Soon after Dave left university, one of his uncles, who was 1 and had no children of his own, died and 2 Dave a lot of money, so he decided to 3 his own company.

　　He found a nice 4 , 5 some new furniture(家具)and 6 . He had only been there for a few hours 7 he heard someone come towards the door of his office. “It’s my first 8 ,” he thought. He quickly 9 the telephone, and 10 to be busy 11 an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

　　The man 12 at the door while seeing this was 13 , came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his 14 , then he said to Dave, “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent here to 15 your telephone.”

　　1. A. ill B. rich C. honest D. luck

　　2. A. gave B. handed C. left D. promised

　　3. A. set up B. take up C. put up D. make up

　　4. A. office B. cinema C. theater D. school

　　5. A. bought B. carried C. managed D. lent

　　6. A. set in B. moved in C. moved out D. went out

　　7. A. as B. when C. while D. then

　　8. A. teacher B. boss C. customer (顾客) D. job

　　9. A. made up B. took up C. brought up D. pick up

　　10. A. pretended B. warned C. kept D. looked

　　11. A. writing B. answering C. calling D. saying

　　12. A. looked B. knocked C. hit D. waited

　　13.A. going on B. moving on C. speaking on D. keeping on

　　14. A. conversation B. gesture (手势) C. smoking D. fixing

　　15. A. repairing B. connecting C. making D. looking after

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