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　　Finally Keith bought a plastic duck. He knew as he bought it that it was much too young a present for a child of ten, but he bought it feeling that somehow it might be the right thing in the situation.

　　He got back to the flat in Ealing early in the afternoon, carrying the duck in a paper bag. He had thought of stopping at the store in Ealing Broadway and discussing the situation across the counter with Katie, but he had given up the idea. Katie would want to come home early in order to be at home when Janice got back from school, and it did not seem quite fair to him to throw all the dirty work on Katie. He felt that he would rather tell Janice himself before Katie got home; enough would fall upon her later anyway.

　　He was sitting in his chair before the fire when Janice came back from school. He called, “That you, Jan? Take off your coat and come in here. I've got something to tell you.”

　　She came in, and he sat up in his chair. “What do you want to tell me?”she asked.

　　“You know, Jan, ”he said, “the people in the boats sometimes get drowned when the storm sinks them.”

　　She stared at him, and he knew that realization was already with her. “Has that happened to my mummy and daddy?”she asked.

　　“I'm afraid it has, Jan,”he said gently.

　　He had thought that she would burst into tears, but that did not happen. She came up on his knee and he held her close, and so they sat in silence for ten minutes.

1．Keith bought that particular present for Janice because ________.

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A．she liked babyish presents although she was ten already

B．once he had given it to her, she wouldn't listen to the news

C．he didn't really look at anything else

D．he thought it would best help to soften the blow of the news

2．What does the passage tell us about Katie?

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A．She was a shop assistant in Ealing Broadway.

B．She wouldn't want to tell Janice the facts.

C．She wouldn't know how to break news to Janice.

D．She depended on Keith to do all the dirty work.

3．Janice didn't cry. The reason for this was probably that ________.

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A．she didn't like her parents very much

B．she didn't realize that her parents were dead

C．she was far too interested in the plastic duck

D．she had already been away from her parents for quite some time

4．“Dirty work”refers to ________.

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A．having to tell Janice the bad news

B．returning the duck to the store

C．buying a better present for Janice

D．washing and cleaning

5．When Keith mentioned the people getting drowned, Janice ________.

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A．wasn't sure of the meaning of “drowned”

B．came to know that her parents had died

C．didn't understand at once what he meant

D．didn't believe what he said was true