Question

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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】文章叙述了Scott一家坚持节省开支的故事，告诉了我们如何教育孩子，如何坚持不买不必需的东西。

1.A

考查名词。A. need需要；B. faith信仰；C. delay耽搁；D. pity同情。他们的家庭使命是在信仰中成长，为他人服务，创造一个没有需要的世界。与文章开头的gave up buying any unnecessary purchases.呼应，故选A.

2.D

考查动词。A. slow放慢；B. begin开始；C. increase增加；D. stop停止。根据文章开头的gave up buying any unnecessary purchases.可知他们决定停止花钱购买不必需品，故选D.

3.B

考查名词。A. party聚会；B. experience经历；C. relationship关系；D. gathering聚集。此处指全家不买不必需品，或者停止不必要的花钱经历。故选B.

4.D

考查动词短语。A. applied to适用于；B. subscribe to同意；C. responded to做出反应；D. stuck to坚持。总的来说，全家人成功地坚持了这个节省不必要开支的计划。根据Though the experiment took place in 2013, 和we grew together in faith as a family, we were able to ___7___ others, we were able to give more of our time and treasure to people who ___8___ need it,” 可知他们从2013年开始就坚持了这个计划并且有收获，故选D.

5.C

考查副词。A. even甚至；B. ever曾经；C. still仍然；D. just刚刚。尽管这个计划开始于2013年，他们仍然试着从吸取教训中学习，同时减少不必要的开支。与上句的“坚持”一致，故选C.

6.A

考查固定搭配。A. instead of代替；B. in contrast to与…形成对照；C. in parallel with与…平行；D. regardless of不顾。通过注重经验来代替购买，全家人共同成长。故选A.

7.B

考查动词。A. treat治疗；B. serve服务；C. please使高兴；D. satisfy使满意。与第一段家庭使命growing in faith together and serving others呼应，此处指能够服务他人，故选B.

8.C

考查副词。A. presently目前；B. likely或许；C. really真正地；D. simply简单地。我们能够给那些真正需要的人们更多的时间和财富，表示真正需要，故选C.

9.D

考查固定搭配。A. more than多于；B. or else否则；C. or rather更精确地说；D. rather than而不是。女儿问我们是否能去叔叔家的农场骑马而不是仅要一个动物玩具，表示而不是，故选D.

10.A

考查名词。A. purchases购买物；B. possessions所有物；C. treasures宝物；D. earnings收入。我们看着那些购买物问，它们真的会给我们的生活增加价值还是仅仅需要我们找到的地方存放和照顾。指那些买的不必需的东西，故选A.

11.B

考查连词。A. so所以；B. or或者；C. and和；D. but但是。此处指购买的东西真的会给我们的生活增加价值还是仅仅需要我们找到的地方存放和照顾。表示选择，故选B.

12.A

考查副词。A. less更少地；B. occasionally偶尔；C. frequently频繁地；D. more更多。如果我们努力让孩子更少地注意物质的东西，就能更好地教育孩子不买不必需的东西。故选A.

13.C

考查名词。A. appearance出现；B. atmosphere气氛；C. language语言；D. identity身份。让孩子更少地注意物质的东西，对孩子要买东西时我们的语言教育有帮助。指下文教育孩子的话，故选C.

14.D

考查形容词。A. worthy值得的；B. cheap便宜的；C. worthless不值钱的；D. expensive昂贵的。我们不给孩子买要的东西时过去经常说这个东西太贵，根据常识选D.

15.C

考查动词。A. admitted承认；B. referred参考；C. shifted转移；D. took拿，取。现在我们把那个东西太贵转变成我们不需要那个东西，指语言的改变，教育方式的改变。故选C.

16.B

考查动词短语。A. cutting off切断；B. cutting down削减；C. cutting up切碎；D. cutting away砍掉。此处指削减开支，减少花费。故选B.

17.C

考查形容词。A. impressive感人的；B. challenging挑战的；C. important重要的；D. encouraging令人鼓舞的。在削减开支时最重要的是不要把重点放在你的家庭放弃了什么，而要关注它正在得到什么。这种观念是最重要的，故选C.

18.B

考查动词。A. lacking缺少；B. losing失去，损失；C. obtaining得到；D. finding找到。削减开支不是你正失去了什么，故选B.

19.A

考查动词。A. replace代替；B. share分享；C. exchange交换；D. compare比较。问题应该是我们将用什么来代替它，代替认为失去的东西。故选A.

20.D

考查动词。A. own拥有；B. preserve保护；C. owe欠；D. value重视。然后确保你在你的生活中增加了你家庭成员重视的东西，指全家人珍惜的东西，故选D.