Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17__  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t afford to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went hungry. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was   18   what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own __19__ .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  20   in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  21    plenty of money.
Jack  22     working hard. After one year he succeeded in repaying the ￡100.
By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  23      his first million, and he wanted to  24 this achievement by doing something “grand”.  25 _  all his money it was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the heart of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  26     Jack still can’t get used to  27 the good life. He can often _28_ drinking with the locals at the local pub.
“I remember being very  29  as a child, but never  30  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

【小题2】

A．able B．glad C．unable D．eager

【小题9】

A．remember B．honor C．celebrate D．recognize

【小题12】

A．using B．doing C．living D．keeping

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 21 .
　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.
　　Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the ￡100.
　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.
“I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 21 .

　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.

　　Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the ￡100.

　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

“I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

1.                A．job            B．work           C．company D．house

2.                A．able           B．glad            C．unable   D．eager

3.                A．offer           B．like            C．expect   D．afford

4.                A．wrong          B．hungry         C．ill   D．bad

5.                A．seeing         B．wondering      C．doubting  D．preparing

6.                A．school          B．farm           C．business  D．store

7.                A．problem        B．purpose        C．future    D．principle

8.                A．spent          B．borrowed       C．wasted   D．earned

9.                A．enjoyed        B．preferred       C．promised D．hated

10.               A．developing      B．saving          C．repaying   D．paying

11.               A．given          B．made          C．taken D．lost

12.               A．remember      B．honor          C．celebrate  D．recognize

13.               A．common        B．simple         C．interesting     D．grand

14.               A．impossible      B．possible        C．obvious   D．basic

15.               A．ground         B．front           C．spot  D．heart

16.               A．so             B．and            C．or    D．but

17.               A．using          B．sparing         C．living D．keeping

18.               A．often          B．never          C．sometimes D．seldom

19.               A．rich           B．poor           C．healthy    D．well

20.               A．proud          B．satisfied        C．unhappy   D．happy

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17__  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t afford to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went hungry. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was   18    what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own __19__ .

It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  20    in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  21     plenty of money.

Jack  22      working hard. After one year he succeeded in repaying the ￡100.

By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  23      his first million, and he wanted to  24 this achievement by doing something “grand”.  25 _   all his money it was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the heart of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  26     Jack still can’t get used to  27 the good life. He can often _28_ drinking with the locals at the local pub.

“I remember being very  29  as a child, but never  30  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

1.A. job          B. work                C. company                 D. house

2. A. able            B. glad                C. unable              D. eager

3.A. seeing       B. wondering       C. doubting            D. preparing

4.A. school           B. farm            C. business            D. store

5.A. problem         B. purpose             C. future                  D. principle

6.A. spent        B. borrowed            C. wasted               D. earned

7.A. enjoyed         B. preferred           C. promised                D. hated

8. A. given           B. made                C. taken               D. lost

9.A. remember     B. honor               C. celebrate               D. recognize

10. A. Use        B. To             C. On                 D. With

11.A. so              B. and            C. or                  D. but

12.A. using           B. doing           C. living              D. keeping

13.A. be found   B. find                C. look for                D. be looked for

14.A. rich            B. poor                C. healthy             D. well

15.A. proud       B. satisfied           C. unhappy             D. happy

      Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  36  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  37  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  38  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  39 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  40  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own  41 .

　　   It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  42  in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  43  plenty of money.

　　   Jack  44  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  45  the ￡100.

　　   By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  46  his first million, and he wanted to  47  this achievement by doing something “ 48 ”. With all his money it was  49  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  50  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

　     Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  51  Jack still can’t get used to  52  the good life. He can  53  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

      “I remember being very  54  as a child, but never  55  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”