9.Kate Hashimoto was picking up a few groceries at the Upper West Side Food Emporium when she ran into a friend."Hey Kate,do you like wraps?Here's a chicken wrap,''her pal said."But be careful,it's kind of wet."They weren't in the food store.They were in front of the store,digging through three overflowing trash bins.
Hashimoto Dumpster-dives(拾荒) for all her food,doesn't use toilet paper or do laundry,and hasn't bought makeups in 10years.She doesn't have to live this way-she's an employed CPA(注冊(cè)會(huì)計(jì)師)."I've always been money-saving,but it was when I was fired that I became extreme,"Hashimoto explained."No job is guaranteed,so I live as if I could be fired at any time."
Manhattan,she said,is a gold mine for dumpster divers."Consumers in wealthy areas expect their products to be perfect,so upscale stores throw out a lot of items that are still good."New York can be the most expensive place to live,but it can also be the least expensive if you know how to work the system."
Hashimoto let the reporter of a newspaper spend a day with her learning how to work the system.She lives in Harlem,where she bought a studio in 2010and paid it off in nine months,but walks down to the Upper West Side three times a week for good,free food.Her other money-saving methods include using soap to wash herself after using the toilet,taking surveys online to earn gift cards,participating in medical trials,testing products for free samples,cutting her own hair,washing her clothes while she showers,and running to work to avoid using subway."I was very angry about the latest round of subway fare rises,"she said.
Hashimoto does have her limits.Her furniture is a collection of found free gifts-but she won't take an old mattress for fear of bedbugs,and sleeps instead on used yoga mats.And she won't stay in a relationship with a boyfriend for free meals."I've been in a relationship where I stayed because I was getting free gifts,but I got out of it,"she says."It's better to be single and dumpster-diving than to be with someone you can't stand."
21.The author mentions Kate's friend at the beginning toC.
A.show there are too many dumpster divers
B.introduce the topic of the text
C.show they have the same lifestyle
D.show the close relationship between them
22.The underlined word"upscale"(in Para.3)is closest in meaning toB.
A.large
B.high-class
C.faraway
D.comfortable
23.How does the author develop the fourth paragraph?D
A.Offering the sufferings of Kate.
B.Making comparisons.
C.Discussing the high living cost in New York.
D.Providing details of Kate's daily life.
分析 本文主要講述的是摳門的女白領(lǐng)橋本,她是一名注冊(cè)會(huì)計(jì)師,但是她很省錢,如廁不用紙,食物家具全靠從垃圾箱里撿.
解答 21.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段的Hey Kate,do you like wraps?Here's achicken wrap,''her pal said."But be careful,it's kind of wet."They weren'tin the food store.They were in front of the store,digging through threeoverflowing trash bins."嘿,凱特,你喜歡雞肉卷嗎?這有個(gè)雞肉卷,"她朋友說道."但是小心,還有點(diǎn)濕."她們的對(duì)話并不是在什么雜貨店的走廊里.她們站在商店前,在三個(gè)漫出來的垃圾箱里翻找著,可知她們有著同樣的生活方式,故選C項(xiàng).
22.B 詞義猜測(cè)題.根據(jù)第三段的Manhattan,she said,is a gold mine fordumpster divers."Consumers in wealthy areas expect their products to beperfect,so upscale stores throw out a lot of items that are still good.曼哈頓是一座金礦,她說,生活在富裕地區(qū)的人們,往往希望他們的一切生活用品都是完美的,所以那些高檔的商店會(huì)把很多還很新的產(chǎn)品扔掉,故選B項(xiàng).
23.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第四段的Hashimoto let the reporter of a newspaperspend a day with her learning how to work the system橋本邀請(qǐng)記者用一天的時(shí)間和她學(xué)學(xué)如何像她一樣生活,可知選D項(xiàng).
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