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Making a Budget
(A)
A . Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles.
B . First, writing down all your income for one month.
C . Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive.
D . Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.
E . Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You must not forget because they add up, the smaller monthly bills such as payments for credit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.
(B)
(7) You also should keep track of minor daily expenses because you probably spend more on them than you realize.(8) These includes purchases of such things as sodas, snacks, newspapers, magazines, and candy.(9) Add them up for a week and then multiply the weekly total by the number of weeks in the month to determine the total monthly cost.(10) Transportation costs, such as bus and subway fairs along with gasoline and tolls, should also be calculated as monthly expenses.
(C)
(11) Finally, it’s important to plan as much as possible for special expenses, such as visits to doctors and dentists and repairs to your home or car.(12) Gifts for such events as Christmas and birthdays are other kinds of expenses you can plan for certain months.(13) Other activities, such as celebrating a holiday or taking a vacation, often demand extra spending, too.(14) Some months may also require you according to the season to buy new clothes.(15) By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much money you need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to save for the future. Sentence 1Some months may also require you according to the season to buy new
clothes. The most effective revision of sentence 14 would begin with which group of words?
F . Buying new clothes, the months
G . Some months you may require also new clothes
H . According to the season, some months may
. Buying new clothes and requiring the season
. New clothes, being bought in some months, you
Answer: C
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