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.
| 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 |
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| 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．never | 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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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
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试题分析:本文从美国女孩儿Sarah的经历中延伸告诉我们什么才是节俭生活。
小题1:考查介词及语境的理解。下句话说她开始到纽约市工作，证明应是大学毕业之后，所以用介词after。
小题2:考查动词及语境的理解。根据上下文，这里应是她找到一份工作，所以用A为正确选项。
小题3:考查短语辨词及语境的理解。根据句意，她找到一份工作，但是一转折，应是少于$30,000， 故答案选B
小题4:考查情态动词及语境的理解。上句说爸妈认为她的生活会很难，但是转折说明下文应该说她能依赖工资生活而且还存了钱。表示能力，用因句子是过去式，故答案选Ｃ
小题5:考查形容词及语境的理解。对女孩生活花费那么低可能性产生疑问“那怎么可能呢？”故答案选B
小题6:考查副词及语境的理解。承接第一段表明作者观点：便宜的生活总是从大的花销节约开始的。故答案选D.
小题7:考查动词及语境的理解。根据上文，要讲节约，说对于大部分人，房子意味着最大的开销 所以她选择小公寓，故答案选D.
小题8:考查名词及语境的理解。 根据下一句话她出去吃饭选择小饭店可知，她的第二大花销是吃饭，故答案选A.
小题9:考查副词及语境的理解。 此处是举例子，根据上下文，应该是一次“once“她买了一只整鸡 ，故答案选C.
小题10:考查动词及语境的理解。吃完之后她把鸡骨头带回家，用take，构成把。。。带到哪里， 故答案选B。
小题11:考查动词及语境的理解。根据下文介词on,再根据上文说现在很多年轻人把钱花在娱乐上，应该选用固定搭配spend……on……：在某方面花费……，故答案选C.
小题12:考查副词及语境的理解。Sarah与其他年轻人不一样，她享受在纽约四处走走，四处走走英语为walk around，故答案选D.
小题13:考查介词及语境的理解。 根据上下文，可知此处作者想表达的是：Sarah对这种廉价的生活方式她感到可怜吗？by 通过。。。方式，故答案选A.
小题14:考查代词及语境的理解。上文提及她甚至设计了两次旅游，，表达两者中“一个。。。另一个。。。“应该采用one ……the other。。。短语，故答案选B。
小题15:考查形容词及语境的理解。根据上下文，可知此处作者想表达Sarah的想法，也是本文的中心，“不要把省钱看成什么难事，它就是一个游戏。“A.困难的，B.有意思的，C.好的，D.伟大的。根据本文中心，答案选A. |
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 小题1:According to a UN list, is the best country to live in. | A．Australia | B．New Zealand | | C．Zimbabwe | D．Norway |
小题2:The human development index shows of people in a country. | A．the health | | B．both the health and happiness | | C．the number | | D．the progress |
小题3:China came in at number on the list.小题4:The word "average" in paragraph 3 means " ". 小题5:Which country has made the most progress in the past forty years?| A．Niger. | B．Japan. | C．Oman. | D．China. |
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Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. Some people think it’s their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
小题1: A Japanese worker works __________ more hours a year than a French one.| A．513 | B．1,646 | C．2,159 | D．3,805 |
小题2:The word “overtime” in Paragraph 3 means _____________.小题3:People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.| A．France | B．Germany | C．the United States | D．Great Britain |
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．No companies offer vacations to their workers. | | B．Many people say they have enough time to relax. | | C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work. | | D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days. |
小题5:What can we infer(推断) from the passage?| A．Many workers have to work long hours. | | B．Many people have vacations long enough. | | C．Work hours are the same around the world. | | D．There are a lot of dull people in the world. |
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Last Monday we asked our students about how often they do the housework in Beishan Middle School. Here are the results.
Most students do the housework twice or three times a week. They often clean their rooms. Some students do the housework five times a week. They often clean the floor(地板). Some students help their parents on the farm. They think their parents are too busy, so they help them.
The results for “wash clothes” are interesting. Some students wash clothes once or twice a week. They often wash clothes on Saturdays or Sundays. Some students wash clothes three to four times a week. They only wash their own（自己的） clothes. But most students wash their clothes once a week. And they wash clothes on Sundays.
Liu Ying, a girl in Class 6, Grade 8 has lots of housework to do. She washes the dishes and cleans the floor every day. She often cooks. Sometimes three times a day. She says, “My mother isn’t healthy. My father works in another city. So I have to do most of the housework at home.”
小题1:Some students help their parents on the farm because .| A．they think they are old enough | | B．they think their parents are too busy | | C．they don’t have too much homework | | D．it is fun |
小题2: How often do most students wash their clothes? | A．Once a week. | B．Twice a week. | | C．Three to four times a week. | D．never |
小题3:From the passage we know that .| A．Liu Ying is not a healthy student | | B．Liu Ying is good at housework | | C．Liu Ying doesn’t want to do housework. | | D．Liu Ying has to do much housework. |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true? | A．Most students don’t do the housework. | | B．Liu Ying is a student from Class 6, Grade 8. | | C．Liu Ying cooks three times a day sometimes. | | D．Liu Ying washes the dishes and cleans the floor every day. |
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Today’s young people are taking a more active part in online activities. Although the Internet can be for students to collect information and communicate（交流）with their friends, teachers and parents are becoming more and more about the unhealthy web content（网上内容）in the bar. They think that the birth of “Harm-free Internet Bars”（健康网吧）is step to teenagers.
It was Sunday afternoon and there were not many seats left in the Feiyu Internet Bar. A few were found playing . A person of the bar was walking around Internet users’ online activities.
“My job is to find anyone who is looking at websites and then them from doing so,” he said. “This is a of the ‘Harm-free Internet Bar’ project”. Feiyu, a famous Internet bar in Beijing is among the first 19 to the harm-free Internet bar club.
In order to help start a better for teenagers’ online activities, China’s Communist Youth League has brought out the program named “Harm-free Internet Bar for Teens”.
But while teachers and parents the “harm-free Internet bars”, do many school students think of them?
| 小题1: | | A．successful | B．useful | C．hopeful | D．interesting |
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| 小题2: | | A．amazed | B．excited | C．frightened | D．worried |
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| 小题3: | | A．an easy | B．a hard | C．an important | D．an impossible |
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| 小题4: | | A．prevent | B．stop | C．ask | D．protect |
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| 小题5: | | A．comfortable | B．empty | C．single | D．clean |
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| 小题6: | | A．teachers | B．students | C．parents | D．officers |
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| 小题7: | | A．music | B．bridge | C．chess | D．online games |
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| 小题8: | | A．watching | B．looking | C．seeing | D．finding |
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| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．healthy | C．unknown | D．harmful |
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| 小题10: | | A．stop | B．tell | C．make | D．encourage |
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| 小题11: | | A．work | B．program | C．room | D．place |
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| 小题13: | | A．place | B．environment | C．Internet bar | D．club |
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| 小题14: | | A．complain about | B．worry about | C．welcome | D．club |
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| 小题15: | | A．how | B．why | C．what | D．whether |
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All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online(上网) to watch.
Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.
小题1:Sports are good for _______.| A．the players | B．people’s health | | C．the coaches | D．people who like sports |
小题2:If you like sports, you can _______.
A. buy tickets to watch the games
B. watch the games on TV
C. watch the games on the Internet
D. A、B and C
小题3:People play _______ in different seasons.| A．the same game | B．different games | C．any games | D．all kinds of games |
小题4:_______ is very popular in the world.| A．Table tennis | B．Baseball | C．Football | D．Skating |
小题5:From this passage we can see that _______ can become very friendly.| A．people from different countries all | | B．people from the same country | | C．people who do the same sports | | D．after a game, people from different countries |
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