Whenever I see him, he is _______ a happy smile.

   A. putting on   B. wearing      C. dressing            D. having on

The young lady was ________ a gold ring on her finger.

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  I paid a carpenter(木匠) to help me mend an old farmhouse, and after his first day on the job, he 36 an hour of work on a flat tyre (轮胎), his electric saw(锯) refused to work and now his old truck 37 down. While I drove him home, he sat in 38. On arriving, he invited me 39 to meet his family.

   40 we walked toward the front door, he stopped for a short moment at a small tree, 41 tips of the branches with his hands.

   When opening the door, he did something strange. His sun-burnt face was 42 smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his 43 a kiss.

   After I left the happy family, I passed the tree and I suddenly became 44. I asked him, who 45 me to the car, “46 we went in, why did you stop by the tree earlier?”

   “Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he 47.

   “I know I can’t 48 having troubles on the job and in my life, 49 those troubles shouldn’t be 50 in the house to my wife and the children. I know I can 51 one thing for sure, I can hang them up on the 52 every night when I come home. Then in the 53 I pick them up again before I leave for work.”

   “54 thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick 55 up, there aren’t nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.”

36. A. spent                   B. took                C. cost                  D. paid

37. A. set                B. broke                  C. put                   D. turned

38. A. ruins             B. silence            C. excitement        D. surprise

39. A. in                  B. out                  C. by                     D. on

40. A. Until              B. Once                   C. As                     D. With

41. A. touched        B. to touch          C. touch                 D. touching

42. A. wearing         B. putting on    C. dressing           D. getting

43. A. son               B. baby                   C. wife                   D. dog 

44. A. sad               B. curious            C. happy               D. hungry

45. A. walked          B. catch            C. supported          D. drove

46. A. After              B. Since                     C. Until                   D. Before

47. A. informed       B. replied            C. asked                       D. requested

48. A. help              B. wait                  C. begin                 D. block

49. A. and               B. so                   C. but                    D. because

50. A. belonged          B. brought           C. taken                 D. put

51. A. lose               B. buy                 C. control              D. return

52. A. door              B. tree                 C. house               D. wall

53. A. evening         B. night                C. morning            D. noon

54. A. Funny               B. Sad                 C. Disappointing    D. Terrible

55. A. it                       B. myself             C. them                  D. the tree