With the rapid progress in the economy, it is natural that people's ideology is bound for change. Being 26 is no longer a virtue to some people, and they are not alone in holding this view. Each might have different viewpoints on how to lead one's lifestyle: some prefer simplicity, some love luxuries, some spend 27 , some accumulate as much as they can like a country mouse. As I was born poor and in the countryside, the simple rural life seldom loses its 28 to me, but as my station changes, I have an opportunity to 29 with the newly rich, an experience which has revolutionized my view of lifestyle.
It is evil or sinful to spend little and to save much, an idea only recently being revealed to me.Actually the whole world is in a 30 to borrow and to spend, with the USA leading the trend. The USA is still the richest and most powerful country in the world, but the 31 is that they borrow money from us. though a 32 of economics, at least I know that investing with borrowed money will turn the borrower into the 33 rather than the decent and kind lender. An apparent case is real estate. Those who are 34 and have got loans from the bank become relatively rich by selling their purchased home at a price several folds higher. Even education is not immune from this theory. Many of those poor parents who have the vision to send their children to college have benefited from this investment, even though they have to 35 a living. It is reasonable to conclude that spending is praiseworthy, supposing it is not beyond your means.
A) appeal
B) extravagantly
C) intrinsically
D) irony
E) layman
F) literally
G) majestic
H) malicious
I) meadow
J) mingle
K) predator
L) rage
M) scrape
N) shrewd
O) thrifty
答案解析：
这里“Being ___”是动名词短语作主语，“is”是系动词，“no longer a virtue”是表语，空格处应填形容词，因为“Being + 形容词”构成动名词短语作主语。空格所在句句意：根据后文“some prefer simplicity, some love luxuries”(一些人喜欢简单，一些人喜欢奢侈)，这里说节俭不再是一种美德，“thrifty”意为“节俭的”，符合语境。所以选O。
“some spend ___”和“some accumulate...”是并列结构，空格处应填副词，修饰动词“spend”。空格所在句句意：与“accumulate as much as they can”(尽可能多地积累)形成对比，这里应该是挥霍无度地花钱，“extravagantly”意为“挥霍无度地”，符合语境。所以选B。
“its”是形容词性物主代词，后接名词，空格处应填名词。空格所在句句意：根据语境，简单的乡村生活对“我”来说很少失去吸引力，“appeal”意为“吸引力”，符合语境。所以选A。
“to ___with the newly rich”是不定式短语作后置定语，修饰“opportunity”，空格处应填动词原形。空格所在句句意：根据语境，“我”有机会和新富阶层交往，“mingle”意为“交往;混合”，符合语境。所以选J。
“in a ___”是介词短语作表语，空格处应填名词。空格所在句句意：根据后文“with the USA leading the trend”(美国引领这一趋势)，这里说整个世界都处于借贷和消费的热潮中，“rage”意为“热潮;狂怒”，这里取“热潮”之意，符合语境。所以选L。
“the ___”是主语，“is”是系动词，“that they borrow money from us”是表语从句，空格处应填名词。空格所在句句意：根据语境，美国是世界上最富有和最强大的国家，但讽刺的是他们向我们借钱，“irony”意为“讽刺”，符合语境。所以选D。
“a ___of economics”是名词短语作让步状语，空格处应填名词。空格所在句句意：根据语境，虽然“我”不是经济学专家，但至少“我”知道用借来的钱投资会让借款人变成掠夺者，“layman”意为“门外汉;非专业人士”，符合语境。所以选E。
“the ___”和“the decent and kind lender”是并列的宾语补足语，空格处应填名词。空格所在句句意：根据语境，用借来的钱投资会让借款人变成掠夺者而不是体面善良的贷款人，“predator”意为“掠夺者”，符合语境。所以3选K。
“who are ___”是定语从句，修饰“Those”，空格处应填形容词。空格所在句句意：根据语境，那些精明且从银行获得贷款的人通过以高出几倍的价格出售所购房屋变得相对富有，“shrewd”意为“精明的”，符合语境。所以选N。
空格所在处是“have to do sth.”结构，空格处应填动词原形。空格所在句句意：根据语境，即使他们不得不艰难谋生，“scrape a living”意为“艰难谋生”，符合语境。所以选M。
