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       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    
( ) 2.A.found    
( ) 3.A.more than
( ) 4.A.can      
( ) 5.A.difficult
( ) 6.A.already  
( ) 7.A.helps    
( ) 8.A.food     
( ) 9.A.Soon     
( ) 10.A.prepared  
( ) 11.A.pay      
( ) 12.A.along    
( ) 13.A.by      
( ) 14.A.another  
( ) 15.A.hard     
B.Because    
B.tried       
B.less than    
B.may         
B.possible    
B.sometimes    
B.becomes        
B.rest        
B.Finally     
B.took         
B.lend        
B.up         
B.up         
B.the other   
B.interesting
C.After    
C.asked for 
C shorter than    
C.could             
C.useful   
C.hardly    
C.makes    
C.studying  
C.Once      
C.caught   
C.spend   
C.down       
C.at      
C.others   
C.nice     
D.Unless         
D.Iooked for     
D.higher than    
D.might          
D.different      
D.always         
D.means          
D.playing        
D.Again          
D.picked         
D.save           
D.around         
D.between        
D.the others     
D.great        
答案

1.C    2.A    3.B    4.C    5.B    6.D    7.D    8.A    9.C   10.B  

11.C    12.D    13.A    14.B    15.A

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A good translator is by definition bilingual. The opposite is not (1) true, however. A born and bred bilingual will still need two (2) to become a translator: first, the skills and experience necessary for (3) ; second, knowledge of the field in which he or she will (4) . The skills and experience for translation include the ability to write (5) in the target language, the ability to read and understand the (6) language material thoroughly, and the ability to work with the latest (7) and communication hardware and software.
Does a born and bred bilingual (8) a better translator than someone who learned language B later in (9) There is no definite answer, but the following issues are important. (10) , a born and bred bilingual often suffers from not truly knowing (11) language well enough to translate, with some even suffering from what (12) known as a lingua-ism, a state in which a person lacks (13) full, fluent command of any language. Second, born and bred bilinguals (14) don’t know the culture of the target language well enough to (15) top-quality translations, or cannot recognize what aspects of the source language (16) its culture need to be treated with particular care, as they (17) in a sense too close to the language. And last, they often (18) the analytical linguistic skills to work through a sticky text.
On (19) other hand, the acquired bilingual may not have the sam0e in-depth (20) of colloquialisms, slang, and dialect that the born bilingual has. Also, the acquired bilingual will not be able to translate as readily in both directions (from B to language A and A to language B). Finally, born bilinguals often have a greater appreciation of the subtleties and nuances of both their languages than someone who learns their B language later in life can ever hope to have.