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

     21  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   22  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was   28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   30 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34  to Portland．

  “Don't think of saving money as something  35 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．

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

2.A．found        B．tried                  C．a(chǎn)sked 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．a(chǎn)lready       B．sometimes      C．hardly                D．a(chǎn)lways

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．a(chǎn)long         B．up                   C．down                     D．a(chǎn)round

13.A．by            B．up                   C．a(chǎn)t                              D．between

14.A．a(chǎn)nother       B．the other              C．others                    D．the others

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

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(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  51  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂)．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．a(chǎn)sked 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．a(chǎn)lready       B．sometimes       C．hardly              D．a(chǎn)lways

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．a(chǎn)long         B．up                    C．down                   D．a(chǎn)round

13.A．because of     B．because           C．before                   D．between

14.A．a(chǎn)nother       B．the other              C．others                  D．the others

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

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

     21  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   22  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was   28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   30 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34  to Portland．

  “Don't think of saving money as something  35 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．

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

2.A．found        B．tried                  C．a(chǎn)sked 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．a(chǎn)lready       B．sometimes      C．hardly                D．a(chǎn)lways

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．a(chǎn)long         B．up                   C．down                     D．a(chǎn)round

13.A．by            B．up                   C．a(chǎn)t                              D．between

14.A．a(chǎn)nother       B．the other              C．others                    D．the others

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

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

　 21 Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She　 22 a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was 23 $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah 24 Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5，000 in a year．How was that 25 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

　 Cheap living 26 starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that 27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was　 28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29 she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then　 30 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often 31 a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking 32 in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．” Did Sarah feel poor 33 cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34 to Portland．

“Don't think of saving money as something 35 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．

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

22．A．found　　　　 B．tried 　　　　　 　　C．a(chǎn)sked for 　　　　　　 D．Iooked for

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

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

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

26．A．a(chǎn)lready　 　 B．sometimes　　　 C．hardly　　 　　　 　　D．a(chǎn)lways

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

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

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

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

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

32．A．a(chǎn)long　　　　 B．up 　　　 　　C．down　　 　　　　　 D．a(chǎn)round

33．A．by　 　　　 　　 B．up　 　　　　 　　C．a(chǎn)t　　　　　　　　　 　 D．between

34．A．a(chǎn)nother　　　 B．the other　　　　 C．others 　　　　　 　　D．the others

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

Henry was a middle school student. It was Saturday. There were 1  classes that afternoon, so he went to a shop near his home. The shop sold many jackets. He looked  2  them and at last chose a very nice one. He  3  it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a  4 .

At that time his friend Bruce came into the shop. They hadn’t seen each other for a long time. They were so  5  to meet again that they forgot anything else. Soon they were busy  6  on and on happily.

It was nearly six o’clock,  7  they decided to go and have dinner together. Henry picked up his bag and walked towards the shop door. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Henry to pay  8  the jacket. Henry looked at him in  9  at first, but soon he remembered that he didn’t pay him. He said sorry and  10  the money to the shopkeeper and then left the shop with his friend．

(    ) 1. A． many              B． any                C． none               D． no

(    ) 2. A． up                 B． for                C． after                D． at

(    ) 3. A． put                B． tried               C． got                       D． turned

(    ) 4. A． bag                B． cup                C． car                       D． pocket

(    ) 5. A． worried         B． interested           C． angry               D． excited

(    ) 6. A． talk              B． talking             C． talked               D． to talk

(    ) 7. A． though              B． so                C． because             D． but

(    ) 8. A． for                 B． of                C． to                  D． back

(    ) 9. A． surprised            B． surprising          C． surprise              D． surprises

(    ) 10. A． give               B． gives            C． gave                D． to give