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 out for 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 , Dad 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.
【小题1】A．rich B．lovely C．close D．large【小题2】A．surprisingly B．nervously C．kindly D．proudly【小题3】A．dearest B．smallest C．latest D．youngest【小题4】A．ordering B．selling C．expecting D．improving【小题5】A．hated B．enjoyed C．cared D．hoped【小题6】A．crazily B．excitedly C．curiouslyD．directly【小题7】A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reaching【小题8】A．Immediately B．Carefully C．Angrily D．Easily【小题9】A．saw B．missed C．forgot D．left【小题10】A．truth B．story C．adventure D．accident【小题11】A．lecture B．house C．office D．activity【小题12】A．even ifB．apart from C．so that D．except that【小题13】A．troublesome B．careless C．activeD．quiet【小题14】A．found B．caughtC．punished D．wounded【小题15】A．goes to B．belongs to C．works D．playsD
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(答案→)D
解析：1. 由下文中twelve children可知是一个大家庭。
2. 由句意可知父亲很自豪地(proudly)展示。
3．由下文中 next month可知这是最新的(latest)
4. expect“期待，盼望”。
5．父亲“最喜欢地”(enjoy most)是带我们去兜风。
6．有一个人看到十一个孩子很兴奋。
7．count“计数，计算在内”。
8．对于那个人的话，父亲立即回应。
9．由第一段内容可知有十二个孩子，所以说是漏(missed)了一个。
10．我们不确定父亲是否讲了真话。
11．母亲出去做演讲，留下父亲照顾家。
12．下文是一个完整的句子，表示“除……之外”，应用expect that。
13troublesome“令人烦恼的”。
14．由上文中taught a lesson可知这个孩子被惩罚了。
15．母亲说：“这不是我们的孩子，他是邻居家的。”