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American teenagers have always worked for extra pocket money. More than their predecessors, today's adolescents are __51__ to work long 51. A) about B) fond hours during the week for hundreds of C) likely D) possible dollars each month. They spend the money __52__ themselves rather than 52. A) by B) on C) in D) for __53__ it to their families. In a 1987 53. A) contributing B) contribute C) paying D) pay __54__ of 16,000 high school seniors 54. A) view B) inspection C) observation D) survey nationwide, it was __55__ that eighty 55. A) suggested B) found percent of students who work spend C) recommended D) advised their earnings on their own needs, __56__ clothing, stereo equipment, 56. A) for example B) such as C) that is to say D) in other words records and __57__. __58__ five 57. A) going to the movie B) going to movies C) movies D) the movie percent said they contributed most 58. A) Other B) Only of their income, which often exceeded C) Additional D) Further??200 a month, to help pay family living __59__ . 59. A) expenses B) money The benefits of this work-and- C) values D) charges spend ethic are being __60__ debated. 60. A) furiously B) heatedly C) thoroughly D) entirely __61__ experts, and many parents, 61. A) No B) All C) Any D) Some __62__ that year-round part-time 62. A) insist B) demand employment increases youngsters' sense C) suggest D) require of worth, teaches them financial__63__ 63. A) accounts B) ability C) responsibility D) well-being and reduces tension —— and thus __64__ 64. A) crash B) conflict—— within the family. C) battle D) struggle Others, __65__, argue that working 65. A) furthermore B) therefore teenagers are inappropriately separat- C) however D) besides ed, physically and financially, __66__ 66. A) in B) with C) from D) by their families, which __67__ parental 67. A) weakens B) loses authority. C) reduces D) destroys Teenagers' schoolwork can also __68__. “When youngsters work for 68. A) be suffered B) suffer C) be suffered from D) suffer from luxuries, they are buying __69__ 69. A) destruction B) separation from education,” said a program C) affection D) distraction director for the U.S. Department of Education. Working teenagers them- selves say they have __70__ time to 70. A) more B) less spend with friends and family. C) reduced D) sufficient
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American teenagers have always worked for extra pocket money. More than their predecessors, today's adolescents are __51__ to work long 51. A) about B) fond hours during the week for hundreds of C) likely D) possible dollars each month. They spend the money __52__ themselves rather than 52. A) by B) on C) in D) for __53__ it to their families. In a 1987 53. A) contributing B) contribute C) paying D) pay __54__ of 16,000 high school seniors 54. A) view B) inspection C) observation D) survey nationwide, it was __55__ that eighty 55. A) suggested B) found percent of students who work spend C) recommended D) advised their earnings on their own needs, __56__ clothing, stereo equipment, 56. A) for example B) such as C) that is to say D) in other words records and __57__. __58__ five 57. A) going to the movie B) going to movies C) movies D) the movie percent said they contributed most 58. A) Other B) Only of their income, which often exceeded C) Additional D) Further??200 a month, to help pay family living __59__ . 59. A) expenses B) money The benefits of this work-and- C) values D) charges spend ethic are being __60__ debated. 60. A) furiously B) heatedly C) thoroughly D) entirely __61__ experts, and many parents, 61. A) No B) All C) Any D) Some __62__ that year-round part-time 62. A) insist B) demand employment increases youngsters' sense C) suggest D) require of worth, teaches them financial__63__ 63. A) accounts B) ability C) responsibility D) well-being and reduces tension —— and thus __64__ 64. A) crash B) conflict—— within the family. C) battle D) struggle Others, __65__, argue that working 65. A) furthermore B) therefore teenagers are inappropriately separat- C) however D) besides ed, physically and financially, __66__ 66. A) in B) with C) from D) by their families, which __67__ parental 67. A) weakens B) loses authority. C) reduces D) destroys Teenagers' schoolwork can also __68__. “When youngsters work for 68. A) be suffered B) suffer C) be suffered from D) suffer from luxuries, they are buying __69__ 69. A) destruction B) separation from education,” said a program C) affection D) distraction director for the U.S. Department of Education. Working teenagers them- selves say they have __70__ time to 70. A) more B) less spend with friends and family. C) reduced D) sufficient
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