第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Dad loved

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dad loved children. And he always wanted a     1     family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.
Once, Dad     2     presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, And this is our     3     model, plete with all the improvements. And don't think that this is all; we are     4     the 1953 model some time next month.
But what he     5     most was taking us o t or a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted     6     that he had seen eleven people in our car, not     7     Mum and Dad.     8    , called out over his shoulder, You     9     the second baby up from the front here, Mister.
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the     10    . Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the     11    . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine     12     one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been     13    . When he pointed at the child that had been     14    , Mum looked at him calmly and said, That's not one of ours, dear. He     15     next door.
1. A. rich                     B. lovely              C. close                D. large
2. A. surprisingly          B. nervously         C. kindly              D. proudly
3. A. dearest                 B. smallest            C. latest                D. youngest
4. A. ordering              B. selling              C. expecting          D. improving
5. A. hated                   B. enjoyed            C. cared                D. hoped
6. A. crazily                 B. excitedly          C. curiously          D. directly
7. A. counting              B. naming             C. showing           D. reaching
8. A. Immediately         B. Carefully          C. Angrily            D. Easily
9. A. saw                     B. missed              C. forgot              D. left
10. A. truth                  B. story                C. adventure         D. accident
11. A. lecture                      B. house               C. office                      D. activity
12. A. even if                      B. apart from               C. so that              D. except that
3. A. troublesome         B. careless            C. active             D. quiet
14. A. found                B. caught            C. punished           D. wounded
15. A. goes to               B. belongs to         C. works               D. plays1-5 DDCCB 6-10 BAABA 11-15 BDACB