--How did you find the snow last night ?

--______. I didn’t think I will see it again.

A. It was disappointing　　 B. It was disappointed　

C. I was disappointed　　　 D. Disappointed

My mother married my father largely, it seems, to help him out with his five motherless children. Having any herself was a secondary consideration. But first she had a girl, then she had another girl, and it was very nice, of course, to have them, but slightly disappointing, because she belonged to the generation and tradition that made a son the really important event; then I came, a fine healthy child. She was forty at my birth, and my father forty-nine. Four years later she had another son, and four years later still another son. The desired preponderance (优势) of male over female had been established, and twice five made ten. I found the gap of two generations between my parents and me easier, in a way, to a single generation gap. Children seldom quarrel with their grandparents. I have been able to think of mother and father as grandparents. Also, a family of ten means a dilution (稀释) of parental affection; the members tend to become indistinct (模糊的): I have often been called,"Philip, Richard, Charles, I mean Robert."

1. According to the author, his father married his mother because he wanted her to _______ .

A. bring him another five children

B. bear him more children

C. bring up his children

D. look after their children

2. It was disappointing for the author's mother to have one girl and then another because_______ .

A. there were already many girls in the family

B. boys were more important to her than girls

C. she didn't intend to have any children

D. she thought she would have boys only

3. The author seldom quarreled with his parents because_______ .

A. there was a lot of parental affection in the family

B. the parents were easy-going people

C. the generation gap between them was too big

D. the children were not distinct

4. The author's mother finally stopped having any more children because _______ .

A. she was getting old and did not want any more

B. she thought ten children were enough for the family

C. she had more boys than girls now

D. her husband did not want her to have any more

5. Which of the following is the author's first name?

A. Philip. B. Richard. C. Charles. D. Robert.

------Did you see the movie last night?
------Yes, but it was __________ disappointing.