Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? There are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s” and “My mom is smarter than yours.” They __1__ like to boast about their families.
There were three little boys, Harry, Td and Gavin, who were always __2__. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always __3__ or the biggest or the most expensive. __4__ other others said, he could always go one better.
One day when they were walking to __5__ Harry said, “My father has a bath twice a week.” Ted spoke next. “That’s __6__,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is __7__. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.”
Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his __8__. But what could he say? “This time I’m going to win.” Ted thought.
Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was __9__. He walked on his silence. Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had __10__ Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing.
“We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. Gavin said, “My Dad’s do clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”
| 小题1: | | A．particularly | B．probably | C．seldom | D．never |
|
| 小题2: | | A．fighting | B．boasting | C．arguing | D．playing |
|
| 小题3: | | A．fascinating | B．interesting | C．graceful | D．the best |
|
| 小题4: | | A．However | B．What | C．Whatever | D．Like |
|
| 小题5: | | A．the playground | B．their homes | C．bathroom | D．school |
|
| 小题6: | | A．nice | B．funny | C．easy | D．nothing |
|
| 小题7: | | A．dirty | B．comfortable | C．enough | D．adequate |
|
| 小题8: | | A．turn | B．father | C．family | D．speech |
|
| 小题9: | | A．sufficient | B．unique | C．silly | D．the case |
|
| 小题10: | | A．stricken | B．beaten | C．hit | D．won |
|