最新山东省威海市中考英语试卷(解析版).pdfVIP

精品文档 2017 年山东省威海市中考英语试卷 阅读理解阅读 A、B 篇，从文后每小题 A 、B、C 选项中选择最佳答案．请将答案 编号涂卡． 1．Mr and Mrs Albina ，with 64 children ，have the worlds largest family ．Not one of their children is adopted （领养）． When people hear about the Albinaslarge family ，the first question they ask is ， How is it possible ？ How can one woman give birth to 64 children in her lifetime ？ The answer ls simple ： Every time Mrs Albina gave birth ，she had twins or triplets ． Soon after the Albinas got married the children came quickly ，in twos and threes ．The first 21 children were boys ．Mrs Albina loved her sons ，but she wanted a daughter very much ． The Albinas spent the early years in Argentina ．Then they decided to move to Chile ．To travel from Argentina to Chile ，they had to cross the Andes Mountains ．Mr and Mrs Albina and their 21 sons made the difficult ，two ﹣week joumey on mules ．One night there was a tarible snowstorm in the mountains ． During the snowstorm ， Mrs Albina gave birth to triplets ，a boy and ﹣two girls! The oldest Albina children are in their thirties and forthies ．They are on their own now but 18 of the Albina children still live with their parents The fa mily lwes in ， ： a two ﹣room shack in Colina Chile The shack has electncity but no toilet or running water The children wash in a small bowl in the dusty backyard ． At times there is very little food in the Albinassmall house When thcre is not cnough food for everyone ， Mrs Albina makes sure the youngest children do not go hungry ．The smallest eat rirst ，and then the bigger ones Weve always done it that way ，she says．Obviously ，the Albinas do not have enough money for their big family Why ，then ，do thcy continue to have children ？ The Albinas do no