Question

Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very  36  woman. She didn’t buy many jewels(珠宝)or  37  clothes.   38  , she spent millions in  39  a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah’s  40  was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38  41  because Sarah was afraid to  42  building it.

Sarah’s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of  43  arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows,   44  the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000  45  . There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.

Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting  46  ? It was because Sarah was afraid of     47  . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn’t want her house to be finished.

Sarah Winchester’s  48  seemed to have worked  49  she lived to be

83 years old. But 50  , her house was finished.

36、 A. poor    B. rich             C. useful              D. brave

37、 A. cheap         B. expensive       C. simple         D. old

38、 A. Still     B. Usually          C. Instead          D. Even

39、 A. building  B. buying               C. selling             D. setting

40、 A. door    B. window                C. kitchen            D. house

41、 A. years   B. months                 C. weeks             D. days

42、 A. keep    B. enjoy                    C. stop         D. help

43、 A. drivers       B. workers         C. farmers           D. visitors

44、 A. but             B. until               C. since        D. so

45、 A. floors         B. kitchens         C. windows         D. rooms

46、 A. bigger        B. smaller           C. stronger   D. cleaner

47、 A. working     B. dying                    C. living        D. growing

48、 A. age            B. family                   C. plan         D. husband

49、 A. or              B. because         C. neither             D. nor

50、 A. hardly        B. usefully            C. carefully D. finally

  

Answer 1

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