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.”
小题1:A.rich B.lovely C.close D.large
小题2:A.surprisingly B.nervously C.generously 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.doubtfully B.excitedly C.calmly D.directly
小题7:A.counting B.naming C.showing D.reading
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.expensive B.regular C.correct D.fine
小题13:A.troublesome B.careless C.active D.quiet
小题14:A.found B.caught C.punished D.wounded
小题15:A.goes to B.belongs to C.works D.plays
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
试题分析：
小题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。
小题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。
小题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。
小题4: some time next month，下个月的某时，还没有发生，所以是期待，选C。
小题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。
小题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
小题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。
小题8:听到那个人说的话，父亲应该是立即喊道，故选A。
小题9:父亲立即喊道，你还落了一个，故选B。
小题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。
小题11:妈妈出去演讲，留下爸爸管理家，故选B。
小题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。
小题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 。
小题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。
小题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。
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