2014年高考英语二轮复习阅理解创优专练13 .docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练13 Passage1 When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a hightech job — but he couldn’t balance his checkbook. “I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip，” says the 45yearold father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. “I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement.” One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don’t get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. “It bothered me that