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A．measure
B．intermediate
C．medium
D．mechanism
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Another advantage of money is that it is a measure of value, that is, it serves as a unit in terms of which the relative values of different products can be expressed. In a barter economy it would be necessary to determine how many plates were worth one hundred weight of cotton, or how many pens should be exchanged for a ton of coal, which would be a difficult and time-consuming task. The process of establishing relative values would have to be undertaken for every act of exchange, according to what products were being offered against one another, and according to the two parties'desires and preferences. If I am trying to barter fish bananas, for example, a lot would depend on whether the person willing to barter fish for bananas, for example, a lot would depend on whether the person willing to exchange bananas is or not keen on fish.
Thirdly, money acts as a store of wealth. It is difficult to imagine saving under a barter system. No one engaged on only one stage in the manufacture of a person could save part of his output, since he would be producing nothing complete. Even when a person actually produced a complete product the difficulties would be overwhelming. Most products deteriorate fairly rapidly, either physically or in value, as a result of long storage; even if storage were possible, the practice of storing products for years on would involve obvious disadvantages-imagine a coal-miner attempting to save enough coal, which of course is his product, to keep him for life. If wealth could not be saved, or only with great difficulty, future needs could not be provided for, or capital accumulated to raise productivity.
Using money as a medium of exchange means that______.
A．you have to sell something in order to buy something
B．you have to buy something in order to sell something
C．you don't have to buy something in order to sell something
D．the seller and the purchaser are the same person
When language is used to get information from others, it serves an______function.
A．informative
B．directive
C．interrogative
A.6100 serves as devices at convergence layer.
B.9000 is used at core layer.
C.6200 is used at access layer and convergence layer.
D.6300 is used at convergence layer.
This belief in the monetary value of education is 【34】______ by research outcomes on income. Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist, estimates that in the 【35】______ of a lifetime a man 【36】______ a college school diploma in 1972 could earn about $380,000 more than a man who 【37】______ had a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain survey 【38】______ which showed that Americans who 【39】______ they had lived their lives differently in some way regretted 【40】______ of all that they did not get more education. The regret is 【41】______ by those who have made 【42】______ to the top and by those who have not. 【43】______ a man like Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, a nationally known and successful leader, was 【44】______ by regrets that he did not climb higher on the 【45】______ ladder.
【26】
A．however
B．therefore
C．moreover
D．though
A.A.It serves as a guide throughout the process of writing the essay.
B.B.It indicates the controlling idea that covers the whole essay.
C.C.It helps developing the topic sentences for the body paragraphs.
D.D.It can never be adjusted even if it does not match the topic sentences.
Why the Super-Rich Aren"t Leaving Much of Their Fortunes to Their Kids
A．What do Sting， Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have in common？ All three have huge fortunes， and none of them are giving them to their kids．Sting just revealed that most of him $ 300 million would not end up with his six adult children．The musician said that he certainly didn"t want to leave them trust funds that are obstacles round their necks．"They have to work．All my kids know that and they rarely ask me for anything， which I really respect and appreciate．"
B．Bill and Melinda Gates are giving a reported $10 million for each of their three children: pocketchange compared with their $ 76 billion．Buffett"s three kid~ each have a $ 2 billion foundation funded by Dear Old Dad．The rest of his money goes to charity， just like Gates and several other billionaires who have invested their vast fortunes in improving the world．As Buffett famously put it， the perfect amount to leave children is "enough money so that they would feel they could do anything， but not so much that they could do nothing．"
C．All those spoiled rich kids with more money than sense won"t make smart choices or live healthy， productive lives if they have unlimited access to the money they inherit．Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has stated she has no intention of leaving a substantial inheritance: "I am determined that my children should have no financial security．It ruins people not having to earn money．"
D．Wealthy families have always struggled with this issue．But the same drama is now playing out on a smaller scale for millions of baby boomers （婴儿潮时期出生的人）， who hesitate to give away $ 30 trillion over the next 30 years——the largest transfer of wealth in American history．What used to be a private family matter has become a public discussion about wealth， privilege and pemonal responsibility．Who gets the big money？ Should it be the heirs？ Or are they better off without it？
E．"We probably struggled over this more than any other issue，" says a local self-made multi- millionaire．The businessman and his wife， worth hundreds of millions， grew up modestly in middle- class families and wanted to create a financial plan that would take care of their children——but not spoil them——if the couple died suddenly．"We were fearful of what might happen if they had control of a large amount of money at a young age，" he says．"The more we stared at that， the more we became uncomfortable．"
F．Inspired by Buffett"s example， they created trusts for each of their now college-age children．Each kid has $ 2．5 million controlled by trustees， who can release money only for education， health care， a home purchase or a business start-up．Any unspent money in the trust will continue to be invested and grow．Those restrictions remain in place until each child reaches age 40; after that， the money is all theirs to do as they please．By 40， their parents assume they will be mature enough to use the money wisely or save it as a safety net．The rest of the multimillion-dollar family fortune is going to a foundation， which will eventually be managed by the children and can be used only for charity．The kids are aware of the trusts and the planning that went into them．"They really are thrilled with it，" their father says．"They want to be their own persons．" A huge inheritance， he
believes， can be a lifelong trap for children of rich parents．"I didn"t want them to look in the mirror and say， " Who am I？""
G．Whether having so much money is good or bad for trust-fund babies depends on how the family has prepared the kids， their personal qualities and how well they handle the pressures of great wealth and the fear of not inheriting．For every party girl like Paris Hilton， there"s an Ivanka Trump， who got a business degree from wharton and has made her family"s money and famous name valuable into a prosperous career．Johnson used his inheritance to launch a filmmaldng career and to live， all things considered， a relatively normal life in New York．"In my case， it turned out to be a great benefit，" he says．
H．Most parents want to protect their children from the dark excesses of money——drugs， legal troubles， and so on——and preserve the family fortune for future generations．That usually doesn"t work out: The fn"st generation makes the money， the second spends the majority of it， and the third drains the rest．Hence the old saying goes like " Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations．" Traditionally， the wealthy gave all their money to their children and grandchildren， and then hoped for the best．Baby boomers， says consulting firm Accenture managing director Bob Gach， are living longer and struggling to balance their own retirement needs and interests with their children"s weffare．Boomers are different from previous generations: more likely to give away money while they"re still alive， more concerned about their adult children finding and keeping jobs．Excess properties typically go into tax-protected trusts．
I．There are really good reasons to leave a tegacy （遗产） in a thoughtful way——ways that promote the production and healthy lifestyles．Many trusts are structured to distribute inheritances at the specific ages determined in advance．A commonpractice is to give a third at 25， a third at 30 and the rest at35．Some inheritances are set up to encourage the heirs to graduate from college， marry or hold a job for a specific amount of years before any money will be released．
J．A lot of people don"t like to talk about money because they don"t want the kids to know how much they"re actually worth or what they might inherit．Although adult children in the United States have no legal rights to their parents" money， it"s rare for heirs to get cut off with nothing．But that doesn"t mean they get everything．Bill Gates， the world"s richest man， won"t disclose the exact amount each of his three kids will inherit， but he said they"ll get an "unbelievable" education and
health care and the reported $10 million， which still puts them fmnly in the One Percent——but not even close to their self-made father"s billions．For that， they"ll have to found their own empire．In terms of their income， they will have to pick a job they like and go to work．
If rich kids are well cultivated and prepared for the txust fund， it will be beneficial to their future． 查看材料
1.Most people think that the Nobel Prize is __________ a person can receive.
A、 the highest honor in the world
B、 one of the highest international honors
C、 a higher honor than others
D、 as high as any other honor
2.Alfred Nobel who started the Nobel Prize was __________
A、 a rich, happy and lucky man
B、 a poor, unhappy and unlucky man
C、 a poor, but happy and lucky man
D、 a rich, unhappy and unlucky man
3.A Nobel Prize is made up of _________
A、 a gold medal and a large amount of money
B、 a gold medal and a diploma
C、 a gold medal and a diploma and a large amount of money
D、 a diploma and a large amount of money
4.A Nobel Prize is given to __________ each year.
A、 just one person
B、 one person
C、 not always one person
D、 three persons
5.When he died, Nobel left an amount of money __________
A、 to his wife and his children
B、 to the university he used to study in
C、 to his parents and his students
D、 to be spend on setting five prizes
Now those 【21】______ seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of 【22】______ computers under the tree. 【23】______ that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children 【24】______ taught to use them on school—as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when it 【25】______ computers, parents don’t always know best. Many schools are 【26】______ parental impatience and are purchasing hardware without 【27】______ educational planning, so they can say, OK, we've moved into the computer age. Teachers 【28】______ themselves caught in the middle of the problem — between parent pressure and 【29】______ educational decisions.
Educators do not even agree 【30】______ how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials 【31】______ research has shown can be taught 【32】______ with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should 【33】______ to computer warn of potential 【34】______ to the very young.
The temptation remains strong largely because young children 【35】______ so well to computers. First graders have been 【36】______ willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes.
【37】______ school, however, can afford to go into computing, and that creates 【38】______ another problem: a division between the have’s and havenot’s. Very few parents ask 【39】______ computer instruction in poor school districts, 【40】______ there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
【21】
A．items
B．toys
C．sets
D．series
"It's like you start out the semester with plenty of money and then ＄20 for dinner out here and ＄100 at the department store there, it's gone," said Tom, a Northeastern University third-year student. "And there are so .many things you need like toothpaste or laundry detergent (洗涤剂) that you don't think about until you get here and need it."
From the books lining their shelves to the fashionable clothes filling their closets, college students say the expenses of a college education go well beyond tuition and a dining hall meal plan. Many say they arrive on campus only to be overwhelmed by unexpected costs from sports fees to the actual price of a slice of pizza.
Balancing a job with schoolwork, especially at colleges known for their heavy workloads like Harvard and MIT, can be tough. So can the pressure students often feel to financially keep pace with their friends.
"When you get dragged along shopping, you're going to spend money; if you get dragged to a party and everyone wants to take a cab but you're cheap and want to take a bus. Chances are you'll end up sharing the fee for the cab," said Tom. "I guess you could say no, but no one wants to be the only one eating in the snack bar while your friends are our to dinner."
Max Cohen, a biology major at MIT, said he is accustomed to watching fellow students spend ＄40 a night to have dinner delivered or ＄50 during a night out at a bar. During the school's recent spring break, friends on trips for the week posted away messages that read like a world map—Paris, Rome, Tokyo. "Meanwhile I stay home and work," said Cohen. "I didn't realize when I came here how much money I would spend or how hard I would have to work to get by."
It is a lesson some younger students learn quickly. Others, surrounded by credit card offers, go into debt, or worse, are forced to leave school.
"A lot of people don't think twice about how much they spend," said a first-year student at MIT, "and you feel the pressure sometimes to go along with them."
The sentence "If only the rest of his expenses were as easy to quantify." (Lines 2-3, Paragraph 1) implies that ______.
A．there are many other unexpected expenses
B．it is easy to calculate how much more to spend
C．the tuition is too high to be calculated
D．he has to pay only a few other expenses
