Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often 1 some books from the library. He keeps 2 to the radio every morning and reading 3 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His 4 worship(崇拜)him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son,is only nine. He 5 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too 6 to understand him and chooses_ 7 ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意)it.
One day Mike read 8 about the electric lights(电灯)and was 9 it.When his father told him to do some housework,he went on thinking of it.He asked him 10 questions,and his father answered all.Then his father said proudly,“Fathers always know 11 than sons!”The boy thought for a while and said,“ 12 !”
“Oh? Why?”
Mike didn’t answer and asked, 13 ,“Who invented the electric lights?”
“ 14 .”answered Mr Clarke.
“Why didn’t his father invent them,then?”
Looking at his son,Mr Clarke didn’t know 15 to answer !
1. A.finds B.sells C.buys D.borrows
2. A.watching B.listening C.going D.touching
3. A.newspapers B.letters C.stories D.messages
4. A.teachers B.parents C.students D.classmates
5. A.also B.never C.even D.only
6. A.old B.young C.clever D.able
7. A.more ifficult B.the most difficult C.easy D.the easiest
8. A.everything B.nothing C.something D.anything
9. A.worried about B.interested in C.afraid of D.angry with
10. A.few B.little C.a few D.a little
11. A.more B.most C.less D.least
12. A.So do I B.Neither am I C.I agree D.I don’t think so
13. A.instead B.carefully C.quickly D.brightly
14. A.Thomas Brown B.Allan Smith C.Thomas Edison D.Ron Jenkins
15. A.when B.what C.where D.which
— I went to have the driving test this morning, but I didn’t pass it.
— ___________
A.Luck decides everything. B.Better luck next time.
C.But you can drive well. D.You are always unlucky.
—_______will you come back home from vacation?
—In two weeks.
A.How often B.How soon C.How much D.How long
—What ______ when the earthquake happened on May 12th ?
—Er, I was having a geography class in the classroom.
A. are you doing B. did you do C. were you doing D will you do
My parents will go there by taxi because it is raining____________.
A.badly B.hardly C.probably D.heavily
Tom is very modest. He never ___________ before his friends.
A.shows off B.shows up C.turns off D.turns on