B5U7
A Penny ____ (Context/Contest) 圈選答案
Julia and her ____(cousins/nephews/nieces) always looked forward to ___
(visit/visiting) their grandparents.
Each month, their large family would ____ (gather/accumulate) for a big
____ (meal/deal). When they got
together, their grandfather would give each of the teenage children in the family ___(x/to/for/of)
some ____(spending/spent) money. Even though he requested
that they ________ (make/would make/made) good use of the money, the kids
always spent it all
_____ (in/on/at) unnecessary things.
Their grandfather became
____ (concern/concerned/concerning) that the kids would grow up without knowing
____ (how/what/where/which) to manage their money _____ (in/on) an intelligent
way. Thus (: Therefore), he ___(imposed/supposed/proposed/composed)
a special contest to see _______ (how/what/where/which) child could manage his
or her spending money the best ______(經過: in/over) a year’s time. ____(Taken/Taking)
it as an __________(interested/interesting)
challenge, the
children were all willing to
______(join/joining) the contest.
Clara, the _______(young/younger/youngest) child among the cousins, did
not ______(real/really) want to change her spending ______(hobbies/habits). She continued to spend all of her money ____
(in/at/on) luxuries, ______(for example/such as) accessories and electronic
gadgets (: a small-sized device). ______(Need/Needless/Needs)
to say, (: It goes without saying that) she had no money _____
(leave/leaving/left) when the final day of the contest arrived.
Monty, in ____(contest/context/contract/contrast), used his money
_____(in/on/at) a different way. He started
______ (to buy/buying) and
to sell goods. Before long (:
Soon), he had gained a reputation for making (: earning) money. Then, he started ______(making/taking)
greater risks by _____(bet/betting) on card games. Although he was lucky at first, his luck soon
________(ran out/gave out/gave in/gave up).
At the end of the year, all the money that he had _____
(gathered/collected/accumulated) was _____
(go/went/gone).
As for (: Concerning/Regarding/As to) Julia, she also didn’t have any
money ______(leaving/left) at
the end of the contest. When their grandfather asked her _____(which/how/when/where)
all her money had gone, she smiled and said, “It was _____(spent/spending) ___(in/on/at)
something (that) I enjoyed.” As a
result, their grandfather assumed (: thought) that Julia had_____(spent/spending)
her money ___ (in/on/at) unnecessary things ___(as/at) well.
____(Like/Unlike/Dislike) the other kids,
Alex didn’t ___ (spend/spent) ___ (some/any) of his money. He believed “a penny (which is) saved is a
penny (which is) earned,” so he saved (: was economical of) every penny (that)
his grandfather gave him. He was ____(high/highly)
____(motivated/motivating) to win the contest, and he ______(indeed/did) accomplish
his goal in the end. When the winner was
_________
(announcing/announced), the other kids
congratulated him _____(in/on) his accomplishment. Most of them wished (that) they ______(have
had/had had) more wisdom, like Alex, and (had) managed their money (much) more
______(wisdom/wise/wisely) than Alex did.
“I wish I _____(can/could) have some money
_____(leaving/left), “ said Clara.
“
I should _____(use/have used) better judgment,” Monty ____(sighed/signed).
Julia, _____(however/moreover/furthermore), didn’t _____(empty/envy)
Alex’s achievement because she already had her own special way to spend(:
expend) their money—she ____(has had/had had) an ____
(investigation/investment/installment)with
her money, and she just needed more time to _______
(approve/improve/prove/reprove) that it
would ______(reward/take off/pay off/put off/call off).
The fact is, Julia was _____(gifting/gifted)
____ (in/at/on) playing the violin, and she had always wanted to
____(handle/enhance) her _______(violin-playing/violin-played) skills. _____(With/By) the spending or pocket money,
Julia was _____(enabled/able/capable) to pay a skillful violinist in a park to
teach (: instruct) her. Although (: Despite
the fact that/While) Julia couldn’t _____(manage/afford) to give the violinist
much money, he was so _____(impressed/impressing) with her outstanding (:
remarkable) talent (: gift) that he was glad to teach her. After a few months (: A few months later), he
even _____(borrowed/lent/loaned/loaded) her one of his best violins so that (: in
order that) they could play together in the park. In the end, Julia fulfilled her dream and
_____(success/ successful/successfully) became a professional performer.
When their grandfather learned _____ (what/how/which/where/when)
wisely Julia managed her money, he realized (: came to know out of the blues)
he ____ (should/shouldn’t) have been so quick to judge her. Julia may not have ____(win/won) the penny
contest, but she had accomplished something greater instead of winning the
penny contest.
p. 153-p. 154
D: The reading is to talk about (: discuss)
the importance (: value/worth) of money management (理財).
D: All the money Monty had made was gone
because Monty bet it all on card games.
A: The phrase “a penny saved is a penny
earned” means that it is good to save the money that you have.
C: At the end of the penny contest, Alex
had the most money left.
C: Julia used the money her grandfather
gave her to pay for her violin lessons.
B: Alex wanted to win the penny contest
very much.
p. 160
(were)(had gone) (had) (had finished) (could speak)
p. 161
…(that) she had not made a mistake on the
test.
…(that) she had/could have some free time
to see a movie.
…(that) he were not overweight and
unhealthy/slim and healthy.
…(that) he had not forgotten/
…had remembered his wife’s birthday yesterday.
p. 162
Molly should have ____(keep/kept/kept) her promise.
The driver should have followed the traffic
rules.
The child shouldn’t have eaten so much fast
food.
The boy shouldn’t have made fun of his classmates.
Renee should have saved some money last month.
Henry shouldn’t have ____(spend/spent) so much of his time using his
smartphone.
Mr. Chen should have locked the door when he went out.
p. 164
You got me. 你考倒我了! 你逮到我了! 你說對了! fancy; luxurious; costly;
expensive
Come on.
又來了! 得了吧! 少來了! 以催促他人振作起來!
on sale 打折 disapproval: objection/opposition function 運作
spend ó
wasted … on + N/in + V-ing…
cf. necessity/commodity/community
…not…any more: …no more; …not …any longer
