题目内容：

The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice one of his workmen had bought. He      for the workman and asked him       he had the bill send to the company.

"Well ,"the workman answered, "you      the house we were repairing in New-bridge, don't you? One of the things we had to      there was to put      some new electric wiring (线路). Well, in one place we had to pass some wires      a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch      ，which was built into stone and had four big bends (弯) in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good      . I went to a shop and      two white mice, one of them male and the other female. Then I      a thread (线) to the body of the male mouse and put it into the pipe at one end,      Bill held the female mouse at the other end and      her gently to make her squeak (吱吱的 ). When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks, he rushed along the pipe to help her. I      he was a gentleman even though he was only a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through this pipe, he pulled the      behind him. It was then quite      for us to tie the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe."

The manager paid the bill for the white mice.

1.A. waited B. sent C. answered D. arranged

2.A. why B. whether C. how D. when

3.A. see B. mean C. enter D. remember

4.A. do B. repair C. buy D. work

5.A. into B. out C. in D. away

6.A. near B. through C. around D. onto

7.A. across B. short C. big D. small

8.A. idea B. thing C. way D. advice

9.A. saw B. bought C. caught D. exchanged

10.A. followed B. held C. tied D. passed

11.A. when B. but C. while D. so

12.A. put B. pressed C. took D. played

13.A. doubt B. remember C. suggest D. suppose

14.A. bends B. pipe C. female mouse D. thread

15.A. easy B. hard C. impossible D. unnecessary