Mr. Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.

The river usually __16__ over in winter, and one year __17__ happened very early, so that by Christmas time it was covered with really __18__ ice. People could walk across it safely.

         The sight of this ice gave Mr. Hall __19__. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the furniture in his living-room _ 20 _ out onto the ice. He would have pretty colored lights _ 21 _  all around, and they would have a wonderful party. So he sent out __22__ to all his important friends, and on Christmas Eve they all began to _ 23   his house and then went onto the ice. They were all in very good _ 24   and thought that it _25_ a wonderful idea of Mr. Hall to have a party on the ice.

         The party   26   until late at night, and as the _ 27   guests said their merry Christmas, Mr. Hall was pleased with himself for the __28   party.

         He had drunk rather  29   at the party, so he did not wake up very early __30   morning. In fact, it was   31   midday when he got up and looked out of the window at the spot where the party was held last night. __32__ he saw there made him wonder whether he was still  33 _. He closed his eyes, opened them again but there was no mistake! The ice had ­­__34   up in the early sunshine and had carried all his living-room furniture out to __35   .

1.

A. flows           B. flowed         C. freeze           D. froze

2.

 A. freezing         B. ice            C. snow            D. rain

3.

A. thin            B. thick           C. deep            D. shallow

4.

A. a wish          B. an idea         C. a hope           D. a plan

5.

A. selling          B. carrying        C. sold             D. carried

6.

A. lay             B. lain            C. hung            D. hanged

7.

 A. introductions     B. invitations      C. informations      D. lights

8.

A. look for         B. come to        C. see              D. leave

9.

A. spirit           B. strength        C. condition         D. manners

10.

A. would be        B. had been       C. had had          D. would have

11.

 A. went to         B. kept on         C. happened        D. took place

12.

A. first            B. last            C. most            D. important

13.

A. big            B. new            C. interesting       D. successful

14.

A. many          B. little            C. a lot            D. more

15.

A. next           B. the next         C. following        D. followed

16.

 A. most           B. mostly         C. near             D. nearly

17.

A. Where         B. What           C. That             D. Which

18.

A. afraid          B. awake          C. asleep           D. alive

19.

A. dried           B. come           C. frozen          D. broken

20.

A. his house        B. the sea         C. the river         D. land