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Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance.  71 
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration.  72 Others get a monthly allowance.
In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the children is expected to pay for with the money.
  73 If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance.
The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics.
Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.
Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful.  74 
Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money.  75 They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it.
A.They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause.
B.The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
C.They are not less likely to make mistakes.
D.Some children get a weekly allowance.
E. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.
F. Their parents will teach them a hard lesson.
G. At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it.
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A
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A
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C. African children should be treated fairly.
D. We should express our love in time.
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② Mirrors send a live video to any mobile phone, e-mail account or PDA.
③ Consumers make a final decision.
④ Shoppers try on the clothes.
A.①②③④        B.④③②①  C.②①④③    D.④②①③
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D.the digital mirrors will replace all traditional fitting-rooms
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B.It allows shoppers to “try on” chosen clothes without putting them on.
C.The touch screens are distributed on three more panels.
D.It provides information merely about shoes and accessories.
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E
The key to happiness is how quickly you can get back your focus on what’s important.
-----Anonymous
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A. The taxi almost hit another car.
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D. The author learned a lesson from the driver of the garbage truck.
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A
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B.the job market pays too much attention to reading
C.most students can’t graduate from high school
D.the reading crisis affects only poor people
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D.Most of her time is divided between her classes and the library.
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D
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Their analysis of environmental skin-damaging factors in 65 pairs of twins hints that skin aging is related more to environment and lifestyle than genetic factors.
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From these data, the researchers noted strong ties, outside of twin status, between smoking, older age, and being overweight, and having facial skin with evidence of environmental damage. By contrast, sunscreen use and drinking alcohol appeared related to less skin damage.
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B.Skin aging is related more to environment and lifestyle than genetic factors.
C.Only identical twins can take part in the research.
D.Sunscreen use cannot help people have less skin damage.
68.Why did Baron’s team do the research on twins?
A.Twins are more likely to suffer from skin cancer.
B.It may guarantee the research is not influenced by genetic factors.
C.It gives others an opportunity to control twins’ genes.
D.It helps find twins are exposed to different environments.
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A.This research makes people aware of dangerous lifestyles.
B.The environmental factors are unavoidable.
C.Being exposed to the sun is absolutely damaging.
D.There is little relationship between skin aging and environment.
70.The passage is mainly concerned with___________
A.skin cancer and environment
B.identical twins research
C.a(chǎn)ging skin and environmental factors
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