阅读下面短文,从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。

Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She loved John very much. In her 1he couldn’t do anything2. Every morning she would give him breakfast 3bed and bring him the papers to read. It isn’t really true that he was too 4to work—in fact he had tried a few5. First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he 6a bus conductor and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares （车费）collected. He 7lost his job as a postman 8he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was 9suitable work for him. So he 10to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so 11about this that she told the 12to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier”, she said. “He is going to be the best soldier there 13was, I can tell you!”

Then the great day came 14he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). His 15mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 16in the crowd.

The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his17came in sight, some of the people watching 18laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along.

But Ella Fant, who was filled with19, shouted at the top of her voice: “Look at them! They’re all out of 20except my John! Isn’t he the best?!”

1.A. hope           B. eyes         C. head         D. beliefs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16.A. time          B. position         C. experience  D. impression

17.A. neighbours    B. army officer  C. mother      D. fellow soldiers

18.A. couldn’t help    B. kept         C. stopped     D. shouldn’t burst out

19.A. sadness      B. happiness     C. surprise     D. regret

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

 

第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have a love-hate relationship with 8 o’clock classes. I like to get   21   that early; most students don’t . They drag in late and look sleepy and  22     at that early hour.

One day I got really angry with it. I was  23   about the topic (history of Indians),but no one else seemed to be. I moved  24     the classroom. I told stories and tries   25   . I got theatrical(表演似的). It was useless. Students’blank looks didn’t seem to  26    . I was about to start a major topic when I   27  down at my watch. It was already past the scheduled end of class. So I just ended   28    .

Watching the students running out of the door, I  29    my books, notes and papers and stepped out into the hall. I was tired and a bit  30     . I had put everything I knew into that classroom   31    but it had seemed good for nothing. Then  32    I started across the hall, a student coming out of the back door of the classroom  33    me . It was Randy. I thought he wanted to ask  34   I didn’t have those test papers   35    or maybe he wanted   36   to hand in a late paper or …However , It was   37  of that. With his eyes sparking(闪亮). Randy said “This is the first time I’ve not    38  a college class to end. ”

The tiredness lifted. I had done  39    than I thought. I don't know if Randy will ever40    how much he did for me that day.

21. A. changed         B. started    C. caught       D. asked

22. A. dull   B. lazy  C. dirty        D. strange

23. A. sure   B. curious    C. excited    D. worried

24. A. into   B. from       C. forward   D. about

25. A. luck         B. humor    C. experiment     D. success

26. A. change      B. loose       C. appear     D. think

27. A. broke       B. put   C. took        D. glanced

28. A. carelessly         B. hurriedly        C. suddenly        D. naturally

29. A. got through      B. took away       C. picked up       D. went over

30. A. anxious    B. delight     C. sick  D. discouraged

31. A. lesson       B. discussion      C. performance   D. content

32. A. as        B. because    C. if    D. till

33. A. ran after    B. shouted at      C. got along with        D.caught up with

34. A. when        B. why        C. whether   D. who

35. A. taken        B. passed     C. graded     D. checked

36. A. excuse       B. information     C. promise   D. permission

37. A. none  B. nothing   C. all   D. anything

38. A. attended   B. asked      C. wanted    D. chosen

39. A. better        B. worse      C. more       D. less

40. A. care         B. understand      C. think       D. forget

 

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从36至55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。

Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She loved John very much. In her 36 he couldn’t do anything 37. Every morning she would give him breakfast 38 bed and bring him the papers to read. It isn’t really true that he was too 39 to work—in fact he had tried a few 40. First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he 41 a bus conductor and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares （车费）collected. He 42 lost his job as a postman 43 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was 44suitable work for him. So he 45 to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so 46 about this that she told the 47to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier”, she said. “He is going to be the best soldier there 48 was, I can tell you!”

Then the great day came 49 he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). His 50 mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 51 in the crowd.

The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his52 came in sight, some of the people watching 53 laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along.

But Ella Fant, who was filled with 54, shouted at the top of her voice: “Look at them! They’re all out of 55 except my John! Isn’t he the best?!”

36. A. hope             B. eyes                 C. head             D. beliefs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51. A. time            B. position         C. experience       D. impression

52. A. neighbours        B. army officer     C. mother         D. fellow soldiers

53. A. couldn’t help      B. kept                C. stopped         D. shouldn’t burst out

54. A. sadness         B. happiness       C. surprise         D. regret

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