完形填空   先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答题卷上相应的空格内。

When I was a little boy, my mother sold flowers in London. She couldn’t ________   me at home, so I had to go with her. As I grew older, I began to help her and I really enjoyed it.

Things changed ________ I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was ________ making candles. I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making   ________  of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.

One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market by________ . I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my ________, they were sold out in 20 minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some________o buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out quickly, too. Nine months later, we decided to stop  ________  flowers. My mum and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I________them one pound for every candle, and we sold them for much more money. It was very ________ and my friends worked with me happily.

When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first candle shop.

1.A. leave               B. stop               C. give          D. take

2.A. if                  B. when               C. because       D. since

3.A. for                 B. with               C. about         D. at

4.A. boxes              B. candles           C. kites       D. matches

5.A. himself           B. herself            C. myself        D. ourselves

6.A. surprise            B. interest           C. sadness       D. joy

7.A. bread             B. paper              C. money        D. drink

8.A. buying             B. borrowing         C. selling     D. making

9.A. took                 B. paid             C. cost        D. spent

10.A. interesting        B. boring            C. terrible      D. normal

---It’s so hot here. Do you mind ____________ the window?

---____________. I will do it right now.

A. to close; Yes

B. to open; No

C. opening; Of course not

D. closing; You’d better not

He can’t state clearly how long he has___________ the bicycle?

A. keep        B. buy      C. bought       D. had

This house is __________ for a family of five ___________.

A. big enough; to live           B. big enough; to live in

C. enough big; live in           D. enough big; to live in it

---Why not stop __________ a rest?

--- Oh, it’s so exciting that I can’t stop ____________ the model plane.

A. having; making              B. to have; to make

C. having; to make             D. to have; making

Don’t leave the tap ________ after washing hands.

A. on      B. open     C. closed         D. off

The computer still works well, we _____ buy a new one at the moment.

A. have to           B. must

C. don’t have to    D. don’t need

--When ___________ your brother ___________ his hometown?

---He ____________ for nearly three years.

A. has, left; has been away

B. did, leave; has left

C. has, left; has left

D. did, leave; has been away

---I think communication by email is better and much easier. Do you think so?

---__________ I agree with you.

A. In some way   B. In the way

C. In some ways  D. By the way

How _______ it is to feel the roller coaster _______ at full speed!

A. exciting; to move        B. excited; move

C. exciting; move           D. excited; to move