单选题
Let me tell you a story about Bert and Mildred Bumbridge, who used to be very
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For example, Mildred would forget to cook dinner, or Bert would
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up for work on Sunday
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it was Monday. One summer they
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to take a long plane trip. What do
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suppose happened? Well, they got
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the airport with only ten minutes to
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. So time was short. In that situation anyone would
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the plane right away. But not Mr. and Mrs. Bumbridge. They just had to buy some flight insurance
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. All in all, who knows what will happen
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a plane flight? They quickly put some coins into a machine and
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came their insurance policy. "Who
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get the money if we
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, I wonder?" asked Mildred. "My mother, of course," her husband
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. "We"ll mail the policy to her. Now quickly give me a stamp,
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you?" he said. "The plane"s going to
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off in another minute." Bert put the stamp on the envelope,
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it in the mailbox, and
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began to cry. What happened,
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you suppose? He had mailed their
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to his mother!
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 从后面紧接着的句子就可以得到答案，“Mildred would forget to cook dinner...”Mildred会忘了做晚饭。故Mildred是forgetful(健忘的)。