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Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl Sarah.

      Sarah left university she began to live in New York on her own. She found a job in a publishing house but the salary(薪水)was          $30000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard but Sarah could live on her salary and still saved $5000 in a year. How was that ______     in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people that         housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was       . When she ate out she went to cheap restaurants. Once she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then     the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often    a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐).But Sarah said “I enjoy walking         in New York City. I love going to museums and parks." Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips one to the Netherlands            to Portland.

“Don't think of saving money as something          . It's a kind of game" said Sarah.

1.A. Until      B. Because    C. After      D. Before

2.A. more than  B. less than   C. at least    D. higher than

3.A. difficult   B. possible   C. useful    D. different

4.A. helps      B. becomes    C. makes      D. means

5.A. food        B. rest       C. study       D. hobby

6.A. prepared   B. took       C. caught    D. picked

7.A. pay         B. cost       C. spend       D. save

8.A. along      B. up         C. down        D. around

9.A. the other   B. another     C. other      D. the others

10.A. hard       B. interesting C. easy        D. tiny

 

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.A 【解析】 试题分析:短文大意:该文从美国女孩儿Sarah的经历中延伸告诉我们什么才是节俭的生活。 1.C考查连词及语境理解。句意:莎拉离大学毕业后, 她开始自己住在纽约。Until直到; Because因为;After在……之后;Before在……之前。下句话说她开始到纽约市工作,证明应是大学毕业之后,所以选C。 2.B考查固定短语及语境理解。句意:她找到一家出版社的工作,但一年的工资不到30000美元。more than多余,超过;less than少于,不到;at least 至少;higher than比……高。根据句意,她找到一份工作,但是一转折,应是少于$30,000, 所以选B。 3.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意:在世界上最昂贵的城市之一那怎么可能呢??difficult困难的;possible 可能的;useful有的;different不同的。对女孩生活花费那么低可能性产生疑问“那怎么可能呢?”所以选B。 4.D考查动词及语境理解。句意:对于大部分人,房子意味着最大的开销。Helps帮助;becomes 变为;makes做;means意味着。根据上文,要讲节约,对于大部分人,房子意味着最大的开销 所以她选择小公寓,故选D。 5.A考查名词及语境理解。句意:她的下一个最大的花销是吃饭。food 食物;rest休息;study学习;hobby爱好。根据下一句话她出去吃饭选择小饭店可知她的第二大花销是吃饭,所以选A。 6.B考查动词及语境理解。句意:吃完之后她把鸡骨头带回家,做成了汤。prepared准备;took 带走;caught抓住;picked拾起。Take…to把……带到, 所以选B。 7.C考查动词及语境理解。句意:现在很多年轻人把钱花在娱乐上。Pay付款;cost代价,花费;spend花费;save节省。考查动词及语境的理解。根据下文介词on,再根据上文说现在很多年轻人把钱花在娱乐上,应该选用固定搭配spend…on…在某方面花费……,所以选C。 8.D考查副词及语境理解。句意:我喜欢在纽约市四处走走。along沿着; up向上;down向下;around在周围。Sarah与其他年轻人不一样,她喜欢在纽约四处走走,四处走走英语为walk around,所以选D。 9.A考查不定代词及语境理解。句意:她甚至设计了两次旅游,一词是荷兰,另一次是波特兰。the other特指另一个;another知多数中的另一个; other其他的;the others特指其他的。上文提及她甚至设计了两次旅游,表达两者中“一个……另一个…… “应该采用one …the other,所以选A。 10.A考查形容词及语境理解。句意:不要把省钱看成什么难事,它就是一个游戏。hard困难的;interesting有趣的;easy 容易的;tiny微小的。根据上下文,可知此处作者想表达Sarah的想法,也是本文的中心,“不要把省钱看成什么难事,它就是一个游戏。所以选A。 考点:考查故事类短文。
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