6. We shouldn’t p______the environment any more , otherwise the earth will not be fit for us to live on .

5. The IOC has given China the c_______ to hold the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 .

4. We had an e______ holiday in the beautiful village . All of us were very happy there .

3. The whole world is getting dirtier and dirtier . We need to protect our natural e_____________ .

2. Li Lida went on swimming for another two hours before he finished his j________ .

1. Mike feels unhappy about the exam results .We should e_________ him to study harder and give him hope and help .

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并将代号填入题前括号内.

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.

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