Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah.
__________she left university, she began to live in New York City on her own. She ________a job in a publishing（出版） house, but the salary was ______ $30,000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah ______ live on her salary and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living __ starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that ____ housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was _____ , When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. _____ she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then ____ the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays, young people often _____ a lot of money on entertainment. But Sarah said,” I enjoy walking ____ in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.”
Did Sarah feel poor ____ cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, ____ to Porland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something ____ . It’s a kind of game.” She said.
| 小题1: | | A．Until | B．Because | C．After | D．Unless |
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| 小题2: | | A．found | B．tried | C．asked for | D．looked for |
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| 小题3: | | A．more than | B．less than | C．shorter than | D．higher than |
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| 小题4: | | A．can | B．may | C．could | D．might |
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| 小题5: | | A．difficult | B．possible | C．useful | D．different |
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| 小题6: | | A．already | B．never | C．hardly | D．always |
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| 小题7: | | A．helps | B．becomes | C．makes | D．means |
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| 小题8: | | A．food | B．rest | C．studying | D．playing |
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| 小题9: | | A．Soon | B．Finally | C．Once | D．Again |
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| 小题10: | | A．prepared | B．took | C．caught | D．picked |
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| 小题12: | | A．along | B．up | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题14: | | A．another | B．the other | C．others | D．the others |
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| 小题15: | | A．hard | B．interesting | C．nice | D．great |
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