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 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  14 she lived to be 83 years old. But   15 , her house was finished.

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 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  14 she lived to be 83 years old. But   15 , her house was finished.

1.                A．poor           B．rich            C．useful    D．brave

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

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

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　　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.

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