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．looked 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