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 step - mother would take herself off to London much more often.
"Well now, Dad." she said, "I'm going to have you all to my- self 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' ve 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' 11 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' ye 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 sup
per 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 f 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】文章第一句:Molly almost danced along the street,说明她已经高兴得忘乎所以。
单选题 Mrs. Gibson was______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由姓氏及人物对话内容很容易看出Mrs.Gibson是Dr Gibson的妻子。
单选题 From the passage we can be certain that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由stepmother等字眼看出,前任妻子已经去世。选B。
单选题 When Molly kicked her father ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】Molly踢她父亲一脚是为什么呢?由后面but even so he accepted the invitation可以知道Molly是想让她父亲拒绝(turn down)这个邀请。选C。
单选题 What was Molly' s father afraid of?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】Molly的父亲担忧Molly的这种行为会让他辛辛苦苦所养成的“civilized behavior”付之东流,也就是老毛病复发。