16.One afternoon,after finishing shopping in a supermarket,my family and I went to the checkout.I suddenly thought we didn't need any of the junk,and we abandoned all of those,saving﹩300.
That got me thinking about all our pointless expenses in life.With a promise that we'd stop if it was killing us,I convinced the family to take the leap into frugality(節(jié)儉).The rules were that we would buy nothing for 30 days except absolutely essentials.
Our adventure began with a great start.By 9 a.m.,my wife,Ruth,had already made cakes from old
strawberries and picked flowers I didn't even know we had in the garden.I cleared the car by hand for the first time for years.I read and returned the neighbor's newspaper before he woke up.Total spending on the first day:﹩0.
As days turned into weeks,we became so proficient(熟練的)at living frugally.We started riding our bikes to save gas.My child's finger painting was recycled as gift wrap for the homemade presents.We started to use an Internet application like Skype for free phone calls and ask neighbors with gardens for extra vegetables and herbs.
In the end,we saved more than $2000 by not spending for a month.When we began,I imagined we would
rush out the moment we were done and buy a lot of things in the supermarket,then maybe hit the mall or go to the movies.

24.We can infer from the passage that before that very afternoon,the familyC.
A.had had higher income and living standard
B.had adopted an advisable habit of saving money
C.had often spent money without thinking much
D.hadn't expected they would have financial problems
25.How many things were mentioned about what the family did to save on the first day of the"30days"?B
A.Two 
B.Three 
C.Four 
D.Five
26.The end of the story suggests that the familyD.
A.stopped halfway because of unexpected things
B.could barely put up with the life of frugality
C.would return to normal after the"30days"
D.succeeded in saving and changed their spending habit
27.This passage is mainly aboutC.
A.how a new idea came up 
B.a(chǎn) family's way of solving life problems
C.a(chǎn) family's no-buying try 
D.how a family managed their daily life.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了一個家庭成功拯救和改變他們的消費習(xí)慣的事例.

解答 24.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段my family and I went to the checkout.I suddenly thought we didn't need any of the junk,and we abandoned all of those,saving﹩300可知這個家庭往往不經(jīng)思考的花錢;故選C.
25.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段had already made cakes from old strawberries and picked flowers I didn't even know we had in the garden.I cleared the car by hand for the first time for years可知有三樣?xùn)|西草莓,鮮花和汽車被提到;故選B.
26.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段In the end,we saved more than $2000 by not spending for a month.When we began,I imagined we would rush out the moment we were done and buy a lot of things in the supermarket可知故事的結(jié)尾暗示著這個家庭成功拯救和改變他們的消費習(xí)慣;故選D.
27.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段With a promise that we'd stop if it was killing us,I convinced the family to take the leap into frugality(節(jié)儉).The rules were that we would buy nothing for 30 days except absolutely essentials可知文章主要講一個家庭成功拯救和改變他們的消費習(xí)慣;故選C.

點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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