Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American
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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(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often 31 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．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．
| 小题1: | | A．Until | B．Because | C．After | D．Unless |
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| 小题2: | | A．found | B．tried | C．asked for | D．looked for |
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小题3:A．more than B．less than C shorter than D．higher than
| 小题4: | | A．can | B．may | C．could | D．might |
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| 小题5: | | A．difficult | B．possible | C．useful | D．different |
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| 小题6: | | A．already | B．sometimes | C．hardly | D．always |
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| 小题7: | | A．helps | B．becomes | C．makes | D．means |
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| 小题8: | | A．food | B．rest | C．studying | D．playing |
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| 小题9: | | A．Soon | B．Finally | C．Once | D．Again |
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| 小题10: | | A．prepared | B．took | C．caught | D．picked |
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| 小题11: | | A．pay | B．lend | C．spend | D．save |
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| 小题12: | | A．along | B．up | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题14: | | A．another | B．the other | C．others | D．the others |
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| 小题15: | | A．hard | B．interesting | C．nice | D．great |
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答案
小题1:C
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小题1:B
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小题1:D
小题1:D
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小题1:C
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解析
小题1:C根据后面的讲述，她开始独自居住在纽约市，在一家出版社找了一份工作，可知是离开大学之后。unt“直到……才”，because“因为”，Unless“除非”，都不符合句意，只有after“在……之后”符合。
小题1:A根据后面的but the salary was …意为“薪水是……”可知是找到了工作。因此tried“尝试”，asked for“请求”，looked for“寻找，(强调动作)”都不符合，found为find的过去式，意为“找到(强调结果)”符合句意。
小题1:B 根据该句中的but表示转折及后面的句子“她的父母认为她的生活将会是艰难的”。可知more than“多于”，shorter than“比……矮(指高度)”，higher“比……高(指高度)”不符合，less than“不到；少于”，符合句意。
小题1:C句意为“Sarah能够靠她的薪水生活”，可排除may与might，根据and连接的动词时态一致性，由后面的saved可知这里应该用could。
小题1:B根据上文可知此处句意为“在世界上消费最贵的城市之一，那怎么可能？”所以，difficult“困难的”，useful“有用的”，different“不同的”不符合句意，possible“可能的”符合。
小题1:D由生活常识可知，cheap living“简朴的生活”应该总是想法节省最大的花费。already已经，sometimes有时，hardly几乎不，显然不符合句意。
小题1:D mean doing sth.表示“意味着……”。
小题1:A 根据后面讲述的关于她吃饭方面的事情，可以推测出这里是说“她接下来最大的花费是食物”。
小题1:C后面是描述Sarah某次吃饭的经历，所以用once“一次”，其他选项soon“不久”，finally“最后”，again“又；再”不符合。
小题1:B根据句意判断，此处是说“她把骨头带回家，用他们做汤”。其他动词无此意。
小题1:C spend some money on sth.意为“在某事上花费金钱”。
小题1:D考查词组walk around意为“四处走走；四处转转”。
小题1:A 介词by此处表示“以……方式”，句意为“Sarah过着这种简朴的生活感到可怜吗？”，其他选项不可以表示这种意思。
小题1:B 根据前半句She even managed to take two trips,可知是两个地方，在英语中表示“(两者中)一个……另一个……”为固定短语one… the other…。
小题1:A根据短文最后一句It’s a kind of game,“这是一种游戏”，可知Sarah认为节约花钱不是一件困难的事情。 |
举一反三
James is a good student and he has lots of friends，but he also has a problem．Some older boys are bullying(欺负)him at school．James is very unhappy and he doesn’t know what to do about it．Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation．
Don’t feel worried．It’s not your fault(过错)! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry，but you are not alone．Don’t feel that you have to hide the problem．You should find a person you can trust，and tell them．It might be your teacher，your parents，or even your friend’s parents．After you tell someone，you will get some support and feel some relief(解脱)．
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous，but here are other things you can do．Some people express their feelings more easily on paper．Write a letter to someone or keep a diary．Include all the details(细节)about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens．You can use it as proof to show what is going on．And it is a wonderful idea to
show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult．Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also，don’t show you are sad and don’t try and fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Ignore them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.
小题1:What do you think the text is trying to tell us?| A．What to do about being bullied. | | B．How to be a good student at school. | | C．What to write well in a diary. | | D．How to give suggestions to teenagers. |
小题2:Why does the text advise you not to feel worried if bullied?| A．Because you are not alone. | | B．Because it is not your fault. | | C．Because someone has known about it. | | D．Because you’ re doing something wrong. |
小题3:You’d better go and find a person you can trust and ____. | A．know what happens | B．learn from them | | C．ask for help | D．make them lonely |
小题4:If you remember and follow the suggestions above, ____. | A．nobody will speak to the bullies | | B．everybody will feel some relief | | C．someone will express their feelings | | D．the bullies will soon stop |
小题5:What does the underlined word "ignore" mean in the text?| A．take no notice of | B．take care of | | C．make full use of | D．get more help from |
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Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.
I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.
It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.
When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!
小题1:Prana was .| A．the writer | B．a boy | C．a bird | D．a dog |
小题2:I wasn’t always happy because .| A．Prana loved apples | | B．Prana caught an apple and ate it | | C．the apples fell on the ground and were dirty | | D．Prana brought the dirty apples into the house |
小题3:On the snowy day, Prana .| A．ate up all the apples | | B．dug holes to put the apples in them | | C．brought the apples under the snow to the ground | | D．left the house and died |
小题4:The birds flew to the garden to .| A．look for Prana | B．eat the apples | | C．make new homes | D．store food for the winter |
小题5:The topic of the story is about .| A．apples | B．animals | C．love | D．life |
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Denny Crook was a famous photographer(摄影师). He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is
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And he told the 42 .He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always 43 . “I’ll travel for my work, not for 44 ,” he told her. “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have 45 to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to 46 ,and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good 47 or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t 48 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he 49 about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife,” You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild 50 there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very 51 ,and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went off to 52 some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated(分开).She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her 53 .He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and 54 it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “ 55 ,woman !I can’t get you both in the picture!”
| 小题1: | | A．dangerous | B．natural | C．convenient | D．impossible |
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| 小题2: | | A．lie | B．reason | C．news | D．truth |
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| 小题3: | | A．allowed | B．refused | C．failed | D．joked |
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| 小题4: | | A．wealth | B．prize | C．pleasure | D．luck |
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| 小题5: | | A．money | B．time | C．interest | D．ability |
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| 小题7: | | A．meal | B．picnic | C．room | D．party |
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| 小题8: | | A．agree | B．understand | C．replay | D．complain |
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| 小题9: | | A．worried | B．forgot | C．asked | D．thought |
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| 小题10: | | A．land | B．flowers | C．animals | D．people |
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| 小题11: | | A．exciting | B．excited | C．surprised | D．surprising |
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| 小题12: | | A．find | B．feed | C．drive | D．shoot |
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| 小题13: | | A．singing | B．crying | C．laughing | D．cheering |
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| 小题14: | | A．threw | B．fired | C．showed | D．pointed |
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| 小题15: | | A．Hurry up | B．Look out | C．Slow down | D．Go ahead |
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It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地),where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
小题1:The man went to the shop to .| A．have a rest | B．help the girl | | C．buy some food | D．order some flowers |
小题2:The man’s mother lived away from him.| A．2 kilometers | B．75 miles | C．200 miles | D．200 kilometers |
小题3:The girl was crying on the road because .| A．she was hungry | B．she got hurt | | C．she couldn’t afford a rose | D．she couldn’t find her way home |
小题4:After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to together.| A．the cemetery | B．his shop | | C．the girl’s home | D．his mother’s house |
小题5: We can learn from the passage that .| A．the girl loved flowers very much | | B．the girl loved her mother very much | | C．the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother | | D．the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her |
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Years ago, I lived in a building in a town. There was another building across form mine, and it was only a few meters away. There lived a woman whom I had never met. I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, drinking or reading.
Several months later, I noticed her window was very dirty. Everything was not clear through the window. I wondered why the woman didn’t wash her window.
One sunny morning, I decided to clean up my apartment, including washing my windows. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down for a rest by the window. What a surprise! The woman sitting by her window was clearly seen! Her window was clean! Suddenly, I realized I had made a mistake. I was watching her through my dirty window all the time!
That was quite an important lesson for me. Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(判断) someone, I asked myself first, “ Am I looking at him through the dirty window of my heart?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world clearly.
小题1:The writer lived in years ago.| A．a hotel | B．a village | C．a town | D．the countryside |
小题2:The woman often drank and read by the window .| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon | C．in the evening | D．the whole day |
小题3:One sunny morning, the writer decided to do some .| A．reading | B．cleaning | C．shopping | D．cooking |
小题4:The writer was surprised to find the woman’s window was .| A．far | B．broken | C．clean | D．dirty |
小题5:From the passage(文章), we can learn .
A. we should judge ourselves before we judge others
B. we should judge others through the dirty windows
C. we shouldn’t clean the windows often |
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