1 . I kept this book for three days. (对划线部分提问)

________ ________ did you keep this book?

Parents should help their children understand money. The best time to take money lessons for them is when he shows a(n)     1    .So you may start talking about money when your child is interested in buying things, like candy or toys. Here is some advice for you to teach your children     2     money.

The basic function (功能) of money

Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people use money for goods (商品) or services. It’s important to show your child how money is used for the things that he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, don’t pay for it by yourself directly.     3    , give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier (收银员).Talk about how he feels after leaving the toy store. After some years, when your child gets older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more ways of using money.

Money lessons

Deal with money lessons with openness and honesty. Tell your child     4     he can or cannot have what he wants. If you must say     5     to a child’s request to spend money, make sure to explain the reason like “you have enough toy trucks for now.” If he asks for many different things, tell your child to make a choice among     6    .

Wise choices

When you and your child are at a big store, pick out similar brands (品牌) of a product—a famous brand and a common brand. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can     7     money. Then allow the child to pick one between the two. If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to buy something     8     with the rest of the money that he saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other things.

Farming seems to be an old way of living. But now, farms are coming to modern buildings and you can even see them on a balcony (阳台).

According to Alibaba, the sales of vegetable seeds (种子) in the first season on T-mall were twice more than the same season last year. Of all the people who buy seeds, most were born (出生) after 1995.

Zhang Chao, 17, is one of the young “city farmers”. The senior high student said his love for growing vegetables came from the days when he lived with his grandpa in the countryside.

“Spending his whole life as a farmer, my grandpa liked to grow vegetables in our garden when he was older,” Zhang said. “I also learned from him to grow my own vegetables on my balcony, and it brought me good memories (回忆).”

Unlike Zhang, Yang Jing from a university thinks differently.

“I have too much homework every day. I always thought my boring life never ended. But when I saw the balcony idea from a website, my life changed! I started planting vegetables on my balcony one year ago. I got most of the seeds from my friends, but I didn’t know what plant seeds they were. So I just planted them and waited patiently. Half a year later, my balcony became a small beautiful garden. Now, every time I spend long hours on homework, I would like to walk to my balcony to relax,” said Yang.

Now, planting on a balcony is welcomed by more and more young people. As a teenager, would you like to have a try?

10 . ①Recently, “small-town swots (小镇做题家)” has become a popular name on the Internet. At first, people used the name to describe the students from poor families but finally tried their best to go to university.

② ▲ . Those Internet users thought that “small-town swots” could only answer questions on exam papers by rote (死记硬背) and really didn’t know how to study or work well.

③This sounds unfair, because these people, in fact, were more hard-working than those who were born into rich families to achieve their college dreams.

④For “small-town swots”, gaokao, the national college entrance exam in China, is one of the best ways to change their life, because it is the most important exam for choosing the best or the most talented students. Over the past forty years in China, the gaokao exam has helped quite a few poor students to go to their dream universities and, from there, build a new life and even do something big for their country.

⑤As a developing country, China has just recently ended absolute poverty (绝对贫穷) in 2021. Those poor days in the past makes these “small-town swots” want to fight for their dreams. Because of what they did, China has made great progress since the gaokao exam came back.

⑥So, we need to respect (尊重) these “small-town swots” for their hard work and their fight for a better future. It’s not important for us to care about who we are. It’s important to care about how we can change our life. As long as we work hard like “small-town swots” to make the world better, the world will make us better.

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