完型填空
　　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 choose (7)_____ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with it.
　　One day Mike read (8)_______ about the electric lights 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 (13)______, he asked, “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. listening B. watching C. going D. touching
　　( )3. A. newspapers B. letters C. stories D. messages
　　( )4. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates D. students
　　( )5. A. also B. never C. even D. only
　　( )6. A. old B. clever C. young D. able
　　( )7. A. more difficult B. the most difficult
　　C. easy D. the easiest
　　( )8. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
　　( )9 .A. worried about B. interested in
　　C. afraid of D. angry with
　　( )10.A. few B. little C. a little D. a few
　　( )11.A. more B. most C. less D. least
　　( )12.A. I don't think so. B. Neither am I.
　　C. I agree. D. So do I.
　　( )13.A. instead B. carefully C. quickly D. brightly
　　( )14.A. Thomas Brown B. Thomas Edison
　　C. Allan Smith D. Ron Jenkins
　　( )15.A. when B. what C. where D. which
名师解析
　　这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述的是Mr Clarke 和他的儿子Mike之间的一段有趣的故事。
　　1.D. borrow… from…的意思是“从……借某物””。
　　2.A. listen to 的意思是“听……”。
　　3.A. 根据所给的四个词的意思可知晚饭后，Mr Clarke要读报纸。
　　4.D. 根据上句“So he knows much and teaches well.”可知由于Mr Clarke教得很好，所以应该是学生们喜欢他。
　　5.A. 根据下句可知由于Mike经常问他爸爸问题，所以他也应喜欢读书。
　　6.C. 前面已经告诉我们Mike只有9岁，所以，Mr Clarke认为他还太小。
　　7.D. 由于Mike还太小，因此Mr Clarke肯定会挑选最简单的问题来问他。
　　8.A. 下文所谈的就是关于电灯的一些事情，而非全部知识。
　　9.B. 根据下句“When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it.”可知Mike对电灯很感兴趣。
　　10.D. question 是可数名词，因此要用a few 表示”一些”的含义。
　　11.A. 这是一个比较级，而且根据Mr Clarke的观点，长辈要比晚辈知道得多。
　　12.A. 根据下文可知答案。
　　13.A. 这里的instead 带有转折的含义，其他词语没有这种用法。这从前后词义上可以看出来。
　　14.B. 电灯的发明人就是Thomas Edison。这是大家都了解的。
　　15.B. 根据所给的疑问词的词义可知答案。