Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
 21  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   22  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was  28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   30 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34 to Portland．
“Don’t think of saving money as something  35 ．It’s a kind of game，”said Sarah．

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying. Mark helped the boy pick them up.   16   they were going the same way, he carried them for the boy. As they walked, Mark knew the boy’s name was Bill. Mark   17   discovered that he loved computer games, baseball and history and that he was having a lot of   18   with his other subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in   19   Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   20   with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They   21   to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice and then   22   ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before they finished school, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk.

Bill   23   him of the day years ago when they had first met. ‘Do you   24   wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?’ asked Bill. ‘You see, I   25   out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had planned to   26   from home and I was going home to pack my things. But after we spent some time together   27   and laughing, I realized that   28   I had done that, I would have   29   a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You   30   my life.’

1.A. After          B. Since            C. Although     D. Until

2. A. also          B. still            C. always       D. almost

3.A. questions      B. ideas            C. trouble      D. doubt

4.A. from           B. with             C. to           D. for

5. A. quickly       B. proudly        C. freely         D. pleasantly

6. A. continued     B. hoped            C. preferred        D. offered

7.A. all                B. both         C. every            D. none

8. A. removed           B. reminded     C. asked            D. described

9. A. ever          B. soon         C. even         D. never

10.A. checked           B. took         C. cleaned      D. put

11. A. run away     B. take away        C. put away     D. pass away

12.A. reading           B. playing          C. talking      D. watching

13.A. before            B. if               C. while        D. as

14.A. forgotten     B. made         C. became       D. lost

15.A. helped            B. saved            C. changed      D. improved