In the past, large numbers of American people liked to use tomorrow’s money. However, since the economic depression(经济萧条), many have learnt to live 16 . Here is a true story about an American girl, Anna. After graduation, she began to live in Los Angeles on her own. She 17 a job in a publishing house(出版社) and earned 18 $30,000 a year. Her parents thought Anna’s life would be 19 , but Anna was able to live on her money and still 20 $5000 in the first year. How could she do so in 21 expensive city?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the 22 cost small. For people, that 23 housing. So Anna chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 24 . When she ate 25 , she went to cheap restaurants. 26 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Today young people often 27 a lot of money on entertainment. But Anna loved going to museums and parks as the 28 for these places were free. Did Anna feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even 29 to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, 30 to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something hard. It’s a kind of game,” said Anna.
A．happily B．luckily C．hopefully D．cheaply
A．found B．gets C．looked for D．makes
A．more than B．less than C．more D．less
A．dangerous B．hard C．easy D．comfortable
A．made B．gave C．took D．saved
A．so an B．such an C．so D．such
A．expensive B．much C．big D．heavy
A．does B．becomes C．helps D．means
A．food B．clothes C．studying D．traveling
A．away B．out C．up D．inside
A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again
A．pay B．spend C．cost D．take
A．tickets B．seats C．exhibition D．tea
A．tried B．had C．needed D．managed
A．another B．the other C．other D．other
完型填空
从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案，并用2B铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
A few days ago I took a taxi to a hotel. When we were ________ for the traffic light to turn green, I saw a poor ________. He took out a piece of bread from his pocket and took a bite.
As he was about to take his next bite, a lost dog wagged(摇摆) his tail looking at him. Without hesitation（犹豫）, he sat down and put the _______ on the road for the dog to eat. The dog sniffed the bread and walked away. The boy waited ________ he was sure the dog was gone. Then he ________ the bread and ate it!
My heart cried and wanted to walk up to the boy, but before I could open the door the light turned ________ and our car drove away. I kept thinking of walking up to the boy but I didn’t. I could have ________ the car and walked up to him but again I didn’t.
All I did was “ ________ ”, and this poor little boy who had only one piece of bread shared it with the dog without any hesitation, though he himself seemed to be very ________ .I learned one of the biggest lessons in my life that the boy taught me _______ a conversation. He taught me to share with love and happiness. I am so grateful to have learned this beautiful lesson from my little unknown teacher.
A. looking B. working C. waiting
A. boy B. dog C. girl
A. apple B. bread C. money
A. while B. until C. because
A. turned on B. picked up C. handed in
A. green B. red C. yellow
A. driven B. made C. stopped
A. think B. do C. walk
A. angry B. hungry C. tired
A. off B. in C. without
完形填空
阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was ________ happy. She always stayed at home by herself and didn’t talk to ________ .
One day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she ________ it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to go to school in the beautiful hair clip.
On her way to ________, she found that everyone who saw her smiled (微笑) at her. Most of her schoolmates said hello to her, ________ this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip ________ them all to her. She was so happy ________ all of the wonderful things.
Though all her classmates wanted to know ________ happened to her, she didn’t want to tell ________ about her beautiful hair clip.
When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you ________ your hair clip at home?” I found it by the door this morning.”
She was ________ to hear what her mother said. She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school ________.
It’s not important what we wear or how we ________ . The most ________ thing is how we think about ourselves (我们自己). ________ we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident (自信). If we think we can, we can.
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I have a good friend. His name is Nick.________of us like watching movies and all kinds of talent shows. Last Sunday afternoon, we went to the cinema together. The cinema is the_________ to our homes. So we walked there. It has the biggest_________ and the most comfortable_________ in town. You can sit there_________, watch great movies and enjoy your time with your friends. We_________ a funny movie called Lost in Hon Kong. I think it’s the_________ movie I’ve seen.
After we got out of the cinema, we __________ to a restaurant near the movie theater to have _________. There _________ different kinds of dishes on the menu. The food in the restaurant is _________ delicious. What’s more, it’s the cheapest in town and it has the friendliest_________.
Then we watched a __________ on TV. It’s very interesting to watch other people show their talents. Every_________ is good at something, but some of them are truly talented Nowadays(目前)， talent shows are getting_________ and more popular.
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完形填空：从A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Before 1800, many people spent one day a week at church. In England, people called it a “_______day”. On that day, they rested and ________.
In the early 1800s, Sunday was the “holy day”.________, many workers played games and had fun_________that day. And then they felt too _________to work on Monday mornings. In the USA, workers called them “_______Mondays”
To solve the problem of “blue Mondays” the English made Saturday afternoon a _________in 1874. At one o’clock. Everyone stopped ______.This was the beginning of the idea of the weekend in England. By1930, most American offices were ________ on Saturday afternoons. By 1940, offices and factories in the USA were closed all day on Saturdays, and the ________weekend began.
A . happy B. holy C. heavy
A. prayed B. played C. planted
A. And B. But C. However
A. of B. in C. on
A. tired B. bored C. interested
A. green B. red C. blue
A. hobby B. holiday C. habit
A. resting B. working C. worrying
A. close B. closed C. closing
A. two-day B. two day C. two days
完形填空:
Mr. Brown was very fat and he didn’t feel well. Mrs. Brown was ________ about his weight (体重).
“You must see a doctor,” she said, “and ask him how to ________ weight. It’s not good ________ your health. ” “OK.” Mr. Brown said, and then he went to see the doctor.
The doctor looked him over, then he said, “Nothing serious, you are too heavy. You must lose ________ 30 kilos. Eat only fruit and vegetables and run five kilometers a day for the next ________ days, then call and tell me how ________you are.”
Mr. Brown went home and did ________ the doctor told him. One hundred days ________ , he called the doctor.
“Mr. Brown here, doctor ,” he said. “I’m calling to tell you about my weight. You will be ________ to know that I lost 30 kilos.”
“Great!” The doctor said. “Yes, but there’s another ________,” Mr. Brown said. “I’m 500 kilometers from home!”
A. happy B. worried C. mad
A. lose B. get C. have
A. at B. on C. for
A. at first B. at last C. at least
A. 10 B. 50 C. 100
A. heavy B. tall C. old
A. what B. how C. when
A. late B. early C. later
A. unhappy B. happy C. sorry
A. problem B. illness C. message
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