Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet toindicate the correct word orphrasethat best fits eachof the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.
My first home
When my parents married, they rented a small house and they didn’t have a lot of money for
furniture. The kitchen had a sink for washing up and a cooker, but that was all. They (36) ____ a old table and a chair from the market. They borrowed a sofa (37) ____ was also old but they covered it with modern materials so it was bright and cheerful.
Outside, there was a small garden behind the house, but in front of it there was only the road. (38)____, the road wasn’t busy, so I could cross it to reach the park on the opposite side. We lived there (39) ____I was ten and we were very happy. We had to move house because it was too small when my twin sisters were born. We all (40) ____sad when we left.