问题
选择题
Alice Lillian Euis, born on September 11, 1907 in Boston, was of nine children.
A．the third oldest
B．the third old
C．the third older
D．the oldest third
答案
答案：A
本题考查形容词。最年长的是：the oldest ，用序数词修饰这个形容词最高级的时候，应该说：the third oldest ；D中的语序错误；B和C中没有出现old是最高级形式，均排除。