Question

Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house.She__36__John very much. In her__37__he couldn't do anything_38__.Every morning she would give him breakfast_39__bed and bring him the papers to__40__.It isn't really true that he was too__41__to work---in fact he had tried a few__42__.First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to_43__at least six windows. Then he_44__a bus conductor and on his second_45__a passenger stole his bag with all the fares（车费）collected.He_46__lost his job as a postman_47__he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people's houses. It seemed that there was_48__suitable work for him. So he_49__to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so__50__about this that she told the__51__to all her neighbours. "My John is good to be a soldier," she said. "He is going to be the best soldier there__52__was,I can tell you!"

 Then the great day came_53__he was to march past the palace in the parade（接受检阅的队伍）.His_54__mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good__55__in the crowd.  The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his fellow soldiers came in sight some of the people watching couldn’t help laughing at the one who couldn't keep pace with the other as they marched along.

 But Ella Fant, who was filled with happiness shouted at the top of her voice: "Look at them! They're all out of step except 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. beliefs

3..A.wrong       B. great       C. good        D. strange

4..A.to          B. at          C. in          D. by

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

6..A.lazy        B. young       C. weak        D. shy

7..A.ones        B. years       C. tasks       D. jobs

8..A.erase       B. drop        C. break       D. clean

9..A. followed   B  met         C. became      D. found

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

11..A. thus       B. even        C. once        D. only

12..A.even if     B. so that     C. because     D. though

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

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

15..A.excited     B. worried     C. anxious     D. curious

16..A.incident    B. change      C. news        D. matter

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

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

19..A.proud       B. kind        C. strict      D. lucky

20..A.time        B. view        C. experience  D. impression

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】略