大英习题(含解释).doc

综合B3?(共 60 minutes ) Part I? Reading Comprehension??( 25 minutes ) Section A ????????????Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A) picks up B) temptation C) given D) generate E) involved F) instead of G) Extravagant H) cutting up I) cutting back J) endurance K) covered L) Aside from M) tolerance N) exotic O) pay ?I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either. I??? 1??? enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor man’s major-medical policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It???2??? 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low — only $560 a year — and we are?? ?3??? against catastrophe.?? ?4??? that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA.????????We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by?? ?5??? without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twice a month, but now we patronize local restaurants?? ?6??? more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies.??? 7??? Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments …????????I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a c