In the past, large numbers of American people liked to use tomorrow’s money. However, since the economic depression(经济萧条), many have learnt to live  16 . Here is a true story about an American girl, Anna. After graduation, she began to live in Los Angeles on her own. She  17  a job in a publishing house(出版社) and earned  18  $30,000 a year. Her parents thought Anna’s life would be  19 , but Anna was able to live on her money and still  20  $5000 in the first year. How could she do so in  21  expensive city?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the  22  cost small. For people, that  23  housing. So Anna chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was  24 . When she ate  25 , she went to cheap restaurants.  26  she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Today young people often  27  a lot of money on entertainment. But Anna loved going to museums and parks as the  28  for these places were free. Did Anna feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even  29  to take two trips, one to the Netherlands,  30  to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something hard. It’s a kind of game,” said Anna.

【小题1】

A．happily B．luckily C．hopefully D．cheaply

【小题2】

A．found B．gets C．looked for D．makes

【小题3】

A．more than B．less than C．more D．less

【小题4】

A．dangerous B．hard C．easy D．comfortable

【小题5】

A．made B．gave C．took D．saved

【小题6】

A．so an B．such an C．so D．such

【小题7】

A．expensive B．much C．big D．heavy

【小题8】

A．does B．becomes C．helps D．means

【小题9】

A．food B．clothes C．studying D．traveling

【小题10】

A．away B．out C．up D．inside

【小题11】

A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again

【小题12】

A．pay B．spend C．cost D．take

【小题13】

A．tickets B．seats C．exhibition D．tea

【小题14】

A．tried B．had C．needed D．managed

【小题15】

A．another B．the other C．other D．other

A small town named Bundanoon in Australia has decided to stop the sale of bottled water(瓶装水). They say that bottled water can cause environmental problems. Too many resources(资源) are used to make bottled water. When people finish drinking the water, the bottles will be thrown away and go into dustbins. So they require local people in the town to stop buying bottled water and use tap water to drink. Visitors are encouraged to get water from water stations in the main streets, and fill the water in bottles that can be used again. The decision has been supported(支持) by all the shopkeepers in the town. Bundanoon is the world’s first town that has got its shop selling bottled water. Probably we should follow the example. Let’s stop buying bottled water and use tap water！

Australian Town Bans(禁止) Bottled Water
Where bottled water is first banned	A small town with the ____61_______ Bundanoon
___62_____ bottled water is banned	To help solve environmental problems
What local people use for ______63____	Tap water, not bottled water
The place which visitors get water ___64	Water stations in the main streets
Other people who have supported the plan	______65____ the shopkeepers in the town

When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I got into the high school. I had to   29  going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills.
We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school. Finally I re­turned to school. 30 my mother __31  the next year. And my world went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the   32 this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the  33 . I can’t study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I didn’t        34 most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to re­peat the year. After _35  summer working in the school garden, I went   36  to lessons again. But suddenly I fell ill.
Because of my disease (疾病) I was  37  and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless(无望的). My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates     38  me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not   39 . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I   40  hard days will always be followed by sunshine.

【小题1】

A．stop B．start C．keep D．finish

【小题2】

A．and B．but C．so D．although

【小题3】

A．go B．die C．gone D．died

【小题4】

A．school B．zoo C．park D．museum

【小题5】A afternoon      B year             C. weekends      D. holidays

【小题6】

A．pass B．take C．have D．give

【小题7】.A .others         B. the other       C another         D other

【小题8】

A．along B．back C．down D．up

【小题9】A fine           B weak          C healthy         D strong

【小题10】

A．helped B．gave C．worried D．taught

【小题11】

A．terrible B．hard C．easy D．difficult

【小题12】

A．find B．makes C．thinks D．believe