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It's early July right now and all I can think of is how I'm going to live through the year financially.
1prices rising as fast as ants on bread, I wonder how we can2 it. I can't imagine what a five-person
family with one income is3right now. You could buy so many things with ten dollars in the past, but
today ten dollars in my pocket4I worked overtime last week!
In the past, I5 turned the light off when I left a room or turned my computer off when I wasn't using
it, but these days, I open the fridge and6 it as quickly as I can. I7more heat because lowering the
temperature means a8electric bill.
We have a budget. Prices keep9 and our pay doesn't. Don't get me wrong. We have enough to
10our bills, keep food in the house, and put11in our cars, but that's about it. There hasn't been much
12in our house for the past few months.
13 going out to dinner, we invite people over 'potluck(百乐餐,自带饮食的聚会)'. I've never
been a potluck person. I always had more than14food at any I held at my house.15now I
ask everyone to bring something. I hate to do it, but I can't16not to do it.
We aren't having a big family vacation this year instead of taking a weekend to go camping on days
we already have17. We are eating lots of pasta(意大利面食) these days.
As John Mayor sings it-'waiting on the world to change'. I am18wondering whether it's going to
change for the better or continue to get19. All I know for sure is that we have to change our budget
more20, turn more lights off and eat more pasta!
( ) 1. A.With
( ) 2. A.get along
( ) 3. A.dealing
( ) 4. A.remains
( ) 5. A.even
( ) 6. A.widen
( ) 7. A.took
( ) 8. A.higher
( ) 9. A.raising
( )10. A.buy
( )11. A.paint
( )12. A.extra
( )13. A.No more
( )14. A.much too
( )15. A.Though
( )16. A.stand
( )17. A.off
( )18. A.expecting
( )19. A.best
( )20. A.easily B.While
B.get over
B.doing
B.suggests
B.never
B.close
B.take
B.more
B.sinking
B.waste
B.water
B.else
B.In place
B.too much
B.As
B.bear
B.away
B.waiting
B.longer
B.sadly C.As
C.get across
C.
C.shows
C.ever
C.remove
C.will take
C.less
C.rising
C.spend
C.oil
C.enough
C.Instead of
C.many too
C.Until
C.afford
C.along
C.witnessing
C.harder
C.suddenly D.If
D.get through
D.solving
D.means
D.always
D.switch
D.have taken
D.lower
D.decreasing
D.pay
D.gas
D.adequate
D.Except for
D.too many
D.But
D.buy
D.over
D.attending
D.unlucky
D.often