Question

      I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse, After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a 1  tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw2_ and now his ancient pickup truck refused to 3   . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. 4  arriving, he habited me in to meet his family.

      As we walked toward the front door. he paused  5_ at a small tree, touching tips of the 6_ with his hands.

      When opening the door, he  7 an amusing transformation. His brown fade was covered with 8 and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

      After leaving the   9 family. I passed the tree and my curiosity got the 10_ of me. I asked him, who 11  me to the car, "Before we went in, 12  did you stop by the tree earlier"

      "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied, "I know I can't help having  13  on the job and in my life, but those troubles don't  14  in the house with my wife and children. I know I can control one thing for  15  . I can hang them up on the tree every night   16  I come home. Then in the morning 1 pick them up again before I 17   for work .”'

      "18 thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as  19  as I remember 20 up the night before. "

1. A. broken               B. terrible          C. flat          D. fantastic

2. A. quit                    B. deleted          C. declined      D. reduced

3. A. ride                   B. increase         C. perform       D. start

4. A. Before               B. On             C. Immediately   D. Directly

5. A. shortly              B. briefly          C. quietly        D. straight

6. A. trunks                B. leaves           C. branches      D. shoots

7. A. went by              B. went over       C. went off       D. went through

8. A. smiles                B. sorrow          C. confidence     D. doubts

9. A. happy                B. large            C. complex      D. modern

10. A. worse              B. better            C. more         D. less

11. A. drove               B. sent             C. instructed     D. walked

12. A. how                B. who             C. why          D. where

13. A. matters             B. troubles          C. questions      D. worries

14. A. belong                      B. insert            C. include        D. provide                 

15. A. instance            B. ages             C. purpose       D. sure

16. A. when               B. since             C. because       D. if

17. A. ask                B. come            C. leave         D. look

18. A. Frightful            B. Funny            C. Strange       D. Accessible

19. A. much              B. few              C. little         D. many

20. A. picking            B. holding           C. hanging       D. giving

Answer 1

1—5 CADBB  6—10 CDAAB  11—15 DCBAD  16—20 ACBDC