（2011&middot;宁波）完形填空 Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here&#039;s a true story of an American girl, Sar...

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Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 1 began to live in New York City on her own. She 2 a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her 3and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 4 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 5 a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 6. When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants.7she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 8the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often 9 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, "I enjoy walking 10 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks." Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She 11managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.“Don't think of saving money as something 12. It's a kind of game,” said Sarah.

（1）

A、he B、she C、we D、they

（2）

A、found B、tried C、asked for D、looked for

（3）

A、salary B、time C、dream D、idea

（4）

A、difficult B、possible C、useful D、different

（5）

A、buy B、sell C、stay D、share

（6）

A、food B、rest C、studying D、playing

（7）

A、Soon B、Finally C、Once D、Again

（8）

A、prepared B、took C、caught D、picked

（9）

A、pay B、lend C、spend D、save

（10）

A、along B、up C、down D、around

（11）

A、even B、seldom C、always D、never

（12）

A、hard B、interesting C、nice D、great

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Please help!
    Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.
The purpose of this concert is to 1 money for children in Africa. Every day2 children in Africa die because they have diseases or have not enough3. There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the childre's parents, so they have no money to buy food or4. Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.
    Most African countries are poor. The land is not good for 5 food and the weather is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund,6a lot of money every year on food for poor people in Africa. The money comes7 people like you kind, generous people who do not want to see children die form hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to 8 a family of four for three days.
    How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little 9 on your own food so that you have a few dollars for The Feed Africa Fund.
    Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a10. Please be generous. Thank you.

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 1. Here is a true story about an American girl, Anna. After graduation, she began to live in Los Angeles on her own. She 2 a job in a publishing house(出版社) and earned 3 $30,000 a year. Her parents thought Anna's life would be 4, but Anna was able to live on her money and still 5 $5000 in the first year. How could she do so in 6 expensive city?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the 7 cost small. For people, that 8 housing. So Anna chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 9. When she ate 10, she went to cheap restaurants. 11 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 12 a lot of money on entertainment. But Anna loved going to museums and parks as the 13 for these places were free. Did Anna feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even 14 to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, 15 to Portland.
“Don't think of saving money as something hard. It's a kind of game,” said Anna.

Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own 1. Many students work after school to 2 a car. In most places 3 people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a 4 test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver's 5 may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are 6. But they will take 7 cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people 8 most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have 9 car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or 10 activities.

The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 1 in the dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 2.
One clever 18-month-old monkey found she could 3 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her 4 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers, too.
All the younger monkeys 5 learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them 6 to eat. But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 7 sweet potatoes.
Then something very surprising 8. In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 9 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don't fully understand how this knowledge was 10 from one island to another.

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My friend and I entered a little coffee house and ordered two cups of coffee. While we were waiting, two young men came in and began to order, “1cups of coffee, please. Two of them for us and three there on the wall.” The waiter served them with respect (尊敬). They paid for their order, took the two and left. As soon as they left, the waiter2put three pieces of paper on the wall. We saw this with great3.

Some more people came. Two girls asked for one coffee each, paid and went away. Then came three lawyers who paid for seven coffees —three for 4and four suspended(待用). I really 5 what the suspended coffees were. Suddenly a man came into the coffee house. The way this man was dressed didn't 6 the style(风格）of this coffee shop. He kindly ordered a coffee on the wall. The waiter served coffee to this man, showing him the same 7 as the other customers. The man had his coffee and left 8 paying. The waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.

At that moment, I knew the meaning of the suspended coffees. It's simple—people pay the coffee in advance(预先) for someone who can't 9it. The tradition with the suspended coffees 10 in Italy, but it has spread all over the world. A suspended coffee is not only a cup of coffee, but also the warmth and love to someone in need.

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A. when you cross the road together with them.

B. Children learn about road safety by watching others.

C. After knowing about traffic rules,

D. keep your children from getting hurt,

E. When your children are a little older,

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