Question

  Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very 1        woman. She didn't buy many jewels (珠宝) or 2        clothes. 3      ,she spent millions of dollars in 4       a house. She began to do it at the age of 45.        The strange thing about Sarah's 5       was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38 6       because Sarah was afraid to 7        building it. Sarah's house was near San Jose. Every day,a lot of 8       arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows,9       the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000 10       There were also three lifts,nine kitchens,and 47 fireplaces. Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting 11       ?It was because Sarah was afraid of 12       She thought she would die when the house was finished,so she didn't want her house to be finished. Sarah Winchester's 13       seemed to have worked (奏效) 14       she lived to be 83 years old. But 15      ,her house was finished.

(   ) 1. A. poor   B. rich   C. expensive   D. useful

(   ) 2. A. cheap   B. expensive   C. simple   D. old

(   ) 3. A. Still   B. Usually   C. Instead   D. Even

(   ) 4. A. building   B. buying   C. selling   D. setting

(   ) 5. A. door   B. window   C. kitchen   D. house

(   ) 6. A. years   B. months   C. weeks   D. days

(   ) 7. A. keep   B. enjoy   C. stop   D. help

(   ) 8. A. drivers   B. workers   C. farmers   D. visitors

(   ) 9. A. but   B. until   C. since   D. so

(   ) 10. A. floors   B. kitchens   C. windows   D. rooms

(   ) 11. A. bigger   B. smaller   C. stronger   D. cleaner

(   ) 12. A. working   B. dying   C. living   D. growing

(   ) 13. A. age   B. family   C. plan   D. husband

(   ) 14. A. or   B. because   C. neither   D. nor

(   ) 15. A. hardly   B. usefully   C. carefully   D. finally

Answer 1

1. B 根据下文可知，她很富有。

2. B expensive"昂贵的"，一般而言，有钱人都会买贵的衣服。

3. C instead"而不是，取而代之"。

4. A 下文主要讲她建造一幢大房子。

5. D 房子的奇怪之处是好像永远都不能完工。

6. A 83年减去45年等于38年。

7. C 她害怕停止修建这座房子，担心一停工她就会死去。

8. B workers是指修建房子的工人。

9. D so表示因果关系。

10. C 上文提到的rooms,doors,windows。

11. A getting bigger房子越修越大。

12. B be afraid of dying"害怕自己要死了"。

13. C 一切都在计划之中。

14. B because表示原因。

15. D but表示转折。