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, 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 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 |
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【小题2】 | A.surprisingly | B.nervously | C.kindly | D.proudly |
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【小题3】 | A.dearest | B.smallest | C.latest | D.youngest |
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【小题4】 | A.ordering | B.selling | C.expecting | D.improving |
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【小题5】 | A.hated | B.enjoyed | C.cared | D.hoped |
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【小题6】 | A.crazily | B.excitedly | C.curiously | D.directly |
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【小题7】 | A.counting | B.naming | C.showing | D.reaching |
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【小题8】 | A.Immediately | B.Carefully | C.Angrily | D.Easily |
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【小题9】 | A.saw | B.missed | C.forgot | D.left |
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【小题10】 | A.truth | B.story | C.adventure | D.accident |
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【小题11】 | A.lecture | B.house | C.office | D.activity |
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【小题12】 | A.even if | B.apart from | C.so that | D.except that |
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【小题13】 | A.troublesome | B.careless | C.active | D.quiet |
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【小题14】 | A.found | B.caught | C.punished | D.wounded |
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【小题15】 | A.goes to | B.belongs to | C.works | D.plays |
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