag.When I got home, I looked.It said at the top “Looking for a summer job？Be a waiter！” I started to think about the money I could make, so I signed up.Soon I got an email.It said I was invited to an interview the following morning, I went to the interview and got the job.
After several days' training, I finally started the job and made some money.The more money I made, the less I wanted to spend.Instead of wasting my money on useless things, I started saving up.I finally realised that money meant so much more to me because I was the one working for it.Because I value my money, I now have 3，300 dollars in the bank.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者学会理财的过程。
1．What did the author like to do when he was young?
A.Eat unhealthy and expensive food.
B.Ask his parents to buy things for him.
C.Help his parents buy things from stores.
D.Beg his parents for some pocket money.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章首段，尤其是第一句可知，作者小时候和父母逛商店时总求父母给他买东西。
2．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “rejected” in Paragraph 2?
A.Refused. B．Forgot. C.Explained. D．Realised.
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据下文的You can waste all the money you make when you have a job和Since my parents weren't going to buy them for me可知，作者的父亲总是拒绝他的请求。reject意为“拒绝”。
3．What is most possibly the author's spending habit now?
A.He buys whatever he likes at stores. B.He often buys gifts for his parents.
C.He doesn't buy things for himself. D.He just buys what he really needs.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的The more money I made, the less I wanted to spend ... I was the one working for it.可知，作者学会了省钱和存钱。由此可以推知，作者只买他真正需要的东西。
4．What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A.To introduce the importance of money. B.To share how he makes and saves money.
C.To show how he learned to manage money. D.To explain why he chose to do a parttime job.
解析：选C 写作目的题。通读全文可知，作者小时候总是看到什么就求父母给他买什么，从不考虑钱，但是当他长大开始赚钱后，他意识到钱得来不易，他学会了省钱和存钱。由此可知，作者写本文的目的是分享他是如何学会理财的。
