（贵州省兴义市第九中学2010届高三第一次月考）

B

I always have difficulty in buying birthday presents．My idea never seems to go farther than ties，pens or cards．But，strangely enough，it did not take me long to decide on Tom’s birthday present．For the first time in life，I had a good idea. I would buy him a bottle of champagne（香槟酒）．Before the party began，Tom suggested that I should open the bottle．I put it between my knees and began to pull，but it remained unmoved．Soon a lot of people gathered round to watch the fight between me and the bottle．I could hear all kinds of “helpful” suggestions from them like “Break the top off”，“Use your teeth”，etc．But I was losing the fight．We were fighting on the floor together，when all of a sudden there was a loud：“pop” and the cork（塞子）shot up into the air，while the angry bottle showered（淋）every-body with champagne．

 61．When buying birthday presents，I  usually find my idea is____．

 A．poor            B．colourful         C．rich              D．good

 62．I was____ my present for Tom’s birthday．

 A．very sorry for      B．very proud of     C．afraid of         D．tired of

 63．Tom suggested I should open the bottle ____．

 A．towards the end of the party             B．after the party started

 C．at the end of the party                               D．before the party started

 64．Which of the following is true？

 A．Though the people around gave all kinds of suggestions，I was not able to open the bottle at first．

 B．I tried all the ways that the people suggested．

 C．All the suggestions were helpful．

D．Some of the suggestions were very bad．