题目内容

One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living _______.

A. bills       B. expenses      C. prices      D. charges

B


解析:

考查名词词义辨析，着重要理解此四词的区别。

expense 意为“（时间、精力、金钱等的）消耗,花销,费用”。根据上文中的One thousand dollars a month可判断出“一千美元虽然不是一大笔钱,但够生活的费用”。故选B项。bill 意为“账单，清单”。price 意为“价格,价钱，市价，代价，价值”,作“费用”解时指买某件东西所需要的费用。charge 意为“费用，捐税，代价，记账”,作“费用”解时指卖方开出的价钱。

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