In the past, large numbers of American people liked to use tomorrow’s money. However, since the economic depression(经济萧条), many have learnt to live  16 . Here is a true story about an American girl, Anna. After graduation, she began to live in Los Angeles on her own. She  17  a job in a publishing house(出版社) and earned  18  $30,000 a year. Her parents thought Anna’s life would be  19 , but Anna was able to live on her money and still  20  $5000 in the first year. How could she do so in  21  expensive city?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the  22  cost small. For people, that  23  housing. So Anna chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was  24 . When she ate  25 , she went to cheap restaurants.  26  she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Today young people often  27  a lot of money on entertainment. But Anna loved going to museums and parks as the  28  for these places were free. Did Anna feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even  29  to take two trips, one to the Netherlands,  30  to Portland.

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

1. A. happily       B. luckily          C. hopefully            D. cheaply

2.A. found          B. gets             C. looked for           D. makes

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

4.A. dangerous      B. hard             C. easy             D. comfortable

5.A. made           B. gave             C. took             D. saved

6. A. so an         B. such an          C. so               D. such

7.A. expensive      B. much             C. big              D. heavy

8. A. does          B. becomes          C. helps                D. means

9.A. food           B. clothes          C. studying         D. traveling

10. A. away         B. out              C. up               D. inside

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

12. A. pay          B. spend                C. cost             D. take

13.A. tickets           B. seats                C. exhibition           D. tea

14.A. tried         B. had              C. needed           D. managed

15.A. another       B. the other            C. other                D. other

Here are reports of three attacks. The three swimmers were attacked by sharks because they didn't obey (遵守) the safety rules for swimmers.

Which rule didn't each of the following swimmers obey?

1.Report 1_: Colin was swimming with two friends

very late at night. He was attacked by a shark and died.

2.Report 2_: Ann was a very good swimmer. She

bought a new bright red swimming suit. She was swimming with some friends when a shark attacked her.

3.Report 3_: Jack was on holiday in Australia. He

cut his foot on the beach. He went swimming the same day and got at­tacked.

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.
Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”
The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”

Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to do 1.h        because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big 2.p       .

Joy is 14 years old. Last month her parents went aboard on 3.b       , so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be 4.h        when her parents were not in. She could do everything that she liked. 5.B        when it was six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt 6.h       . “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to herself. 7.L        she found some food in the fridge, but she didn’t know how to cook. At that moment, she 8.m        her parents very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and bought some food to9.e       .

Many teenagers are the same as Joy. So I think they should 10.l        some life skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves properly. They shouldn’t depend too much on their parents.

My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never    1   us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea   2   no sugar. My mom’s   3   for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like    4  ! She wanted to teach us to like water or    5   unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to    6   a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I    7  choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people    9  to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really    10  , since I was raised    11   no juice or soda, and I didn’t really    12   only having water. Now people    13   kids to make their own choices,    14   I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15   for, and the parents made the final decisions.

1.                A．needed        B．sold            C．bought   D．left

2.                A．with           B．of             C．off  D．without

3.                A．decision        B．reason         C．hobby    D．experience

4.                A．soda           B．juice           C．water    D．milk

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

6.                A．order          B．reply           C．obey     D．achieve

7.                A．ever           B．never          C．always    D．sometimes

8.                A．think about      B．take care        C．pay for   D．think out

9.                A．like            B．seem           C．study D．get

10.               A．excited         B．difficult         C．interesting D．necessary

11.               A．on            B．with           C．by   D．for

12.               A．give up         B．care about      C．take pride in    D．agree with

13.               A．allow          B．design          C．teach     D．cause

14.               A．as             B．since          C．but   D．though

15.               A．added         B．asked          C．influenced D．regarded