Question

    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 City on her own. She ______ a job in a publishing house, but the salary (薪水) was ______ $30,000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah ______ live on her salary and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that ______ in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

Cheap living ______ 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. ______ she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then ______ the chicken bones (骨头) 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 ______ 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

2.A.found B.tried C.asked for

3.A.more than B.less than C.shorter than

4.A.can B.may C.could

5.A.difficult B.possible C.useful

6.A.always B.sometimes C.already

7.A.helps B.becomes C.means

8.A.food B.rest C.studying

9.A.Soon B.Finally C.Once

10.A.prepared B.took C.caught

11.A.pay B.spend C.lend

12.A.along B.up C.around

13.A.by B.up C.at

14.A.another B.the other C.others

15.A.hard B.interesting C.nice

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主语讲述了美国女孩Sarah的经历，从中告诉我们什么才是节俭。她认为存钱不是一件难事，只是一个游戏。

1.……之后。根据“she began to live in New York City on her own”可知开始独自在纽约市生活，可推测出此处是离开大学“之后”。故选C。

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13.……方式，由于；up向上；at在……。根据“cheap living”可知此处是说“因过着廉价生活而感到贫穷”，用介词“by”表原因。故选A。

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