My sister and I were flying from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota. Our plane had a two-hour        at the airport in Omaha, where I saw a toy airplane that I really        . I had $10 and I had no idea what I needed to        at camp, but I spent $8 on the airplane anyway.
When we reached the camp, I discovered that there were no showers!        , we bathed in a lake every night. I needed to buy        soap. Because the regular soap I brought had chemicals that could         the fish. The special soap cost $4 at the camp store. After buying the plane, I had $2 left, so I couldn’t buy the soap.
After a few days, I was a        . Sally, our camp teacher, asked me if I needed some soap. When I        her that I had spent my soap money on a toy airplane, she laughed and said, “You need to budget.” She then explained that a budget was a(n)        for spending money to help make sure you save enough for things you        — like soap — before you buy fun things — like        . Sally gave me her extra soap, which I        took.
When I returned home from        , I decided to make my        budget. Every week I spent time writing down everything I bought, and some weeks, I would have more in my “Money In” account         I did odd jobs (零活) around the house.
Budgeting was        , especially when my friends bought soda at the store after school and I couldn’t because I had spent all my “Want to Spend” money. But I        with it, and by the next summer, I had        enough money to buy a Paula Pilot doll at Omaha Airport, as well as        at the camp store to        Sally!

A．rest B．trip C．flight D．stop

A．made B．wanted C．left D．remembered

A．learn B．bring C．buy D．do

A．Besides B．However C．Instead D．Anyhow

A．special B．common C．small D．expensive

A．catch B．raise C．hurt D．control

A．hero B．mess C．star D．failure

A．warned B．told C．suggested D．reminded

A．plan B．idea C．example D．promise

A．lose B．gather C．need D．hate

A．chemicals B．clothes C．bills D．toys

A．fortunately B．cautiously C．unhappily D．gratefully

A．school B．airport C．camp D．hospital

A．daily B．weekly C．monthly D．yearly

A．so B．and C．because D．until

A．hard B．boring C．safe D．fresh

A．dealt B．began C．agreed D．stuck

A．received B．saved C．earned D．borrowed

A．fish B．water C．soap D．soda

A．apologize for B．call on C．care for D．pay back