The village had ________ rain this year than last year.

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Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often __1.__ some books from the library. He __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! 

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

 

17.               A．hears          B．listens          C．says  D．reads

 

18.               A．newspapers     B．letters         C．stories    D．messages

 

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

 

20.               A．also           B．never          C．even D．only

 

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

 

22.               A．more difficult    B．the most difficult C．easy  D．the easiest

 

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

 

24.               A．worried about   B．interested in     C．afraid of   D．angry with

 

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

 

26.               A．more          B．most           C．less  D．least

 

27.               A．I think so       B．I don’t know    C．I agree    D．I don’t think so

 

28.               A．instead         B．carefully        C．quickly    D．brightly

 

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

 

30.               A．when          B．what           C．where D．which

 

 

—Are you getting on well with Tom?

—Not very well, but we used to be friends. The more I know him, ________ I like him.

A．the more

B．the less

C．the little

D．the least