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.”
小題1:A.rich B.lovely C.close D.large
小題2:A.surprisingly B.nervously C.generously D.proudly
小題3:A.dearest B.smallest C.latest D.youngest
小題4:A.ordering B.selling C.expecting D.improving
小題5:A.hated B.enjoyed C.cared D.hoped
小題6:A.doubtfully B.excitedly C.calmly D.directly
小題7:A.counting B.naming C.showing D.reading
小題8:A.Immediately B.Carefully C.Angrily D.Easily
小題9:A.saw B.missed C.forgot D.left
小題10:A.truth B.story C.adventure D.accident
小題11:A.lecture B.house C.office D.activity
小題12:A.expensive B.regular C.correct D.fine
小題13:A.troublesome B.careless C.active D.quiet
小題14:A.found B.caught C.punished D.wounded
小題15:A.goes to B.belongs to C.works D.plays
