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In China, very few children make pocket money, 1 , in western countries, most kids make pocket money by themselves. They make money in many different 2 . When kids are very young, their parents help them sell the fruits of their own trees to neighbours. Kids may also

There are many 6 of making pocket money by kids themselves. First of all, they learn

the 7 of money by working hard so that they will not waste any. Secondly, they learn

to 8 money to buy things they need or want, such as books, pencils, movies and even clothes they like. Thirdly, they learn to 9 the daily life problems by helping their parents or others. Making pocket money is 10 for children when they grow up. That is why parents encourage their kids to make pocket money.

1:

A．Also B．Anyway C．However D．Besides

2: A．ways B．levels C．homes D．countries 3: A．teachers B．friends C．parents D．neighbours 4: A．get B．have C．catch D．reach

5: A．really B．hardly C．properly D．especially 6: A．choices B．advantages C．problems D．lessons

7: A．fun B．value C．message D．purpose

8: A．count B．waste C．manage D．change

9: A．give up B．look up C．deal with D．meet with 10:A.helpful B. careful C. beautiful D. successful

CACDD BB CC A

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There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.

Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also 1 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题), traveling to many different countries to share his 2 .

In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got 3 . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨头).

In less than a week after he got back, he could not 4 it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5 at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗)his problem and he might never 6 the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope .

Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by 7 thoughts. He did not want to take 8 to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of 9 laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

Deciding that the 10 could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 11 his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins 12 in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt 13 . Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 14 .

After a few months, Mr. Cousins was 15 to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

1: A．laughed B．taught C．wrote D．copied

2: A．magazines B．subjects C．photos D．ideas