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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