三 、完形填空  阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出最佳选项(共15分;每空1分)

Who Is Cleverer, the Son or the Father?

Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often  36    some books from the library. He enjoys    37    to the radio every morning and reading     38     after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His  39     worship (崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He    40     likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too     41     to understand him and chooses(挑选) the easiest ones     42    . Of course the boy is not happy with it.

One day Mike reads    43    about the electric lights (电灯) and is    44    in it. When his father tells him to do some housework, he is thinking of it. He asks him    45    questions, and his father answers all. Then his father says proudly (自豪地), “Fathers always know more than sons!” The boy thinks     46    a while (一会儿) and says,“   47    !”

“Oh? Why?”

Mike doesn’t answer    48    asks instead (反而), “Who invents(发明) the electric lights?”

“    49   ”answers Mr Clarke.

“Why doesn’t his father invent them, then?”

Looking at his son, Mr Clarke doesn’t know    50    to answer!

36. A. finds            B. sells            C. buys            D. borrows

37. A. watching         B. listening         C. going           D. coming

38. A. newspapers       B. letters           C. stories          D. books

39. A. teachers          B. parents          C. students         D. classmates

40. A. also             B. never            C. ever            D. only

41. A. old              B. young           C. clever           D. able

42. A. answer           B. answering        C. answered        D. to answer

43. A. everything        B. nothing          C. something         D. anything

44. A. popular       B. interested        C. afraid           D. worried

45. A. few             B. little            C. a few            D. a little

46. A. of              B. about            C. for              D. at

47. A. I don’t think so       B. Me, too      C. You aren’t right     D. I think so

48. A. but              B. and              C. then             D. or

49. A. Thomas Brown    B. Allan Smith       C. Thomas Edison     D. Ron Jenkins

50. A. when            B. what             C. where            D. why