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中考英语语篇及作文专项强化训练（四） 　　一、 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 　　Do you have the ability to live cheaply？ Now here’s a true story of an American girl， Sarah. 　　1 Sarah left university， she began to live in New York City on her own. She 2 a job in a publishing house， but the salary（薪水） was 3 $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard， but Sarah 4 live on her salary and still saved $5， 000 in a year. How was that 5 in one of the most expensive cities in the world？ 　　Cheap living 6 starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people， that 7 housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 8 . When she ate out， she went to cheap restaurants. 9 she bought a $9， 99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 10 the chicken bones（骨头） home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often 11 a lot of money on entertainment（娱乐）. But Sarah said， “I enjoy walking 12 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor 13 cheap living？ Not really. She even managed to take two trips， one to the Netherlands， 14 to Portland. 　　“Don’t think of saving money as something 15 . It’s a kind of game，” said Sarah. 　　（ ）1. A. Until B. Because C. After D. Unless 　　（ ）2. A. found B. tried C. asked for D. Iooked for 　　（ ）3. A. more than B. less than C. shorter than D. higher than 　　（ ）4. A. can B. may C. could D. might 　　（ ）5. A. difficult B. possible C. useful D. different 　　（ ）6. A. already B. sometimes C. hardly D. always 　　（ ）7. A. helps B. becomes C. makes D. means 　　（ ）8. A. food B. rest C. studying D. playing 　　（ ）9. A. Soon B. Finally C. Once D. Again 　　（ ）10. A. prepared B. took C. caught D. picked 　　（ ）11. A. pay B. lend C. spend D. save 　　（ ）12. A. along B. up C. down D. around 　　（ ）13. A. by B. up C. at D. between 　　（ ）14. A. another B. the other C. others D. the others 　　（ ）15. A. hard B. interesting C. nice D. great 　　二、 阅读理解（共15小题，