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