Question

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 all 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, complete 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 whether he was telling us the 10. Mum, who was a psychologist, 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 12  except that 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．generously 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．doubtfully B．excitedly C．calmly D．directly

7.	A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reading

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．expensive B．regular C．correct D．fine

13.	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．plays

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据下文Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family，最后，他获得了他想要的结果，家里有十二个孩子，可知我的父亲想要一个大家庭，选D。

2.我的父亲拥有一个这样的大家庭，所以他感觉很骄傲，故选D。

3.结合上文the 1953 model some time next month.下个月的模特，所以可知父亲介绍第四个孩子是最新的模特，故选C。

4. some time next month，下个月的某时，还没有发生，所以是期待，选C。

5.上一个自然段提到父亲喜欢给客人介绍自己的孩子，这个句子想说父亲最喜欢的事是驱车带我们外出。选B。

6.曾经有一次，我们经过一个村庄，有一个人大声喊他看到我们的车里有十一个人，所以判断他看到这一幕时，很激动。故选B

7.有一个人大声喊他看到我们的车里有十一个人，还不包括我的爸爸和妈妈，故选A，计算在内。

8.听到那个人说的话，父亲应该是立即喊道，故选A。

9.父亲立即喊道，你还落了一个，故选B。

10.父亲告诉我们一个笑话，尽管我们不确定他是否说出了事实，故选A。

11.妈妈出去演讲，留下爸爸管理家，故选B。

12.根据When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK.当妈妈回来以后，她问是不是一切都好，父亲说一切都好，故选D。

13.根据the children had been taught a lesson，有一个孩子被教训了，所以确定这个孩子很难管，故选A 。

14.根据one of the children had been taught a lesson，所以这里父亲指向那个被惩罚的孩子，故选C。

15.根据Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear.妈妈说那不是我们的孩子，所以可知那个孩子属于邻居家，故选B。

考点：这是一篇叙事类短文,记述了一位父亲喜欢拥有大家庭，他梦寐以求的拥有十二个孩子，并且为拥有这么多孩子而感到骄傲。