One day，the son，an American schoolboy，came home after school．He was very   1  ．He didn't pass the math exam．The father was very  2  with the son，so  the son was quite afraid(害怕)of him．Now the son went up to his father and said．

    “I'm  3  ，Father，but...”

    The father was  4  a newspaper．Now he stopped reading and looked at the  son，“What is the matter?" he asked．

    “I didn't pass the exam，”the son said．

    “What? You didn't  5  ?”the father shouted(喊叫)at the son．He was  6   .Then he asked，“You know  7  about Thomas Edison，don't you?”

    “Yes，answered the son，he was a great  8  inventor(发明家)．”

    “Right．He Was an inventor at your age，you know．”

    “But Father，I think you  9  something about Abraham Lincoln．”said the son．

    “Of course．Everybody knows him．”

    “Right，said the son．He was president(总统)of our   10  at your age，you know．”

    1．A．sad                   B．happy              C．hungry

    2．A．pleased              B．friendly            C．strict

    3．A．sick                  B．sorry              C．glad

    4．A．reading             B．writing            C．looking for

    5．A．again                 B．either               C．more

    6．A．angry                B．happy             C．sad

    7．A．anything          B．something    C．nothing

    8．A．Canadian           B．French             C．American

    9．A．don't know       B．want to know C．know

    10．A．city                B. town                C．country