完形填空。Doyouhavetheabilitytolivecheaply?Nowhere'satruestoryofanAmericangirlSarah.1SarahleftuniversityshebegantoliveinNewYorkCityonherown.She2ajobinapubl

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       Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl Sarah.    1    Sarah left
university she began to live in New York City on her own. She   2   a job in a publishing house but the salary
(薪水) was   3   $30 000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard but Sarah   4   live on her salary
and still saved $5 000 in a year. How was that   5   in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
       Cheap living    6   starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people that   7   housing. So Sarah
chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was   8  . When she ate out she went to
cheap restaurants.   9   she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then   10   the chicken bones
(骨头) home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often   11   a lot of money on entertainment
(娱乐). But Sarah said "I enjoy walking   12   in New York City. I love going to museums and parks." Did Sarah
feel poor   13   cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips one to the Netherlands   14   to
Portland. 
       "Don't think of saving money as something   15   . It's a kind of game " said Sarah.

(     ) 1．A．Until     (     ) 2．A．found     (     ) 3．A．more than (     ) 4．A．can       (     ) 5．A．difficult (     ) 6．A．already   (     ) 7．A．helps     (     ) 8．A．food      (     ) 9．A．Soon      (     ) 10．A．prepared   (     ) 11．A．pay       (     ) 12．A．along     (     ) 13．A．by       (     ) 14．A．another   (     ) 15．A．hard

B．Because     B．tried        B．less than     B．may          B．possible     B．sometimes     B．becomes         B．rest         B．Finally      B．took          B．lend         B．up          B．up          B．the other    B．interesting

C．After     C．asked for  C shorter than     C．could              C．useful    C．hardly     C．makes     C．studying   C．Once       C．caught    C．spend    C．down        C．at       C．others    C．nice

D．Unless          D．Iooked for      D．higher than     D．might           D．different       D．always          D．means           D．playing         D．Again           D．picked          D．save            D．around          D．between         D．the others      D．great

Answer 1

1．C    2．A    3．B    4．C    5．B    6．D    7．D    8．A    9．C   10．B  
11．C    12．D    13．A    14．B    15．A