Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah.
__________she left university, she began to live in New York City on her own. She ________a job in a publishing（出版） house, but the salary was ______ $30,000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah ______ live on her salary and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living __ starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that ____ housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was _____ , When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. _____ she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then ____ the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays, young people often _____ a lot of money on entertainment. But Sarah said,” I enjoy walking ____ in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.”
Did Sarah feel poor ____ cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, ____ to Porland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something ____ . It’s a kind of game.” She said.
A．Until B．Because C．After D．Unless
A．found B．tried C．asked for D．looked for
A．more than B．less than C．shorter than D．higher than
A．can B．may C．could D．might
A．difficult B．possible C．useful D．different
A．already B．never C．hardly D．always
A．helps B．becomes C．makes D．means
A．food B．rest C．studying D．playing
A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again
A．prepared B．took C．caught D．picked
A．pay B．lend C．spend D．save
A．along B．up C．down D．around
A．by B．up C．at D．between
A．another B．the other C．others D．the others
A．hard B．interesting C．nice D．great
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it gets better with . If you want to make friends, you must do for it. Join a club or a group. Talking with those who like the same things as you do is much .
Many people are nervous（紧张的）when talking to people. After all, meeting means facing the unknown（不认识的）. And it's human nature to feel a bit about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts（怀疑）about ourselves. We________ other people are judging us, finding us too tall or too short, too thin or too fat. But don't forget that they must be feeling the way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease. In this way you'll feel comfortable.
Try to be self-confident even if you don't feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers（陌生人）such as a big hall, walk straight in, look at people in the eye and ________ . If you see someone you'd like to say something to, don't wait for the other person to start a conversation. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be ________ in you if there’s something good about you.
There are many ways to make friends. Just remember, it’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone. It takes ________ and effort to develop friendship.
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完形填空,先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you________be very hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”
“We don’t go into a house .” They replied.
“Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success(成功), and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ________ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”
The woman went in and told her family what had happened. She said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so ________ .” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man?” then her daughter asked, “Would it be ________ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”
In the end the family decided to take the ________ advice. The woman went out and asked, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and ________ our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ________ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I ________ invite Love. Why are you coming along?” The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out. But since you have invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. ________ there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.
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完型填空.
One day a rich man wanted to sell some goods(货物) in another town and buy some things there. He to take ten servants(仆人)with him. They would carry the goods and also some to eat on their way. The rich man said to of his servants, “ Ali, you are the and the weakest one. You may the lightest load(担子)to carry.” Ali thanked him and chose the load. It was their food— bread. The rich man said, “How foolish you are! That’s the heaviest one.” But Ali was to lift it up. And so they set off. Four hours , they stopped for a rest. They all some of the bread. Then there was bread for Ali to carry. Each time they ate some, the load became smaller and lighter. At last the clever servant had nothing to carry.
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完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
The terrible story of the whale(鲸鱼)
As soon as he finished his homework, Eric jumped on his bicycle and rode off in the direction of the beach. While he was ______ along, he thought about the whales. He hoped he would see them again today. After he got to the beach, Eric ______ his bicycle behind a bush so that no one could see it from the road. Then he ran down to the beach. _____ it was only four in the afternoon, the sky was already getting dark. Eric Frowned(皱眉). If it ______, he wouldn’t be able to see the whales because they would stay in deeper water. He hurried along the beach ______ the rocks. They were the best places to watch the whales because of their ______. Before Eric reached the rocks he felt a drop of water on his head. “Oh no!” he thought. “Now the whales will stay in the deep water and I won’t be able to ______ them!” But just then he saw a large shape on the beach. It was a young whale! The whale was too close to the shore(海岸) and got stuck(搁浅) on the ______! At first the whale didn’t move at all and Eric thought it was ______! Then he saw its tail move weakly. Eric turned and ran in the rain as fast as he could back to his bicycle. He had to get ______! If they didn’t get the whale back in the water soon, it would die and Eric couldn’t let that happen.
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完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a student when he was young. He was often late for and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes , he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, he always thought he understand everything. One day the teacher the student a question, “When Jack was ten years old, brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now, is his brother Bob?”
John said , “That’s easy, Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.”
Another time, the in a science class asked, “During thunderstorms(雷雨), do we always see the light before we the sound?”
“But, miss,” said John quickly, “ don’t you our eyes are in front of our ears?”
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