How to make the audio track match the cut of the video track?

You don't have to ripple delete to remove the gap, I just assumed you might want that. Instead, the regular Delete command will remove the clip without closing the gap.

I've long wished to be able to create cuts based on an in and out point, but since that's not possible, this is the next best thing. Believe it or not, with snapping enabled, and maybe using the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate to the next clip on track V1 (as long as it's targeted), you could cut 50-60 clips in a minute or two, less if you're really fast. 

The way I would do this is to make sure V1 and A1 are targeted, use the Down Arrow key to move from clip-to-clip, then use the KB shortcut to make a razor edit. Since A1 is targeted, the Add Edit command (Ctrl/Cmd + K) will affect any clip on that track. Yes, you will have to select the gap clips to delete, but again, this whole process could take just a few minutes. Sometimes the tedious, manual labor method is the only way, and often times, it can go much faster than you might think with just a few KB shortcuts.