完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41～60各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

    Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  41  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  42  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  43  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  44 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  45  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own  46 .

It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  47  in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  48  plenty of money. Jack  49  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  50  the ￡100.

　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  51  his first million, and he wanted to  52  this achievement by doing something “ 53 ”. With all his money it was  54  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  55  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  56  Jack still can’t get used to  57  the good life. He can  58  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

    “I remember being very  59  as a child, but never  60  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

Mind your ____, and thank your friend when you leave the party.

A. advice           B. ways          C. manners           D. manner

It might be dangerous, but that’s the chance you have to ____ , sir.

A. make             B. take              C. fetch             D. hold

I was about to get on the bus ____someone called me from behind.

A. until            B. whether          C. while             D. when

We won’t give up __________ we should fail 10 times.

A.even if             B.since          C.whether            D.until

Must I get through the business in one evening?  No, you ________.

A. mustn’t            B. haven’t        C. needn’t to          D. don’t have to

Let’s go to a movie after work, OK?            — _____________

A. Not at all.          B. Why not?      C. Never mind.         D. What of it?

He sat at the desk, __________ a novel.

A. read              B. to read        C. reading             D. reads

— Anything new in the new regulations?         — They will be ________ to us all.

A. of great benefit     B. do harms      C. do many good        D. for the benefit

Bob ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds, and I have not seen ________ this year.

A. the best           B. better         C. the most            D. more