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

When Mark left school, he did not really know what he wanted to do. He 36  worked in an office but he found that it was very boring. He did the   37  things day after day. This was also the trouble with his second   38  in a car factory. He then decided he would like to work out of doors and got a job  39  a gardener working in one of London’s    40 .
He now works much harder than he   41  in the office or at the factory, but his work is quite different. There are, in all,   42  seasons in a year and each has its own special jobs for a   43  . He works harder in the autumn and winter keeping the park tidy and   44  for the spring and summer. In the summer he can relax(休息) and feel proud(自豪的) that he has helped to   45  the park so beautiful. Many people   46  the park then and he is always pleased   47  he hears them say how lovely it looks.
Mark has made a lot of friends during his four   48  at the park. Many office workers come every  49 to eat their lunchtime sandwiches and feed the ducks. They often have talks with him and are  50  to find that he once worked in an office.