Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A young couple bought a big house from two old sisters. The sisters lived there for 30 years. The house was very nice and the couple bought it at a _______ price. So the couple was very excited.

However, winter was not far away at that time. The couple was _______ worried about how they would keep the old house warm. The house didn’t have any fireplaces or heaters.

At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But soon, they thought that if the old sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past, so _______ they. At last, they just _______ to wait for winter to come and did not make any preparations.

Winter _______ and temperatures soon dropped _______ zero. The large house became freezing cold. Frost（霜）covered the insides of _______ walls. Life inside the house became miserable（痛苦的）.

Finally, the husband couldn’t stand it anymore and called the old sisters to ask them how they _______ to keep the house warm during the winter.

_______ speaking to them on the phone, the husband spoke to his wife, “For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on ________ in Thailand.”

“Oh, my god!” cried his wife.

1.A.cheap B.small C.low

2.A.little B.a little bit C.a bit of

3.A.could B.did C.had

4.A.refused B.decided C.considered

5.A.arrived B.got C.reached

6.A.into B.behind C.below

7.A.their B.its C.theirs

8.A.managed B.planned C.offered

9.A.Before B.Without C.After

10.A.vacation B.risk C.pity

Answer 1