Oneafternoon,afterfinishingshoppinginasupermarket,myfam...
问题详情:
One afternoon, after finishing shopping in a supermarket, my family and I went to the checkout. I suddenly thought we didn’t need any of the junk, and we abandoned all of those, saving $300.
That got me thinking about all our pointless expenses in life. With a promise that we’d stop if it was killing us,
I convinced the family to take the leap into frugality(节俭). The rules were that we would buy nothing for 30 days except absolutely essentials.
Our adventure began with a great start. By 9 a.m., my wife, Ruth, had already made cakes from old
strawberries and picked flowers I didn’t even know we had in the garden. I cleared the car by hand for the first time for years. I read and returned the neighbor’s newspaper before he woke up. Total spending on the first day: $0.
As days turned into weeks, we became so proficient(熟练的)at living frugally. We started riding our bikes to
save gas. My child’s finger painting was recycled as gift wrap for the homemade presents. We started to use an Internet application like Skype for free phone calls and ask neighbors with gardens for extra vegetables and herbs.
In the end, we saved more than $2000 by not spending for a month. When we began, I imagined we would
rush out the moment we were done and buy a lot of things in the supermarket, then maybe hit the mall or go to the movies.
24. We can infer from the passage that before that very afternoon, the family _________.
A. had had higher income and living standard
B. had adopted an advisable habit of saving money
C. had often spent money without thinking much
D. hadn’t expected they would have financial problems
25. How many things were mentioned about what the family did to save on the first day of the “30 days”?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
26. The end of the story suggests that the family _________.
A. stopped halfway because of unexpected things
B. could barely put up with the life of frugality
C. would return to normal after the “30 days”
D. succeeded in saving and changed their spending habit
27. This passage is mainly about _________.
A. how a new idea came up B. a family’s way of solving life problems
C. a family’s no-buying try D. how a family managed their daily life
【回答】
CBDC
知识点:阅读理解
题型:阅读理解
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