Question

请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺的单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上，每空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

Do you have the ability (能力) to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Judy. After Judy left university, 1. began to live in New York City on her own. She found2. job in a publishing house (出版社) but her salary (薪水) there was only $30,000 a year. Although her parents thought her life would be 3., Judy could live on her salary and even saved $5,000 a year.4. was it possible for her to live in one of the most expensive cities with such a low salary?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the biggest5. small. For most people, that is housing. Judy chose to share a flat 6. three other friends. Her second biggest cost was food. When she ate out, she went to 7. restaurants. Once she only paid $9.99 for a whole chicken at a restaurant. She then took the chicken bones home8. made soup out of them.

Nowadays young people often9. a lot of money on entertainment (娱乐). Judy enjoys walking around in New York City and loves going to museums and parks. She even plans to take two trips. One is to England and the 10. is to Japan.

“Don’t think of saving money as something hard. It’s a kind of game,” said Judy.

Answer

1.she

2.a

3.hard

4.How

5.cost

6.with

7.cheap

8.and

9.spend

10.the other

【解析】

这篇短文主要是讲述了美国女孩Judy的经历中告诉我们，什么才是节俭生活。

1.句意：朱迪大学毕业后，她开始独自住在纽约市。

根据上文“After Judy left university”可知，前后句说的是一个人。这里用代词she，她。故答案为she。

2.句意：她在一家出版社找到了一份工作，但她的年薪只有3万美元。

根据“in a publishing house (出版社)”可知，此处是“她在一家出版社找到了一份工作”。job名词单数，工作。首字母是辅音音素，用不定冠词a。故答案为a。

3.句意：尽管她的父母认为她的生活会很艰难，但朱迪可以靠她的工资生活，甚至每年能省下5000美元。

根据下文“Judy could live on her salary and even saved $5,000 a year”可知上文是“她的父母认为她的生活会很艰难”。hard形容词，艰苦的。故答案为hard。

4.句意：她怎么可能以这么低的工资生活在最贵的城市？

根据上文“Although her parents thought her life would be _______3_______, Judy could live on her salary and even saved $5,000 a year.”可知，此处是在问“她怎么可能住在……一个城市”。how怎样，故答案为How。

5.句意：简朴的生活应该总是从将最大的开销变少开始。

cost名词花费，根据“Cheap living always starts with”可知，此处是“节省最大的花费”。故答案为cost。

6.句意：朱迪选择和另外三个朋友合租一套公寓。

此处是“和其他三个朋友分享一个公寓”。with介词，和……一起；故答案为with。

7.句意：当她出去吃饭时，她去了便宜的餐馆。

根据下文“Once she only paid $9.99 for a whole chicken at a restaurant.”可知，此处是“她去了便宜的餐馆”，此处是形容词作定语。cheap形容词，便宜的。故答案为cheap。

8.句意：然后她把鸡骨头带回家，用它们做汤。

根据上文“She then took the chicken bones home”及下文“made soup out of them”可知，这里是并列关系。此处用and。故答案为and。

9.句意：现在年轻人经常在娱乐上花很多钱。

此处是“在娱乐上花很多钱”。spend+时间+on sth.表示“在……上花费时间”。主语是复数，这里是一般现在时态，动词用原形。故答案为spend。

10.句意：她甚至计划两次旅行。一个是去英国，另一个是去日本。

根据上文“She even plans to take two trips.”可知，此处是“一个……另一个……”one…the other….一个……另一个……。故答案为the other。