I'm always baffled when I walk into a pharmacy and see shelves bursting with various vitamins ,extracts and other supplements ,all promising to accelerate or promote weight loss .Aisles of marketing genius belie(掩饰)the fact that， ____26____， weight loss is dictated by the laws of artithmetic. Economist Jessica Trcine wrote a book about how she used math to help her lose more than 18 kilograms.If calories taken in are less than calories ____27____， weight shall be lost， and so it is with money .
Despite the ___28___of financial products， service and solutions geared towards accumulating wealth， it all begins with the same __29___: getting ahead financially requires a reduction of spending，so that income is greater than expenses，i was reminded of this again recently listening to an interview with Nicole Haddow the author of Smashed avocado，explaining how she cracked the property market at 31， it was quite a ____30____,given where she had been two years earlier.
Nicole didn't celebrate her 30th birthday as she had_31.She was sobbing at the diner table with her parents， with whom she had just moved back in.She had no stable income S12000 in credit-card debt and no pan， but to her_32， her father， an accountant told her that her financial 33_wasn't as bad as she thought. He said， on her income， with some changes， she would be able to buy an investment unit within two years， which she did.
Nicole admitted she was fortunate， as she was able to live with her parents and 34 her spending-and life- to get herself on track financially. creating a gap between her income and spending required a paradigm shift and 35 sacrifice and commitment but by going into financial lockdown， Nicole gained f financial independence .
A) abundance I) impetus
B) astonishment J) overhaul
C) entailed K) permanently
D) envisaged L) plight
E) equation M) prosper
F) expended N) shatter
G) feat 0) ultimately
H) fiscally
答案解析：
26. O根据前文提到的各种营销手段(marketing genius)和后文提到的减肥的算术法则(laws of arithmetic)，可知这里需要一个词来强调“最终”或“根本上”的真相。营销手段掩盖了表面现象，但“最终”，减肥是由算术法则决定的。所以选 ultimately。
27. F根据前文“calories taken in”(摄入的卡路里)和后文“weight shall be lost”(体重会减轻)，可知这里需要与“摄入”相对的词，即“消耗”的卡路里。所以选 expended。
28. A根据后文提到的各种金融产品、服务和解决方案(financial products, service and solutions)，可知这些理财工具的数量是“大量”或“丰富”的。所以选 abundance。
29. E根据后文对理财核心原则的描述(getting ahead financially requires a reduction of spending, so that income is greater than expenses)，可知这和前文减肥的“算术法则”(laws of arithmetic)一样，是一个基本的“方程式”或原则。所以选 equation。
30. G根据后文“given where she had been two years earlier”(考虑到她两年前的处境)，可知她能在31岁时成功进入房地产市场是一项了不起的“功绩”或“壮举”。所以选 feat。
31. D根据后文她当时糟糕的处境(和父母同住、负债、没有稳定收入)，可知她30岁的生日过得并不如她所“设想”或“预期”的那样。所以选 envisaged。
32. B根据后文她父亲告诉她财务状况没那么糟糕，这给了她希望，可知她听到这个消息时应该是感到“惊讶”或“诧异”。所以选 astonishment。
33. L根据前文“her financial”和后文“wasn't as bad as she thought”，可知此处需要填入一个表示“困境”的词。"Plight" 意为“困境，苦况”，符合语境，所以选L。
34. J根据前文她需要“改变”(changes)来让财务走上正轨，以及后文提到的“范式转变”(paradigm shift)，可知她对自己的支出和生活进行了一次彻底的“大修”或“改造”。所以选 overhaul。
35. C根据前文“范式转变”(paradigm shift)和后文“牺牲和承诺”(sacrifice and commitment)，可知这种转变必然“包含”或“需要”巨大的牺牲和承诺。所以选 entailed。
