In the past, large numbers of American people liked to use tomorrow’s money. However, since the economic depression(經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條), 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.
小題1:
A．happilyB．luckilyC．hopefullyD．cheaply
小題2:
A．foundB．getsC．looked forD．makes
小題3:
A．more thanB．less thanC．moreD．less
小題4:
A．dangerousB．hardC．easyD．comfortable
小題5:
A．madeB．gaveC．tookD．saved
小題6:
A．so anB．such anC．soD．such
小題7:
A．expensiveB．muchC．bigD．heavy
小題8:
A．doesB．becomesC．helpsD．means
小題9:
A．foodB．clothesC．studyingD．traveling
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)wayB．out C．upD．inside
小題11:
A．SoonB．FinallyC．OnceD．Again
小題12:
A．payB．spendC．costD．take
小題13:
A．ticketsB．seatsC．exhibitionD．tea
小題14:
A．triedB．hadC．neededD．managed
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)notherB．the otherC．otherD．other

小題1:D
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小題1:B
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小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:A
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小題1:D。根據(jù)句意可知用cheaply。然而，自從經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條以來(lái)，許多人已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)節(jié)儉生活。
小題1:A。她在出版社找到了（found）一份工作。
小題1:B。less than少于。賺取一年不到3萬(wàn)美元。
小題1:B。她的父母認(rèn)為安娜的生活將會(huì)很艱辛（hard）。
小題1:D。save“節(jié)省”之意。在第一年任然節(jié)省5000美元。
小題1:B。考查such + a/an + adj + n結(jié)構(gòu)。她在如此昂貴的城市是怎么做到的呢？
小題1:C。keep the big cost small指的是“將大的開支變小”。
小題1:D。mean doing意味著做某事。對(duì)人們來(lái)說(shuō)，那意味著住房。
小題1:A。另外一個(gè)，她最大的花費(fèi)是食物（food）。
小題1:B。eat out指“出去吃飯”之意。
小題1:C。一次（once），她在當(dāng)?shù)仫堭^買了一只9.99元的整雞。
小題1:B。spend … on sth.在某事方面花費(fèi)。今天，很多年輕人花很多錢在娛樂(lè)上。
小題1:A。因?yàn)槟切┑胤狡保╰icket0是免費(fèi)的。
小題1:D。manage to do指成功的做某事。她甚至有兩次成功的旅行。
小題1:B。根據(jù)前面的兩次，故另外一次用“the other”。另外一次是到波蘭。
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