Maybe you always wonder why your pocket money disappeared so quickly. Well, this may be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}you don't have a careful plan. If you try a budget for your pocket money, you will find you can stop money {#blank#}2{#/blank#} going so fast. A budget is a plan to control where your money {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(go) . Careful budget can help you save for the things you want but can't pay for just now. Useful or not? Look at the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (follow) before you start your budget:

● Every month there are things we have to pay for, like school lunches and buses，which are{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (important).There are also things we would like to spend money on — just for fun! All these are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (month) expenses (开销).

● Since we can't have money for everything, we have to make {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (choose). We need to ask if we really need something or just want it. Needs are what you must have in order to live, like food and water. Wants are things you would like to have or do, but not necessary. For example, CDs and cartoons.

● List what you must spend on needs — and if there is money left, you will save for things you really want. This {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (call) a budget.

● If you don't have enough money for what you need, you may have to give up one for the other. No budget is fixed. Keep an eye on  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you). Maybe you wanted a cartoon book but now you want{#blank#}10{#/blank#} MP3 . Your needs may change into wants, or your wants may change into needs.

Dear Bill,

    I'm glad {#blank#}1{#/blank#} your letter. Thank you for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for the weather and my health. But I am sorry to tell you that I have to stay at home because of the heavy fog and haze(雾霾).

    Since the winter last year, the fog and haze {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a lot of times. It has done great harm to our daily life. Many traffic accidents {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. More and more people were ill and the doctor said the serious disease{#blank#}5{#/blank#}by the fog and haze, quite a lot of flights have to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} off , and a great number of people have to stay at home for fear of the poisonous(有毒的) air.

    According to the Chinese Academy of Science, driving cars and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} coals are two main reasons. People have been told: don't do outdoor sports. If you have to go out, wear a mask(口罩); wash your face and clean your nose as soon as you get home.

    People {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the importance of protecting environment. The government suggest everyone{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to work or school with the public traffic, such as the bus and the underground. Also we {#blank#}10{#/blank#} more trees.

Yours,

Li Hua

    Do you like to visit museums? You can see so many interesting exhibits. You can go to an art museum and see famous {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and statues. You can go to a natural history museum and learn about animals and plants. At some, you can even learn about dinosaurs! Go to a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}museum and learn about things in the past. Science museums are very popular, too. Science centers have hands—on exhibits. It is almost {#blank#}3{#/blank#}to go to a museum and not learn something new.

    There are many great museums in the world. They contain {#blank#}4{#/blank#}art. The British Museum in London has a collection of around 8 million objects. They keep human history, culture and art that stretch across 2 million years. The Louvre in Paris displays 380,000 pieces of art! The most famous is the Mona Lisa. Everyone {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to admire her. At the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, you can see many famous paintings by world famous {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. You can also see interesting clothing from around the world and many, many other things.