Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
 41  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   42  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   43  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  44  Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  45  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living  46  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  47 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was  48 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 49  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   50 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  51  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  52  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  53  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 54 to Portland．
“Don’t think of saving money as something  55 ．It’s a kind of game，”said Sarah．
小題1:
A．UntilB．Because C．After D．Unless
小題2:
A．foundB．triedC．a(chǎn)sked forD．Iooked for
小題3:
A．more thanB．less thanC．shorter than D．higher than
小題4:
A．canB．mayC．was able to D．might
小題5:
A．difficultB．possibleC．usefulD．different
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)lreadyB．sometimesC．hardlyD．a(chǎn)lways
小題7:
A．helpsB．becomesC．makes D．means
小題8:
A．foodB．restC．studying D．playing
小題9:
A．SoonB．FinallyC．OnceD．Again
小題10:
A．preparedB．took C．caughtD．picked
小題11:
A．payB．lend C．spendD．save
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)longB．upC．downD．a(chǎn)round
小題13:
A．because ofB．becauseC．beforeD．between
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)notherB．the otherC．others D．the others
小題15:
A．hardB．interestingC．niceD．great

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小題1:D
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小題1:C根據(jù)后面的講述，她開始獨自居住在紐約市，在一家出版社找了一份工作，可知是離開大學(xué)之后。unt“直到……才”，because“因為”，Unless“除非”，都不符合句意，只有after“在……之后”符合。
小題1: A根據(jù)后面的but the salary was …意為“薪水是……”可知是找到了工作。因此tried“嘗試”，asked for“請求”，looked for“尋找，(強調(diào)動作)”都不符合，found為find的過去式，意為“找到(強調(diào)結(jié)果)”符合句意。 
小題1:B 根據(jù)該句中的but表示轉(zhuǎn)折及后面的句子“她的父母認為她的生活將會是艱難的”�？芍猰ore than“多于”，shorter than“比……矮(指高度)”，higher“比……高(指高度)”不符合，less than“不到；少于”，符合句意。
小題1:C句意為“Sarah能夠靠她的薪水生活”，可排除may與might，根據(jù)and連接的動詞時態(tài)一致性，由后面的saved可知這里應(yīng)該用could。
小題1:B根據(jù)上文可知此處句意為“在世界上消費最貴的城市之一，那怎么可能？”所以，difficult“困難的”，useful“有用的”，different“不同的”不符合句意，possible“可能的”符合。
小題1:D由生活常識可知，cheap living“簡樸的生活”應(yīng)該總是想法節(jié)省最大的花費。already已經(jīng)，sometimes有時，hardly幾乎不，顯然不符合句意。
小題1:D mean doing sth.表示“意味著……”。
小題1:A 根據(jù)后面講述的關(guān)于她吃飯方面的事情，可以推測出這里是說“她接下來最大的花費是食物”。
小題1:C后面是描述Sarah某次吃飯的經(jīng)歷，所以用once“一次”，其他選項soon“不久”，finally“最后”，again“又；再”不符合。
小題1:B根據(jù)句意判斷，此處是說“她把骨頭帶回家，用他們做湯”。其他動詞無此意。
小題1:C spend some money on sth.意為“在某事上花費金錢”。
小題1:D考查詞組walk around意為“四處走走；四處轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)”。
小題1:A 介詞by此處表示“以……方式”，句意為“Sarah過著這種簡樸的生活感到可憐嗎？”，其他選項不可以表示這種意思。
小題1:B 根據(jù)前半句She even managed to take two trips,可知是兩個地方，在英語中表示“(兩者中)一個……另一個……”為固定短語one… the other…。
小題1:A根據(jù)短文最后一句It’s a kind of game,“這是一種游戲”，可知Sarah認為節(jié)約花錢不是一件困難的事情。
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