Budget A budget is a spending plan. It can help you spend money wisely. It can do this by cutting out wasteful spending. Of course, preparing a budget takes planning, and following a budget takes will power. Your budget should meet your family’s needs and income. The first step in creating a budget is to set your goals. What does your family need and wants. You must know this to work out the details of the budget. Keep goals realistic, in terms of income available. Then decide which goals are the most important. The next step is estimating family income. Before you can plan wisely, you need to know how much money you have to spend! Write down all the money you expect to receive (wages, savings, interest, etc.) during the planned budget period. After you have calculated how much money will be available, it is time to estimate expenses. List all of your family expenses. If you are not satisfied with what you got for your money, look carefully at your spending. Studying your records will show where overspending has occurred. It will also point out poor buying habits. It is also a good idea to set aside a small amount of money for emergencies. Every family has small emergencies: a blown tire, a broken device, or the need for minor medical care. According to the passage, what is the advantage of a budget
A. It can help you set your goals clearly.
B. It can help you save a lot of money.
C. It can help you get rid of poor buying habits.
D. It can help you spend money in a reasonable way.
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Diet Persons who are overweight should watch their diet carefully in order to lose pounds. The best way to do this is to start a weight control program. At first it is wise to talk with your doctor. He can advise you of the number of calories you should have in your meals each day. He can tell you about exercising while on your diet. A good rule is to lose slowly. A loss of a pound or two is plenty. Plan meals around foods you know. This means that it is wise to include foods that you are used to and that are part of your regular eating habits. When you have lost the weight you wish, Simple items can be added to your diet so that you can maintain the weight you want. While you are dieting, try to build a pattern of eating that you can follow later to maintain your desired weight. When dieting, choose low-calorie foods. Avoid such items as fats, fried food, sweets, cakes, cream and soft drinks. Try to take coffee and tea without sugar or cream. Snacks can be part of your diet. For example, a piece of fruit or a simple dessert saved from mealtime can be eaten between meals. Keep busy! This way you will not be tempted to go off the diet. Make full use of opportunities to exercise. Try walking instead of riding whenever possible. Happy dieting! According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true
A. While dieting, you should ask the doctor so that you can lose your weight quickly.
B. Plan meals means to have some foods you like and take them as your daily eating habits.
C. When you have lost your weight, you can have some coffee and tea without sugar or cream.
D. As you are dieting, don’t forget exercis
Diet Persons who are overweight should watch their diet carefully in order to lose pounds. The best way to do this is to start a weight control program. At first it is wise to talk with your doctor. He can advise you of the number of calories you should have in your meals each day. He can tell you about exercising while on your diet. A good rule is to lose slowly. A loss of a pound or two is plenty. Plan meals around foods you know. This means that it is wise to include foods that you are used to and that are part of your regular eating habits. When you have lost the weight you wish, Simple items can be added to your diet so that you can maintain the weight you want. While you are dieting, try to build a pattern of eating that you can follow later to maintain your desired weight. When dieting, choose low-calorie foods. Avoid such items as fats, fried food, sweets, cakes, cream and soft drinks. Try to take coffee and tea without sugar or cream. Snacks can be part of your diet. For example, a piece of fruit or a simple dessert saved from mealtime can be eaten between meals. Keep busy! This way you will not be tempted to go off the diet. Make full use of opportunities to exercise. Try walking instead of riding whenever possible. Happy dieting! When you have lost the weight you wish, you can______.
A. have some more simple items in your diet
B. eat more and more foods you like
C. stop dieting
D. tell the doctor what you’ve done
衡量生产力性质的客观尺度是( )。
A. 劳动对象
B. 生产工具
C.劳动者
D. 生产管理
Singing Alarms Could Save the Blind If you cannot see, you may not be able to find your way out of a burning building and that could be fatal. A company in Leeds could change all that (51) directional sound alarms capable of guiding you to the exit. Sound Alert, a company (52) the University of Leeds, is installing the alarms in a residential home for (53) people in Sommerset and a resource centre for the blind in Columbia. (54) produce a wide range of frequencies that enable the brain to determine where the (55) is coming from. Deborah Withington of Sound Alert says that the alarms use most of the frequencies that can be (56) by humans. "It’s a burst of white noise (57) people say sounds like static on the radio," she says. "Its life-saving potential is great." She conducted an experiment in which people were filmed by thermal-imaging cameras trying to find their way out of a large (58) room. It (59) them nearly four minutes to find the door (60) a sound alarm, but only 15 seconds with one. Withington studies how the brain (61) sounds at the university. She says that the (62) of a wide band of frequencies can be pinpointed more easily than the source of a narrow band. Alarms (63) the same concept have already been installed on emergency vehicles. The alarms will also include rising or falling frequencies to indicate whether people should go up (64) down stairs. They were (65) with the aid of a large grant from British Nuclear Fuels.
A. without
B. with
C. having
D. selling