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For one year, the Dannemiller family gave up buying any unnecessary purchases.

In an effort to get back in touch with what they call their family mission, which includes “growing in faith together and serving others to create a world without _______,” parents Scott and Gabby Dannemiller decided to _______ spending money on things like toys, books, clothing, or anything that wasn’t a necessity or a(n) _______.

Overall, the family successfully _______ the plan. Though the experiment took place in 2013, the family _______ tries to live by the lessons they learned while cutting out unnecessary spending. “By focusing on experiences_______ purchases, we grew together in faith as a family, we were able to _______ others, we were able to give more of our time and treasure to people who _______ need it,” Scott says.

“My daughter’s birthday is next month, and she asked if we could go to visit her uncle’s farm and ride a horse, _______ just asking for a horse stuffed animal,” he says. “Now we look at ________ and say ‘will that really add value to our life, ________ is it something we will just need to find space for and take care of.’”

If you’re trying to teach your children to focus ________ on physical stuff, Scott says it’s helpful to tweak (稍微改进) your ________ when kids ask for things. “We used to say ‘that’s too ________,’ but that made our kids think OK, we need more money, and when we get more money we can have it,” he says. “We ________ to ‘we don’t need that,’ and that helped them understand.”

When ________ spending, Scott says the most ________ thing is to focus not on what your family is giving up, but what it is gaining. “It’s not about what you’re ________,” he says. “The question should be, ‘What are we going to ________ that with?’ Then, make sure you are adding something to your life that the people in your family ________. For us, that was time together.”

1.A. need    B. faith    C. delay    D. pity

2.A. slow    B. begin    C. increase    D. stop

3.A. party    B. experience    C. relationship    D. gathering

4.A. applied to    B. subscribe to    C. responded to    D. stuck to

5.A. even    B. ever    C. still    D. just

6.A. instead of    B. in contrast to    C. in parallel with    D. regardless of

7.A. treat    B. serve    C. please    D. satisfy

8.A. presently    B. likely    C. really    D. simply

9.A. more than    B. or else    C. or rather    D. rather than

10.A. purchases    B. possessions    C. treasures    D. earnings

11.A. so    B. or    C. and    D. but

12.A. less    B. occasionally    C. frequently    D. more

13.A. appearance    B. atmosphere    C. language    D. identity

14.A. worthy    B. cheap    C. worthless    D. expensive

15.A. admitted    B. referred    C. shifted    D. took

16.A. cutting off    B. cutting down    C. cutting up    D. cutting away

17.A. impressive    B. challenging    C. important    D. encouraging

18.A. lacking    B. losing    C. obtaining    D. finding

19.A. replace    B. share    C. exchange    D. compare

20.A. own    B. preserve    C. owe    D. value

Had he taken his parent’s advice, he ______ having made such a silly mistake now.

A.would not regret B.would not have regretted

C.may not regret D.does not regret

Important _______ having an ambition is, it must be channeled in the right direction. Otherwise, it would ruin ourselves and others.

A.though B.if

C.when D.while

（2018·江苏97校联考）A new bridge has been built in recent years, only 　　　　it much easier for cars to reach the hotel on the mountain top.

A. having made B. making

C. to make D. to have made

What surprised me was not what he said but _______ he said it.

A.the way B.in the way that

C.in the way D.the way which