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