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 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 14 she lived to be 83 years old. But 15 , her house was finished. 小题1: A．poor B．rich C．useful D．brave 小题2: A．cheap B．expensive C．simple D．old 小题3: A．Still B．Usually C．Instead D．Even 小题4: A．building B．buying C．selling D．setting 小题5: A．door B．window C．kitchen D．house 小题6: A．years B．months C．weeks D．days 小题7: A．keep B．enjoy C．stop D．help 小题8: A．drivers B．workers C．farmers D．visitors 小题9: A．but B．until C．since D．so 小题10: A．floors B．kitchens C．windows D．rooms 小题11: A．bigger B．smaller C．stronger D．cleaner 小题12: A．working B．dying C．living D．growing 小题13: A．age B．family C．plan D．husband 小题14: A．or B．because C．neither D．nor 小题15: A．hardly B．usefully C．carefully D．finally