单选题
That afternoon Molly almost danced along the street, as she walked home with her father from the station. They had seen Mrs. Gibson and Cynthia off to London. She wished her stepmother would take herself off to London much more often.
"Well now, Dad," she said, "I''m going to have you all to myself for a whole week. You must be very obedient. "
"I hope you aren''t going to boss me, Molly. You''re walking me out of breath already. We mustn''t pass Mrs. Goodmays in our hurry. "They crossed the street to speak to Mrs. Goodmays, one of the Doctor''s patients. " We''re just been seeing my wife and her daughter off to London. They''ve gone up for a week. "
"Dear me, to London, and only for a week!" Said Mrs. Goodmays, with surprise. "It seems hardly worth the packing. It''ll be lonely for you, Molly, without your stepsister. "
"Yes," said Molly, suddenly feeling as if she ought to have taken this view of the case. " I''ll miss Cynthia. "
"And you, Dr. Gibson, I hope you won''t feel like widower once again. You must come and have supper with me one evening. What about Tuesday?"
Dr. Gibson felt a sharp blow on his leg from the toe of Molly''s shoe, but even so he accepted the invitation, much to the old lady''s satisfaction.
A moment later Molly said to him, " How could you go and waste one of our precious evening! We''ve only got five now. I''ve been planning all sorts of things for us to do tonight. "
"What sort of things?"
"Oh, I don''t know. Things you used to like, "she looked at him boldly. "Forbidden things now. "
Her father''s eyes lit up, but his face remained serious. " I''m not going to be pulled down, Molly. With hard work and sensible guidance I''ve reached a very fair height of civilized behavior, and there I''m going to stay. "
"Oh, no, you''re not. We''re having bread and cheese for supper tonight, in armchairs in front of the TV! And you shall wear your dressing-gown at breakfast tomorrow — and every morning for a week! And you shall read the paper at the dining-table \ That''s only a start. I haven''t finished by a long way yet. "
单选题
What were Molly''s feelings as they walked home?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】文章开头写道：当Molly和她父亲从车站往回走时， (she)almost danced along the street，这说明她非常高兴；从后面的她希望继母去伦敦次数多些，也可看出她愿意与父亲单独在一起。
单选题
Mrs. Gibson was________.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】从文章第一段的They had seen Mrs. Gibson and Cynthia off to London．Shewished her step-mother…，第三段的We’re just been seeing my wife and her daughter off to London和one of the Doctor’s patients中可推出Mr. Gibson是一个医生，Mrs. Gibson是他的妻子。
单选题
From the passage we can be certain that________.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】文章第六段Mrs. Goodmays对医生所讲的话中说，I hope you won’t feel like a widower once again，widower一词说明医生的第一个妻子已去世了。
单选题
When Molly kicked her father________.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】这一细节的叙述在文章的6-8段中可以得知，Molly在踢她父亲之前，Mrs. Goodmays曾邀请她父亲去吃晚饭，而踢过后，作者写了这样一句：...but even so he accepted the invitation，而且从后文中还可看出Molly不愿让她父亲去，由此我们可以推断出Molly这一动作是要她父亲回绝邀请。
单选题
What was Molly''s father afraid of?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】文章在倒数第三段中Molly告诉她父亲要做的事时说，Things you used to like，forbidden things now这说明这是他以前的旧习惯。她父亲对此的反应出现在倒数第二段中，即I’m not going to be pulled down…，pull down一词暗示了他不想捡起那些坏毛病，所以他的担忧就在于怕Molly怂恿他继续捡起那些坏毛病。