A Lot of Children Mama Eleanor had twenty children who always wanted her attention―Jacob,Jade,James,Jared,Janet,Jennifer,Jeremy,Jessica,Jesse,Jordan,Joy,Jodi,Justin,Jill,Jane,Julie,Joan,John,Julian and Jemima.

The oldest child,Jacob,helped Mama Eleanor as m 1       as he could,but the younger children didn't w 2      Jacob. They wanted their mama.

One day Mama Eleanor woke up,feeling very t 3      She sent all the children over to their grandma's house for the day. She had the house all to herself. She smiled and d4       her tea. When she opened the window she h 5       the birds singing at the tree tops. Mama Eleanor e 6       having a quiet time when she could read,sew (縫紉) ，or do something e 7       .

By lunch,Mama Eleanor wasn't feeling so tired. She felt better and n 8       how quiet the house really was. " Where's Jordan? Where's Julian who always wants me to hold him? Where's my baby Jemima? I m 9       my children."Mama Eleanor decided she didn't like being alone. She wanted all twenty of them to come back home.

When Grandma s 10       up at the door,all the children ran into the house. "Mama!We're home."They jumped on her,pulled her dress,climbed on her back,and made a mess of the house,but Mama Eleanor didn't mind. She was glad to have her twenty children home with her once again.

1. m       2. w       3. t       4. d        5. h         

6. e       7. e       8. n       9. m         10. s       

  1. much   2. want   3. tired   4. drank   5. heard   6. enjoyed   7. else   8. noticed   9. miss   10. showed

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