If your child is asking for Ugg boots or a pricey hot toy for the holidays,

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问题     If your child is asking for Ugg boots or a pricey hot toy for the holidays, it’s time for a teachable moment. Even if your kid has less lofty【C1】_____, the holidays are still a great time to give him some important【C2】_____lessons.
    "Parents want kids to have【C3】_____they want, but if they’re not teaching limit-setting, it’s doing them a【C4】_____disservice." says money coach Olivia Mellan. Financial literacy expert Susan Beacham says parents have to lead by【C5】_____. If they buy gifts for their kids that【C6】______ their own budgets, they’re only hurting their families when the bills【C7】_____financial hardship and stress in January.
    Money is a(n) 【C8】_____concept for young people. Studies have shown their brains don’t develop enough to deal with such concepts【C9】_____they’re in their early 20s, says Beacham, who【C10】_____financial education company Money Savvy Generation. That’s【C11】_____true when young people don’t pay their own【C12】_____or make spending decisions.
    Mellan recommends giving children allowances "as【C13】_____as they are old enough to make change." That money should be【C14】_____into " spending, saving, investing and charitable giving," she says. Beacham sells a piggy bank with sections【C15】_____each. It may not look good Christmas presents, 【C16】_____Mellan and Beacham say cash is a great gift. 【C17】_____with that allowance money, your kids could get the gifts of their【C18】_____—or might reconsider. Say your children are【C19】_____for $ 160 Ugg boots. Try giving them the money and let them see how【C20】_____it could go at the mall if they chose less expensive footwear. [br] 【C18】

选项 A、visions
B、illusions
C、horizons
D、dreams

答案 D

解析 名词辨析题。结合上一题,既然孩子们能够用家长给的现金礼物和零用钱给自己买礼物,那么可以推断这些礼物一定是孩子们梦想得到的礼物。四个选项中只有dreams“梦想”符合句意。thegifts of their dreams意思是“他们梦寐以求的礼物”。visions“构想;视野”;illusions“错觉;幻觉”;horizons“眼界,范围”。
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