第二节 完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A. B.C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的 最佳选项，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。 Dad loved children and always wanted a （36) family. Eventually （最终) , he got what hewanted （37) there were twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visi-tors. once, Dad （38) presented the first three children in the family, Anne, Mary and Ernestine ,to some visitors. Then he picked up the fourth child, Martha, and said, '- And this is our （39model, complete with all the improvements. And don ' t think that this is all; we ' re （40) the1951 model some time next month. " But what he （41) most was taking us out for a drive in the car. Just the （42) 0f all of uswould cause people t0 （43) their houses. On one occasion （场合) a man in a village we werepassing through shouted （44) that he had seen eleven people in our car, not （45) Mum and Dad. （46) , Dad called out over his shoulder, " You （47) the second baby up from the front here, Mister. " Another time, Dad told us this joke, （48) we were not sure then whether he was telling usthe （49) . Mum, who was a psychologist （心理学家) , once went to give a lecture and left Dadin charge of the （50) . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had run （51). He said that everything was fine （52) 0ne of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been （53) . When he pointed at the child that had been （54) , Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That' s not one of ours, dear. He （55) next door. "

[A]rich [B]lovely [C]close [D]large