完形填空(共12分,每小题1分)

阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选

项中,选择最佳选项。

    Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36   began to live in New York City on her own. She  37  a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30,000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38  and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39   in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small.For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often  44  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.”  Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She   46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.

   “Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.

1. A. he            B. she            C. we             D. they

2. A. found         B. tried             C. asked for         D. looked for

3. A. salary         B. time            C. dream          D. idea

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

5. A. buy          B. sell           C. stay              D. share

6. A. food         B. rest               C. studying          D. playing

7. A. Soon         B. Finally         C. Once             D. Again

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

9. A. pay          B. lend           C. spend             D. save

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

11.A. even          B. seldom             C. always            D. never

12. A. hard         B. interesting        C. nice                 D. great

 

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

     21  Sarah left university,she began to live in New York City on her own.She   22  a job in a publishing house,but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30,000 a year.Her parents thought her life would be hard,but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5,000 in a year.How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small.For most people,that  27 housing.So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends.Her next biggest cost was   28 .When she ate out,she went to cheap restaurants. 29  she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant.She then   30 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them.Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐).But Sarah said,“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City.I love going to museums and parks.”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really.She even managed to take two trips,one to the Netherlands, 34  to Portland.

  “Don't think of saving money as something  35 .It's a kind of game,”said Sarah.

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

2.A.found        B.tried                  C.asked for                D.looked for

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

4.A.can          B.may                      C.could                            D.might

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

6.A.already       B.sometimes      C.hardly                D.always

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

8.A.food          B.rest                C.studying                 D.playing

9.A.Soon         B.Finally            C.Once                   D.Again

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

11.A.pay          B.lend                   C.spend                       D.save

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

13.A.by            B.up                   C.at                              D.between

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

15.A.hard          B.interesting      C.nice                   D.great

 

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