问题:

完形填空。      Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings
were very lowly.  He was the youngest of eight children.  His father
had a    1    in a cotton mill(纱厂),but he was often      2    to
work because of poor health. The family couldn"t       3     to pay the
rent or bills, and the children often went     4  . After leaving
school at the age of 14, Jack was    5   what to do when Mr
Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ~ 100 to start his
own     6    .
      It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and
Jack saw a    7    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      8     plenty of money.
     Jack     9    working hard. After one year he succeeded in
 10     the ~ 100.
     By the time Jack was 30 years old he had     11    his first
million, and he wanted to     12     this achievement by doing
something "     13   ". With all his money it was    14    to build
a beautiful home for himself and his parents.  In 1959,  " Baines
Castle" was built in the    15   of the Lancashire countryside.  It
was one of the finest buildings in the country.
      Jack has recently sold "Baines Castle" for ~ 500 million,
 16    Jack still can"t get used to   17   the good life. He can
often     18    drinking with the locals at the local pub(酒吧). "I
remember being very   19   as a child, but never    20    as a
child,"says Jack,"and I will never forget where I came from and
who I am. " (     )1. A. job          
(     )2. A. able        
(     )3. A. offer        
(     )4. A. wrong        
(     )5. A. seeing      
(     )6. A. school      
(     )7. A. problem      
(     )8. A. spent        
(     )9. A. enjoyed      
(     )10. A. developing  
(     )11. A. given      
(     )12. A. remember    
(     )13. A. common      
(     )14. A. impossible  
(     )15. A. ground      
(     )16. A. so          
(     )17. A. using      
(     )18. A. be found    
(     )19. A. rich        
(     )20. A. proud       B. work    
B. glad    
B. like    
B. hungry  
B. wondering
B. farm    
B. purpose  
B. borrowed
B. preferred
B. saving  
B. made    
B. honour  
B. simple  
B. possible
B. front    
B. and      
B. sparing  
B. find    
B. poor    
B. satisfied C. company    
C. unable    
C. expect    
C. ill        
C. doubting  
C. business  
C. future    
C. wasted    
C. ptomised  
C. repaying  
C. taken      
C. celebrate  
C. interestin
C. obvious    
C. spot      
C. or        
C. living    
C. look for  
C. healthy    
C. unhappy     D. house          
D. eager          
D. afford        
D. bad            
D. preparing      
D. store          
D. principle      
D. earned        
D. hated          
D. paying        
D. lost          
D. recognize      
D. grand          
D. basic          
D. heart          
D. but            
D. keeping        
D. be looked for  
D. well          
D. happy          

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