阅读《早春南征 寄洛中诸友》完成下列小题

《早春南征寄洛中诸友》^①

欧阳修

楚色穷千里，行人何苦赊^②。芳林逢旅雁，候馆噪山鸦。

春入河边草，花开水上槎^③。东风一樽酒，新岁独思家。

【注】①作者曾在洛阳做过官，在那里结识了一些朋友。早春时候，他在离开洛阳去往南方的路上，写下这首诗。②赊，遥远。③槎(chá)，植物。

阅读短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

    Mr. White and his 1 wanted to do it by decided to paint the outside of their house. To save money they 2. On Saturday morning they bought some paint and two brushes. They began that afternoon 3 the back of the house. The next Saturday 4 went to a football match while his wife painted the 5 of the house. On Sunday they found they couldn't open 6 of the front windows. They got them all 7 in the end. But they 8 three of the seven which were very expensive to repair. Next time 9 10 try to save money, they'll certainly pay to do the work.