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七、根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
Mr Brown is a doctor. He often comes back home late in the evening，because it is far away from his home to the hospital. He is always busy with his work，so he often forgets his wife's birthday. But last Friday，on his way home，he suddenly remembered it was his wife's fiftieth birthday. He went to the shop and bought a necklace for his wife.
When he got home，Mr Brown gave the present to his wife and said，“Happy Birthday!” But to his surprise，his wife laughed and laughed and when she stopped laughing，she said，“My birthday was yesterday. But thank you all the same because better late than never.”
（ ）1. Where does Mr Brown work?

答案： B
解析：由“Mr Brown is a doctor.”和“it is far away from his home to the hospital”可知他在医院工作，选B。

（ ）2. Why does Mr Brown always forget his wife's birthday?

答案： B
解析：由“He is always busy with his work，so he often forgets his wife's birthday.”可知因为他忙，选B。

（ ）3. Mrs Brown's birthday was on ______ that year.

答案： B
解析：由“last Friday... My birthday was yesterday.”可知生日是上周四，选B。

（ ）4. Why did his wife laugh when Mr Brown came back home with the present?

答案： C
解析：由“My birthday was yesterday.”可知因为不是她的生日了，选C。

（ ）5. What's the meaning of “better late than never” in this passage?

答案： A
解析：结合语境，丈夫生日送礼物晚了，但妻子表示感谢，该短语意为“迟做总比不做好”，选A。