Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:
Mr. Marshall lived his entire life in a small town in the north of ' England.
He never left the house (1)________ he was born, never married, never went on holiday and had no friends.
He worked in a local factory for (2)__________ forty years but even the people who had worked with him for years (3)__________ very little about him.
He wrote the same old clothes years in years out, and (4)_________ he shopped regularly at the local stores, he bought only the most basic foodstuffs, never changing his purchases from one week to the next week.
So (5)________ he died last month, neighbours and local people were astonished to learn that Mr. Marshall was not just a rich man, he was in fact (6) ________ millionaire!
He had no bank account, no money invested anywhere but in the various drawers, cupboards and boxes in the house, there were hundreds and thousands of bank (7)_________ and coins.
It took the local police over two weeks to clear the house and the bank clerks took just as long to (8)__________ all the money.
"We had absolutely no idea that he had been hiding his money over the years," one of his neighbours (9)_________. "In fact, we used to feel sorry for him. We thought he was so poor that he was unable to (10)_________ anything better for himself."
1. A. which B. where C. who D. what
2. A. more B.above C. over D. than
3. A. reminded B. held C. had D. knew
4. A. although B. but C. because D. however
5. A. while B. when C. during D. that
6. A. the B. this C. a D. one
7. A. paper B. money C. letters D. notes
8. A. number B.count C. guess D. make
9. A. said B.spoke C. mentioned D. told
10. A. pay B.spend C. afford D. give
