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问题     What would you do if your wallet became harder to open as your spending approached or exceeded your budget? Would you 【C1】_____ twice about where your money was going?   
    Part of the reason so many people spend too much, or fail to 【C2】_____ to self-imposed budgets, is because spending money has become a(n) 【C3】_____in our increasingly cashless society. Credit cards provide immediate satisfaction, but no immediate 【C4】_____. So many researches suggest taking 【C5】_____ dollars from your wallet is more 【C6】_____, and leads you to spend less.
Following a budget feels too much 【C7】_____ dieting. And we often fail at both 【C8】_____ the same
reasons: 【C9】_____ focus on the restrictions, not enough attention to fun. 【C10】_____ it’s not surprising when people end up spending more or 【C11】_____ more calories.
    But there are plenty of mental 【C12】_____ and strategies that can make your budgeting more 【C13】_____ now. In fact, the best strategy is not to think about it as budgeting at all. 【C14】_____, set up broad goals and automate all savings.
    "Self-control is wonderful, but it’s just not 【C15】_____," said Meir Statman, a finance professor. Start by becoming more 【C16】_____ of your spending, whether you write it down in a notepad or on Web sites.
    Then, give your spending plan a sense of 【C17】_____; budgets with a definite goal, 【C18】_____ it’s a European vacation or buying a home, tend to be the most successful.
    And think about it 【C19】_____, as a way to keep things simple: 【C20】_____ setting up an excessively detailed budget, first decide how much you want to save for retirement and other goals, then work with what’s left over. [br] 【C9】

选项 A、too little
B、much too
C、little
D、too much

答案 D

解析 考查语法与语义逻辑。从结构上看,空格所在的分句跟后面的not enough attention…是并列关系,由此可知focus作名词,故空格应填入形容词;从意思上看,后面说“忽视了乐趣”,可推断此处要表达“太关注于怎么约束”,故选D。much too“太”常用于修饰形容词或副词,故排除B。A、C两项意思刚好相反。
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