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