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  3. Money seems cut and dried—you can represent it with numbers and【C1】______ points, and if you stick your hand in your pocket you

Money seems cut and dried—you can represent it with numbers and【C1】______ points, and if you stick your hand in your pocket you

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问题     Money seems cut and dried—you can represent it with numbers and【C1】______ points, and if you stick your hand in your pocket you can probably find some. 【C2】______it’s not that simple; money is one of the most【C3】______substances on earth. Put two people together with different ideas about money, and you have a(n)【C4】______formula for disagreement. In couples that I’ve seen the same themes come【C5】______repeatedly.
    Anne announced, " I have to have a new car with airbags—that’s my【C6】______ line. I don’t want to be stranded and I don’t want to be hurt in an accident. " Tom looked at Anne with a【C7】______ expression. "I understand that, but we can get a used car that’ll work fine. You’re talking about safety.【C8】______ on to that extra $10,000 will keep us a lot more secure than airbags. People have been driving cars without airbags for almost 100 years. That’s really not a 【C9】______. " To Tom and Anne, 【C10】______ means two different things. For Anne,【C11】______ protection was important. Tom saw money itself a form of security. Both were using money to protect against their worst【C12】______.
    "It’s just temporary," Kim pleaded. " We can move in with my parents until we can get on our【C13】______. " Fred was tired of their tiny apartment too. 【C14】______, he wasn’t ready to move. " I know your parents【C15】______well. But we’re adults. We have to stand on our own feet. "
    Fred had always heard there’s no free 【C16】______, and he knew that living with Kim’s parents would have many 【C17】______. They’d lose privacy, and he’d feel【C18】______ about not completely supporting his family. Kim felt that her parents should【C19】______her out when she needed it, and, by everyone 【C20】______a little, she and Fred could have a better future.
【C17】
选项 A、advantages
B、costs
C、expenditures
D、specialties
答案B
解析 名词辨析题。下句提到的“失去自己的私人空间”和“因为不能养家而感到尴尬”都是和金姆父母住在一起付出的代价，所以本题选择[B]costs。[A]advantages“好处”和[D]specialties“特殊”与原文语境不符。[C]expenditures强调“花销。开支”，也与原文无关。
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