完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
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 difficult 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