Question

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl，Sarah．

________Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She ________ a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)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（公寓） 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(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often ________a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．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 Portland．

“Don't think of saving money as something ________．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah

1.A. Until B. Because C. After D. Unless

2.A. found B. tried C. asked for D. looked for

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

4.A. can B. may C. could D. might

5.A. difficult B. possible C. useful D. different

6.A. already B.never C. hardly D. always

7.A. helps B. becomes C. makes D. means

8.A. food B. rest C. studying D. playing

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

10.A. prepared B. took C. caught D. picked

11.A. along B. up C. down D. around

12.A. by B. up C. at D. between

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

14.A. hard B. interesting C. nice 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

【解析】

1.1】考查语境理解。根据下文讲述，她开始独自居住在纽约市，在一家出版社找了一份工作，可知是离开大学之后。until“直到……才”，because“因为”，unless“除非”，都不符合句意，只有after“在……之后”符合。故选C。

2.2】考查动词及语境理解。根据下文的but the salary was …意为“薪水是……”可知是找到了工作。因此tried“尝试”，asked for“请求”，looked for“寻找，(强调动作)”都不符合，found为find的过去式，意为“找到(强调结果)”符合句意。故选A 。

3.3】考查语境的理解。根据该句中的but表示转折及后面的句子“她的父母认为她的生活将会是艰难的”。可知more 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。故选B。

4.4】考查语境的理解。句意：“Sarah能够靠她的薪水生活”，可排除may与might，根据and连接的动词时态一致性，由后面的saved可知这里应该用could。故选C。

5.5】考查形容词及语境的理解。根据上文可知此处句意为“在世界上消费最贵的城市之一，那怎么可能？”所以，difficult“困难的”，useful“有用的”，different“不同的”不符合句意，possible“可能的”符合。故选B。

6.6】考查副词及语境的理解。由生活常识可知，cheap living“简朴的生活”应该总是想法节省最大的花费。already已经，sometimes有时，hardly几乎不，显然不符合句意。故选D。

7.7】考查动词及语境的理解。mean doing sth.表示“意味着……”。故选D。

8.8】考查语境的理解。根据下文讲述的关于她吃饭方面的事情，可以推测出这里是说“她接下来最大的花费是食物”。故选A。

9.9】考查语境理解。下文是描述Sarah某次吃饭的经历，所以用once“一次”，其他选项soon“不久”，finally“最后”，again“又；再”不符合。故选C。

10.10】考查动词及语境的理解。根据句意判断：“她把骨头带回家，用他们做汤”。故选B。

11.11】考查动词及语境的理解。spend some money on sth.意为“在某事上花费金钱”。故选C。

12.12】考查语境理解。固定短语walk around意为“四处走走；四处转转”。故选D。

13.13】考查介词及语境理解。介词by此处表示“以……方式”，句意：“Sarah过着这种简朴的生活感到可怜吗？”，其他选项不能表示这种意思。故选A。

14.14】考查语境的理解。 根据前半句She even managed to take two trips,可知是两个地方，在英语中表示“(两者中)一个……另一个……”为固定短语one… the other…。故选B。

15.15】考查语境的理解。根据短文最后一句It's a kind of game,“这是一种游戏”，可知Sarah认为节约花钱不是一件困难的事情。故选A。

考点：记叙文类短文。