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    Mr and Mrs Albina, with 64 children, have the world’s largest family. Not one of their

children is adopted（领养）.

    When people hear about the Albinas’ large 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 Albinas’ small 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  We’ve 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 not use birth control because itls against their religion (宗教）They could

let other people take care of their children, but Mrs. Albina will not allow lt "When my two brothers and l were babies: she says，’’our mother left us at an orphanage（孤儿院）and never

retumed We lived there together until we were five Then a couple adopted my brothers, and 1

was left belund l was heartbroken I promised myself that whenI became a mother,l would never

give my children away. Even ifI didn’t have much ruoney,1 would always take care of my children myself“Mrs Albina has kept her promise.

l. How many people are there in the world’s largest family?

   A. 66: a mother, a father and their 64 adopted children.

   B 66: a mother, a father and their 64 children.

   C. 23: a mother, a father and their 21 sons.

2. All ofthe Albina children are               .

A. Iivirig in Argentina   B. in their thirties and forties C. twins or triplets

3. The Albina family is             .

    A. poor             B. middleclass           

4. The Albinas do not use birth control because               .

   A. they want to have as many children as possible

   B. thcy don’t know about birth control

   C. it is against their religion

5. Mrs Albina will not let other people take care of hcr children because_______.

   A. she is afraid other people won’t take good care of them

   B. she promised that she would always take care of her children herself

   C. she has a lot of money and can take care of them herself

【回答】

1B 2C 3A 4C 5B

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