John liked chocolates very much, but his mother never gave him any, because they were bad for his teeth, she thought. But John had a very nice grandfather The old man loved his grandson very much, and sometimes he brought John chocolates when he came to see him. Then his mother let him eat them, because she wanted to make the old man happy.
     One evening, a few days before John’s seventh birthday, he was saying his prayers (禱告) in his bedroom before he went to bed. “Please, God,” he shouted, “make them give me a big bag of chocolates for my birthday on Saturday.”
    His mother was in the kitchen, but she heard the little boy shouting and went into his bedroom quickly.
   “Why are you shouting, John?” she aked her son. “God can hear you when you talk quietly.”
   “I know,” answered the clever boy with a smile, “but Grandfather is in the next room, and he can’’t.”
【題組】48.Why couldn’t John get any chocolates from his mother?
(A) God told her that it was not good for John.
(B) She thought John was too heavy.
(C) She thought John’s grandfather would buy John chocolates.
(D) She was afraid that John would have a toothache.