Lucy and Matt’s mum is a doctor. The children and their dad were   21   last Monday evening. Mum   22    and said, "I   23   do some more work here at the hospital. Ask Dad   24   your dinner." "Oh no! " said Matt, "Dad   25   cook!" The family   26   some food in the kitchen cupboards. They found some onion, potatoes and   27  . "What can we make with these? "asked Matt. " I’m very   28  ! I think I could eat a horse!" Then Lucy said, "I know! We can make   29  ." Matt was not happy. He said "I don’t like soup. I want pasta and meatballs!" "Sorry, Matt, "Dad said. " We haven’t got any pasta or meatballs. We   30   have these vegetables to eat for dinner. "Lucy and Dad made the soup. Then the   31   of them sat down and started Eating.
Lucy asked Matt, "So,   32   do you think of it?" "It’s fantastic! I   33   it! "Matt answered" Can I have      34   bowl of soup, please? "   35   they all laughed. What an able cook Dad is!
21. A. at home B. in a zoo C. on a farm D. in a restaurant
22. A. phoned B. came C. arrived D. left
23. A. had to B. have to C. didn’t have to D. don’t have to
24. A. to eat B. to buy C. to make D. to finish
25. A. won’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. can’t
26. A. look for B. looked for C. is looking for D. have looked
27. A. apples B. meat C. carrots D. fish
28. A. tired B. excited C. sad D. hungry
29. A. soup B. salad C. meatballs D. hamburgers
30. A. hardly B. only C. still D. even
31. A. two B. three C. four D. five
32. A. what B. how C. why D. when
33. A. don’t care about B. hate C. love D. can’t stand
34. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
35. A. Or B. But C. And D. Because
【文章大意】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述露西和马特的妈妈上班，没有时间做饭，让他们的爸爸做饭，之前他们认为他们的爸爸不会做饭，但是后来爸爸做了汤，他们都认为这个汤很可口，他们很喜欢爸爸做的饭。
21. A【解析】句意＂上个周一晚上，孩子们和他们的爸爸在家＂。A. 在家；B.在动物园；C.在农场；D.在饭店。根据"I ... do some more work here at the hospital. Ask Dad ... your dinner."可知，妈妈还在医院工作，妈妈让爸爸在家做饭，故选A。