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Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She ___1___ John very much. In her ___2___ he couldn’t do anything ___3___. Every morning she would give him breakfast ___4___ bed and bring him the papers to ___5___. It isn’t really true that he was too ___6___ to work ?in fact he had tried a few ___7___. First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to ___8___ at least six windows. Then he ___9___ a bus conductor and on his second ___10___ a passenger stole his bag with all the fares(车费) collected. He ___11___ lost his job as a postman ___12___ he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was ___13___ suitable work for him. So he ___14___ to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so ___15___ about this that she told the ___16___ to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier,” she said, 揾e is going to be the best soldier there ___17___ was, I can tell you!?
Then the great day came ___18___ he was to march past the palace in the parade(接受检阅的队伍). His ___19___ mother travelled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good ___20___ in the crowd.
The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his ___21___ came in sight some of the people watching ___22___ laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along.
But Ella Fant, who was filled with ___23___, shouted at the top of her voice: 揕ook at ___24___！They’re all out of ___25___ 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. rub 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. even 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. position C. experience D. impression
21. A. neighbours B. army officer C. mother D. fellow soldiers
22. A. couldn’t help B. shouldn’t burst out C. stopped D. kept
23. A. sadness B. happiness C. surprise D. regret
24. A. them B. those C. that D. him
25. A. sight B. order C. mind D. step
答案
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解析
本文主要讲叙 Ella Fant 因为过分溺爱和相信自己的儿子所引出的一个滑稽故事。
1. D。根据下文讲到的 Ella Fant 对儿子的细心照顾可推知她非常 loved 自己的儿子。
2. B。in one’s eyes 为习语，意为“在某人的心目中”、“在某人看来”。
3. A。比较四个选项，结合 Llla Fant 对儿子过于偏爱，可知选项 A 最佳。
4. C。in bed 为固定词组，意为“在床上”。每天早上都端饭让儿子在床上吃——这充分体现了 Fant 对儿子的溺爱，为下文作铺垫。
5. B。to read 为修饰 the papers 的定语，两者为动宾关系。
6. A。这是作者在反面衬托：不是 John 太懒不工作。
7. D。指 John 曾经试做过几个 jobs (下文有具体介绍)。
8. C。根据下文可知，John 每做一项工作都要犯一些很“低级”的错误。此处填 break，指他作为窗户清洁时打碎玻璃。注意作者用 in first week, managed to, at least 等所表达的语气。
9. C。根据下文的 …on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares collected 可知，他 became 一名公共汽车售票员。
10. A。on his second day 指“在他上班的第二天”。
11. B。even 表示“甚至”，表示强调。
12. C。because 引出失去邮递员工作的原因。
13. D。根据上文所列举的 John 所遭遇的一连串失败，可以推知此处应填 no。
14. D。由于没有适合的工作可做，所以最后“决定”参军。
15. A。根据下文提到的表示结果的 that she told the news to all her neighbours，可以推知 Mrs. Fant 对儿子参军一事很激动(excited)。
16. C。结合上文，同时比较四个选项，news(消息)在此最合适。
17. B。ever 在此表示“曾经”，在此指“曾经有过的最优秀的士兵”。
18. C。when 引导定语从句修饰 the great day。
19. A。根据作者对 Mrs. Fant 整体描述，尤其是她的 He is going to be the best soldier there ever was, I can tell you 可以推知，这是一位 proud mother。
20. B。Ella Fant 一大早就赶进城，其目的是想在人群中找到一个好位置(position)。
21. D。与 John 一起在队伍中接受检阅的应是他的 fellow soldiers (战友)。
22. A。couldn’t help doing sth 是固定表达，其意为“忍不住做某事”。这里指的是当人们看到只有 John 一个人的步伐与大家不一致的时候，忍不住嘲笑他。
23. B。由于 Ella Fant 过分相信自己的儿子，认为做什么事都只有她的儿子才是最棒的，所以即使在自己的儿子步伐与大家不一致时，她还认为是别人的步伐与她儿子的不一致，并高喊 Isn’t he the best! 由此可推知，此时的 Ella Fant 心中恐怕只有 happiness。
24. A。根据后一句 They’re all out of step except my John! 可知，此处应 them，以保持前后人称一致。
25. D。out of pace 意为“步伐不一致”，注意联系上文的 … laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others。
核心考点
试题【Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small hou】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics(题目), “The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the ___36___ of an evening at Uncle Alien’s in Belleville ___37___all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat ___38___ spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的) treat in ___39___days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and ___40___ of the grown-ups had enough experience to be___41___it. What laughing ___42___ we had about the___43___respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. ___44___, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to ___45___ it down simply for my own ___46___, not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. ___47___, I would write something else.
When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no ___48___ left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to ___49___my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the ___50___ papers. He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition, ‘The Art of Eating Spaghetti’. ”
My words! He was reading my words out ___51___ to the whole class. ___52___ laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show___53___, but what I was feeling was pure happiness, ___54___ my words had the power to make people___55___.
36. A. memory B. thought C. knowledge D. experience
37. A. when B. where C. since D. after
38. A. cooked B. served C. got D. made
39. A. their B. past C. last D. those
40. A. none B. one C. earns D. neither
41. A. careful about B. good at C. fond of D. interested in
42. A. speeches B. lessons C. sayings D. arguments
43. A. nearly B. naturally C. officially D. socially
44. A. Especially B. Probably C. Suddenly D. Fortunately
45. A. settle B. put C. bite D. let
46. A. work B. story C. luck D. joy
47. A. However B. Therefore C. As for him D. Except for that
48. A. time B. excuse C. way D. idea
49. A. give up B. continue C. hand in D. delay
50. A. written B. graded C. collected D. calmly
51. A. laid B. fast C. publicly D. calmly
52. A. People B. Nobody C. Somebody D. I
53. A. shock B. wonder C. worry D. pleasure
54. A. if B. for C. while D. although
55. A. excited B. satisfied C. think D. laugh
“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict(有瘾的人). . . ”
With these words I began to ___36___ the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ___37___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ___38___ to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially . It seemed ___39___, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the ___40___ got worse. Soon it was ___41___ use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect(影响) my ___42___. During the day I would disappear for ___43___ call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ___44___, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, ___45___ myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and ___46___ messages to make sure ___47___ calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends
homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the ___48___ “Is it OK if I just use the phone. . . ?” At work, I became ___49___ when my fellow workers tried to ___50___ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally, the police caught me ___51___ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was ___52___ to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven’t ___53___ a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days ___54___ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ___55___ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.
36. A. face B. find C. accept D. notice
37. A. now and then B. all the time C. at home D. at work
38. A. tried B. asked C. waited D. invited
39. A. polite B. important C. fine D. special
40. A. condition B. situation C. result D. effect
41. A. frequent B. regular C. unusual D. particular
42. A. friends B. study C. family D. work
43. A. a quick B. a secret C. an expected D. an extra
44. A. hopeful B. delighted C. frightened D. anxious
45. A. forcing B. telling C. giving D. limiting
46. A. leaving B. taking C. passing D. recording
47. A. long B. immediate C. enough D. surprising
48. A. saying B. demands C. wish D. words
49. A. careful B. mad C. determined D. helpless
50. A. save B. reduce C. protect D. stop
51. A. destroying B. using C. stealing D. emptying
52. A. offered B. guided C. ordered D. reminded
53. A. missed B. had C. received D. fixed
54. A. as B. when C. if D. since
55. A. always B. just C. more D. different
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teaches at the University of Pisa. ___36___ I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his ___37___qualities. First of all, I respected his ___38___ to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he ___39___ what he taught. Further more, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an ___40___ way, introducing such aids(辅助) to ___41___ as oil paintings, music, and guest lectures. Once he ___42___ sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. ___43___, I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them ___44___ the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would ___45___ a student to a game of chess(国际象棋). ___46___, he would join students groups to discuss a variety of ___47___: agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for ___48___ on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was ___49___ by his lively sense of humor(幽默). He believed that no lesson is a success ___50___, during it the students and the professor ___51___ at least one loud ___52___. Through his sense of humor, he made learning more ___53___ and more lasting. If it is ___54___ that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, ___55___ my friend is indeed a wise man.
36. A. Although B. When C. Even if D. Now that
37. A. basic B. special C. common D. particular
38. A. attention B. introduction C. relation D. devotion
39. A. insisted on B. talked about C. believed in D. agreed with
40. A. imaginative B. ordinary C. opposite D. open
41. A. listening B. understanding C. information D. discovery
42. A. also B. nearly C. even D. only
43. A. Later B. Secondly C. However D. Therefore
44. A. with B. by C. from D. on
45. A. invite B. lead C. prefer D. show
46. A. As a matter of fact B. Later on
C. Other times D. In general
47. A. questions B. subjects C. matters D. contents
48. A. support B. explanation C. experience D. advice
49. A. disturbed B. moved C. attracted D. defeated
50. A. for B. until C. since D. unless
51. A. hear B. suggest C. share D. demand
52. A. laugh B. cry C. shout D. question
53. A. helpful B. enjoyable C. practical D. useful
54. A. natural B. normal C. hopeful D. true
55. A. so B. for C. then D. yet
Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach(教练) said that I had lots of potential(潜力), and I became captain of my ___36___. That was before all the fun was taken out of ___37___.
At first, everyone on the team got ___38___ playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the ___39___ started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have ___40___one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our ___41___. The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game. All we did during practice was ___42___. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the ___43___. Of course, all teams run drills; they are ___44___. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble ___45___. Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises ___46___ for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin ___47___ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too ___48___ to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual ___49___.
Is all this pressure necessary? I ___50___ up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s ___51___, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they ___52___ from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and ___53___ my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing ___54___ him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I ___55___ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.
36. A. class B. club C. team D. board
37. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working
38. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra
39. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure
40. A. free B. private C. good D. basic
41. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs
42. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot
43. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training
44. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical
45. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing
46. A. used B. intended C. made D. described
47. A. till B. since C. before D. because
48. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big
49. A. size B. share C. space D. state
50. A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked
51. A. sad B. shameful C. silly D. serious
52. A. received B. suffered C. brought D. felt
53. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered C. reformed D. replaced
54. A. at B. by C. for D. around
55. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed
Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents. The next day she drove her old car home along the road. ___36___ she found she got a flat. The 22-year-old student ___37___to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk. no ___38___ tire.
At this time, a car ___39___. Paul and Diane told Clay to ___40___ them to a service station near their ___41___. They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to ___42___ with her car. “Follow us home,” said Paul.
The couple called around to find a tire. No___43___. They decided to let her use their own car. “Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a ___44___ of keys, “Take our car. We ___45___ be using it over the holiday. ”
Clay was ___46. “But I’m going all the way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks,” she ___47___ them.
“We know,” Paul said. “We’ll be ___48___ when you get back. Here’s our number if you need to ___49___ us. ”
Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the ___50___ put her luggage into their car and then ___51___ her off. Two weeks later she ___52___ to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the radio ___53___.
“Thank you so much,” she said. “How much do I ___54___ you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said, we don’t want any money. It’s our ___55___. ” Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their “do unto others” spirit.
36. A. Suddenly B. Finally C. Immediately D. Fortunately
37. A. afforded B. wanted C. allowed D. managed
38. A. spare B. free C. full D. empty
39. A. passed B. stopped C. paused D. started
40. A. help B. push C. take D. follow
41. A. garage B. house C. shop D. hotel
42. A. agree B. match C. go D. deal
43. A. way B. message C. success D. luck
44. A. set B. number C. pair D. chain
45. A. can’t B. shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. won’t
46. A. satisfied B. worried C. astonished D. disturbed
47. A. persuaded B. advised C. reminded D. promised
48. A. happy B. here C. away D. busy
49. A. get in touch with B. keep in touch with
C. be in touch with D. put in touch with
50. A. repairmen B. cleaners C. friends D. couple
51. A. sent B. shook C. watched D. drove
52. A. shocked B. happened C. returned D. came
53. A. loaded B. fixed C. tied D. rebuilt
54. A. owe B. lend C. give D. offer
55. A. wish B. job C. duty D. pleasure
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