Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now
here's a true story of an American girl,Sarah.
41 Sarah
left university,she began to live in New York City on her own.She
42 a job in a publishing house,but
the salary(薪水)was 43 $30,000 a
year.Her parents thought her life would be hard,but
Sarah 44 Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5,000 in a year.How was that 45 in one of the
most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living 46 starts
with keeping the big cost small.For most people,that 47 housing.So
Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends.Her
next biggest cost was 48 .When she ate out,she
went to cheap restaurants. 49 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a
local restaurant.She then 50 the chicken
bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them.Nowadays
young people often 51 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐).But
Sarah said,“I enjoy walking 52 in New
York City.I love going to museums and parks.”
Did Sarah feel poor 53 cheap living? Not really.She
even managed to take two trips,one to the Netherlands, 54 to
Portland.
“Don't think of saving money as something
55 .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.Iooked
for
3.A.more
than B.less than C
.shorter than D.higher
than
4.A.can
B.may C.was
able to D.might
5.A.difficult
B.possible C.useful
D.different
6.A.already
B.sometimes 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.pay
B.lend C.spend
D.save
12.A.along
B.up C.down
D.around
13.A.because
of B.because C.before
D.between
14.A.another
B.the other
C.others D.the
others
15.A.hard
B.interesting C.nice
D.great