Have you ever listened to young children talking on the playground? They are always boasting（自夸）. They say things like, “My dad’s car is bigger 【小题1】 your dad’s,” and “My mom is smarter than yours.”
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, _【小题2】 were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best. 【小题3】 the others said, he could always go on better. One day 【小题4】 they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice 【小题5】 week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “That is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was 【小题6】 turn. But this time Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on 【小题7】 silence. Both Ted 【小题8】 Harry smiled. They were sure that for once they 【小题9】 (beat) Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is 【小题10】 clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”than
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(答案→)than
解析：本文叙述了这三个孩子为了炫耀自己的家庭是多么好，别人都比不过他，三者中谁最后说的肯定比前面说的情况要好，他们互相攀比。提醒人们孩子的这种攀比心理是不可取的。
【小题1】考查连词。根据 bigger可知这是在作比较，故用 than.
【小题2】考查定语从句。这里是定语从句，who在从句中作主语。
【小题3】考查让步状语从句。whatever引导的是让步状语从句。
【小题4】考查连词。这里是when引导的时间状语从句。
【小题5】考查冠词。表示一周两次应该是twice a week,a表示每一。
【小题6】考查代词。轮到某人了用one’s turn ,故用his.
【小题7】考查固定短语。in silence沉默地,是固定短语。
【小题8】考查连词。这里both 与and连用表示两者都。
【小题9】考查动词时态。根据上文他们看到Gavin不说话认为他们已经打败了Gavin，故用 had beaten.
【小题10】考查连词。这里是so that 如此……以致于,是固定搭配，故用so.