My father died when I was a few months old． After his death, my mother moved back to Louisville, Kentucky, where __1__ had grown up． We lived in a small house with her older sister, Marion, and their mother． This was a time when being a single __2___ was still considered unusual．

When I was small, there was a children’s book called The Happy Family, and it was a real piece of work． Dad worked all day log at the office, Mom cooked in the kitchen, and brother and sister always had friends sleeping over． The image of the family in this book was typical （典型的） of the time． It looked __3___ like my family, but luckily that wasn’t the way I heard it． The way my Aunt Marion read it to me made the story really __4__．

Kind-hearted and open-minded, my aunt was the one who played baseball with me, who took me horseback riding, who took me to the father-son dinners and who gave me lessons on how to drive． Believing that anything __5__ was probably good for, she __6__ to get a loan （贷款） so that I could go to Africa to work as a volunteer, which was my most important experience．

As a young girl, Aunt Marion always planned to have a large number of children of her own, but she never got married．This __7__ that she was free to spend all her time taking care of me．Many people say we have a lot in common．She always __8__ me to do my best． She never __9__ to make me believe that I could do anything with my life that I wanted, if I only tried hard enough．

For more than sixty years, Aunt Marion didn’t and still don’t think of herself． __10__ she is forced to come up to the front, my aunt will stand in the back in family photos, and she doesn’t think that her efforts have made much __11___．I honor my aunt, who taught me the things my __12___ couldn’t．So every June for the past 40 years, in growing thankfulness to my Aunt Marion, I’ve sent her a Father’s Day card．

1． A． I                        B． she                     C． he                      D． we

2． A． man                   B． family                  C． parent                 D． child

3． A． nothing               B． anything              C． everything           D． something

4． A． surprising            B． boring                 C． sad                     D． funny

5． A． interesting         B． pleasant               C． impossible   D． unusual

6． A． decided               B． afforded              C． offered               D． prepared

7． A． said                    B． meant                 C． proved                D． showed

8． A． allowed               B． afforded              C． offered               D． forced

9． A． hoped                 B． agreed                C． stopped              D． tailed

10． A． Unless              B． Although             C． Since                  D． Before

11． A． difference          B． progress             C． trouble                       D． sense

12． A． Teachers            B． mother                       C． father                        D． friends

Martin Baker is a bus driver. He lives in a small town with his wife and four children. His wife's father, Mr. Butcher, lives with them, too. He is too old to do any work. He sits in his chair near the bed all day; but in summer, when it is warm enough to sit outside, he sometimes takes his chair into the garden.

    Mr. Baker has been very ill for over a month. He has been too ill to do his job. He is not well enough to go back to work. He is still too weak to drive his bus.

    Martin's oldest son is twenty-five. He teaches in a village school. He lives in the village because it takes too long to travel there every day from his father's house. The other children are not yet old enough to go out to work. They are still at school -- except for the youngest daughter. She is still too young to go to school.

1. From the passage we can know Mr. Baker's           

     A. age                B. job                C. work place          D. parents

2. Who is the oldest in the family?

     A. Mr. Baker.         B. Mrs Baker.         C. Mr. Butcher.         D. Mrs Butcher.

3. What does Mr. Baker's oldest child do?

     A. He's a teacher.                                B. He's a student.

     C. He's a bus driver.                            D. We don't know.

4. Of the Bakers' children, how many of them go to school?

     A. Three.            B. Two.               C. One.                D. None.

5. Mr. Baker's oldest child may be about              years older than his youngest one.

     A. fifteen            B. ten                 C. thirty                D. twenty

Martin Baker is a bus driver. He lives in a small town with his wife and four children. His wife's father, Mr. Butcher, lives with them, too. He is too old to do any work. He sits in his chair near the bed all day; but in summer, when it is warm enough to sit outside, he sometimes takes his chair into the garden.

    Mr. Baker has been very ill for over a month. He has been too ill to do his job. He is not well enough to go back to work. He is still too weak to drive his bus.

    Martin's oldest son is twenty-five. He teaches in a village school. He lives in the village because it takes too long to travel there every day from his father's house. The other children are not yet old enough to go out to work. They are still at school -- except for the youngest daughter. She is still too young to go to school.

1. From the passage we can know Mr. Baker's           

     A. age                B. job                C. work place          D. parents

2. Who is the oldest in the family?

     A. Mr. Baker.         B. Mrs Baker.         C. Mr. Butcher.         D. Mrs Butcher.

3. What does Mr. Baker's oldest child do?

     A. He's a teacher.                                B. He's a student.

     C. He's a bus driver.                            D. We don't know.

4. Of the Bakers' children, how many of them go to school?

     A. Three.            B. Two.               C. One.                D. None.

5. Mr. Baker's oldest child may be about              years older than his youngest one.

     A. fifteen            B. ten                 C. thirty                D. twenty