Unit24SocietyPeriodOne　WarmshyupReading(Ⅰ)课时训练（北师大版选修8）.doc

Unit 24　Society Period One　Warm-up Reading(Ⅰ) 基础落实 Ⅰ.课文理解 1．Why do people change their money into different countries’ currencies? A．They can make even more money. B．They can buy goods in lower prices. C．They can live easily and happily. D．They can go abroad in a simple way. 2．Which of the following is NOT true? A．In order to earn more money，we work hard. B．The more money we have，the less we spend. C．When we spend more，we have to work even harder. D．The more money we earn，the more we feel tired. 3．What do the protest groups insist? A．Some of our money should be given to the children. B．Some of our money should be given to the students. C．Some of our money should be given to the poor countries. D．Some of our money should be given to the consumers. 4．Which of the following views does the author agree with? A．To visit the shops more and more often. B．To support the people to spend more money. C．To encourage people to earn more money. D．To control advertisements aiming at children. Ⅱ.课文缩写 Spend，Spend，Spend Many of us in developed societies are trapped 1.________ a spending circle.We work hard so that we can earn more money.Sometimes we try to deposit a little or change our money into different countries’ currencies in 2.________ hope of making even more money.But 3.________(strange) enough，the more money we earn，the less often we see it.Besides，we’re all taxpayers so the more we earn the more tax we have to pay to those who govern us.Thus，the circle goes round and round and gets more and more complicated. In this spending circle，on the one hand，we accumulate possessions 4.________ never feel like we have enough.On the other hand，we work towards the ownership of bigger and 5.________(good) houses and cars and never have time to enjoy them.Instead，they feel like a burden 6.________ every month we have to hand over most of the money we earn to pay for 7.________. Surely we’re still better off than those who wear rags and sleep on the streets or in vacant buildings，but th