I 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. My family’s last vacation was a good 1 to prove it. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break from school, and we were 2 home from Fort Lauderdale after a week-long trip. The flight was 3 , and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York, so I had to 4 . But that didn't mean my husband and my son couldn't stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.
The next day, my husband and son were offered more 5 to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged — okay, ordered — them to wait it out at the 6 , to "earn" more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?
Now some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a 7 . And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to 8 .
I've made living looking for the best deals and 9 the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. So far, I feel proud that I have written a couple of 10 including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I 11 in.
