完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选

项中，选择最佳选项。

    Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36   began to live in New York City on her own. She  37  a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38  and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39   in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often  44  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.”  Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She   46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.

   “Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.

1. A. he            B. she            C. we             D. they

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

3. A. salary         B. time            C. dream          D. idea

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

5. A. buy          B. sell           C. stay              D. share

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

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

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

9. A. pay          B. lend           C. spend             D. save

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

11.A. even          B. seldom             C. always            D. never

12. A. hard         B. interesting        C. nice                 D. great

Worries about school bus safety have drawn much attention. Now schools in some poor areas are looking   41  some other ways to go to school.
In the countryside, students are living in different places. And there isn’t enough   time for school buses to go around and pick up   42  student. So the most useful way is to let students living in the   43  village take a special school bus which is for them only. And the cost is   44  by their parents and the school.
Each bus is asked to carry only five students on the same route(路线) every day. Traffic police are also making daily checks to make sure drivers don’t carry__45  than 5 students. For a bus like this, the drivers can   46  make any money. So schools pay 300 yuan to drivers every month. The rest comes from the parents’ pockets（口袋）.
The roads to the students’ homes are rough(崎岖的) and sometimes even dangerous,   47  falling rocks and narrow（狭窄的） bridges. After spending at least an hour on the road, the students finally make it home.   48 the money for taking a bus has increased and it’s not easy for parents to make money, they are glad to know that their children will   49  home safely each day. And they feel happy to see their child enjoy their time at school. But one girl says she’s seen the big yellow school   50  on TV, and wonders when she’ll ride one of her own.

If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People use  36  and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the  37   of the light because the light shines on their work.

Every  38  gets its light either from daylight  39  the window or from the lamps,   40   no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines is very important to the eyes.

Take a book and sit with your  41  towards the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it  42  for your eyes as if you were in a  43  room. Now turn around and face the window. The page is in shadow again,  44  the bright light is in your eyes.Try sitting with your  45  side towards the window. This is very good for reading, but if you were writing, the shadow  46   fall across the page and trouble you  47  .There is another way – sit  48  your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for  49   as well.

Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is  50  the same. So you see different ways to sit make much difference in writing or studying.

1.A. eyes           B. heads                C. books        D. hands

2.A. road           B. path              C. way              D. trail

3.A. house          B. woman            C. man              D. animal

4.A. from           B. through          C. into             D. inside

5.A. but                B. until                C. if           D. when

6. A. side          B. back             C. body             D. front

7.A. good           B. bad              C. useful           D. clear

8. A. bright            B. clean                C. dirty        D. dark

9.A. while          B. or               C. if               D. till

10.A. front         B. back             C. left             D. right

11.A. can           B. may              C. has to           D. ought to

12.A. few           B. a few                C. little       D. a little

13.A. by            B. with             C. against              D. near

14.A. speaking      B. reading          C. writing      D. playing

15.A. only          B. never                C. hardly       D. always