Ella Fant was a middle – aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small h

Ella Fant was a middle – aged lady who lived with her onlyson John in a small house. She   1John very much. In her  2he couldn’t do any thing wrong. Every morning she wouldgive him breakfast in bed and bring him the papers to  3. It isn’t really true that he was too   4to work. In fact he had tried a few   5. First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his firstweek he managed to    6atleast six windows. Then he  7a busconductor and on his second  8apassenger stole his bag with all the fares collected. He even lost his job as apostman   9he sent off all the letters when he should havetaken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was   10suitable work for him. So he   11to join the army. Mrs Fant was so  12about this that she told the  13to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier.”She said. “He is going to be the best soldier there  14was, I can tell you!”

Then the great day came  15he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). The parade was full of sound and colour. But when Johnand his  __16___came in sight, some of the people watching  17laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the othersas they marched along.

But Ella Fant, who was filled with  18, shouted at the top of her voice: “Look at   19! They’re all out of   20except my John! Isn’t he the best!”

1.A. depended on      B.waited on      C.trusted      D. loved

2.A.hope            B.eyes          C.head        D. wish

3.A.check           B.read          C.keep        D. sign

4.A.lazy             B.young        C.weak        D. quiet

5.A.one             B.years         C.weak        D. jobs

6.A.make            B.drop          C. break       D. clean

7.A.lowed           B.met          C.became      D. found

8.A.day             B.try           C.route        D. chance

9.A. asif            B. sothat        C. because      D.though

10.A.some            B. such         C. less         D. no

11.A.began           B.promised       C. managed     D.decided

12.A.excited          B.worried        C. disappointed   D.surprised

13.A.event           B.change         C.news         D. matter

14.A.yet             B.ever           C.never         D. just

15.A.where           B.since          C.when         D. till

16.A. neighbours       B.army office     C.mother        D. fellow soldiers

17.A. couldn’t help     B.shouldn’t begin  C. stopped        D.kept

18.A.sadness          B.happiness       C.surprise        D. anger

19.A.them            B.those          C.that            D. him

20.A.sight            B.order          C.mind           D. step

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.D 

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.D 

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C 

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.D