Question

【题目】Among the children ________ by the rich couple ________ a clever boy called Tom.
A.adopted; were
B.adapted; were
C.adopted; was
D.adapted; was

Answer 1

【答案】C
【解析】句意：在被这对富有的夫妇收养的孩子们中有一个叫Tom的聪明男孩。adopt“收养”，adapt“适应”，根据句意用adopt，主语是a clever boy是单数，系动词用单数was。所以答案是C。