首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if he wants to save up?
According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if he wants to save up?
admin
2014-09-27
36
问题
According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if he wants to save up?
Questions 14 — 16 are based on the following talk about how to save money.
W: If you’re in your 20s, you own your first car, your career is more or less launched, and you’re starting to look forward to owning a home. But you’re worried, too. Perhaps you’ve got some debt. You probably don’t have much in the way of savings. And with all your expenses, it doesn’t look you’ll be able to improve that situation soon.
If you wonder how to cut corners, there’s an obvious place to look—at your spending habits.
Do you buy a soda each weekend? Waste $ 1 a day for 40 years and, when you’re set to retire, you’ll find your account is short by $ 190,000. Grab a calculator and you’ll discover that, over 40 years going out to dinner twice a month at $40 each time amounts to half a million. Even a pack—a day cigarette habit will lighten your retirement account by $ 330,000. And the same with cable TV and those cool earrings. They will probably amount to as much as one million.
So, the first clue to accumulating wealth is this: focus on your spending habits. Here are a couple of tricks to help you save even if you swear you can’t afford to. Stop buying things that fall rather than rise in value. Pay yourself first: Before you pay the monthly bills, send $ 25 to a mutual fund. Stop spending coins. From now on, spend only paper currency, and keep the change every day. Get your family involved, and you’ll double your savings. Use discount tickets at the supermarket—but use them correctly. How? If you really want to make these tickets worthwhile, you actually must invest into your mutual fund the amount you save by using the tickets. Otherwise, you’re wasting your time—and your money.
选项
A、$190,000.
B、$330,000.
C、$500,000.
D、$1,000,000.
答案
B
解析
这一题考查对长数字的理解,考生应该注意捕捉细节。文中提到“three hundred andthirty thousand dollars”,尽管一下子不可能把它转换成阿拉伯数字,但考生可以根据听到的第一个音来排除其他三个选项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XbRd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Whetherworkshouldbeplacedamongthecausesofhappinessoramongthecausesofunhappinessmayperhapsberegardedasadoub
ThehistoryofEnglishisconventionally,ifperhapstooneatly,dividedintothreeperiodsusuallycalledOld(orAnglo-Saxon)E
Computersarenowbeingpushedintoschools.Weknowthatmultimediawillmake【21】______easyandfun.Childrenwillhappilyl
Eachcompanyhasmany"publics’whoshouldbeablenotonlyrecognizeitsname【21】______tocorrectlyidentifyitsindustrya
Eachcompanyhasmany"publics’whoshouldbeablenotonlyrecognizeitsname【21】______tocorrectlyidentifyitsindustrya
【61】Notlongago,weAmericanshadaprettygoodideaofwhatfamilymeant.Buttoday,withpeoplelivingtogetherinsomanyd
Whatisthepurposeoftheprogrammentionedinthispassage.’?
Evenplantscanrunafever,especiallywhentheyareunderattackbyinsectsordisease.But【21】______humans,plantscanhave
Manysentencesusedtodescribemonetarypolicy,suchas"steeringtheeconomytoasoftlanding"or"atouchonthebrakes"
Humansocietieshaveexperiencedsomanywars,buthaveyoueverthoughtaboutwhatawarreallyis?Warmaybeanaturalexpres
随机试题
[*][*]
Johnwokeupinthemiddleofthenightandsawsomethingwhite【21】hisgarden.Itseemed【22】towardsthehouse."That【23】ath
根据铸型烘烤与焙烧的温度、时间要求,从室温升温到350℃的升温时间不短于A.30minB.40minC.50minD.60minE.20min
下列不是湿热腰痛特点的是
关于久期的说法错误的是
【2016年山东省属】批评传统教育“或多或少地为遥远的未来作准备”,提倡“教育是生活的过程,而不是将来生活的准备”的是()。
为防止考试焦虑症发生,学校咨询人员提前对这些学生集体指导、讲授自我放松缓解紧张的方法属于()。
H公司欠银行贷款200万元。现该公司将一部分资产分离出去,另成立J公司,对于公司分立后这笔债务的清偿责任问题,存在以下意见,其中哪一个是正确的?()
《刑法》第264条规定:“盗窃公私财物,数额较大的,或者多次盗窃、人户盗窃、携带凶器盗窃、扒窃的,处三年以下有期徒刑、拘役或者管制,并处或者单处罚金;数额巨大或者有其他严重情节的,处三年以上十年以下有期徒刑,并处罚金;数额特别巨大或者有其他特别严重情节的,
Therearetwotypesofpeopleintheworld.Althoughtheyhave【21】degreesofhealthandwealthandothercomfortsoflife,oneb
最新回复
(
0
)