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 newspapers 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（車費）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 neighours. "My John is going to be a soldier", she said, "He 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（接受檢閱的隊伍）. 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: "Look at (24) ! They're all out (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. becameD. found

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

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

12.A. even if B. so that C. becauseD. though

13.A. someB. 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. position C. experience D. impression

21.A. neighbours B. army officer C. motherD. fellow soldiers

22. A. couldn't help B. shouldn't burst out C. stopped D. kept

23.A. sadness B. happiness C. surpriseD. regret

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

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

【解題指導(dǎo)】

1.D.從題干4題內(nèi)容看，她總是給她兒子在床上吃早飯，把報紙拿給他看。這一信息暗示她十分溺愛她的兒子。

2.B.由于溺愛使得兒子在母親的眼中一切都好。

3.A.從第一段7題后內(nèi)容多次暗示她兒子做錯事，如打破窗戶玻璃等，但在母親的眼中認(rèn)為他沒做過錯事。上述2、3題可以從更后兩段找到有關(guān)證據(jù)。

4.C.考查in bed固定短語搭配。

5.B.考查read the papers動詞習(xí)慣搭配。

6.A.題干6題橫線解釋部分已暗示他試過幾份工作，這表明他并非懶到不工作。另外文章下文也交代他的確去工作，說明只能選A.

7.D.題干11題后to work和11題后lost his job等多次暗示答案為jobs.

8.C.manage to do sth.意為“竟然會……”。根據(jù)句意，A和D為同類項且與文章不符。他擦洗窗戶時粗心大意打碎玻璃而不是扔窗子。因此，B也排除，只有C對。

9.C.題干后為職業(yè)與選項became吻合，A不合文義，B和D為類似詞且不合文義。

10.A.本題考查句意。

11.B.在表示幾件事對比強調(diào)語氣時，常用even加強與前面做清洗工、乘務(wù)員對比。

12.C.強調(diào)“丟了工作”的原因是他將本應(yīng)送到人們家里的信寄發(fā)出去，故應(yīng)用because.

13.D.A.B表示肯定，如有合適工作或許他不必參軍；C不表示完全否定，因此不合文義，故選D.

14.D.無工作干，別無其他選擇是導(dǎo)致他決定參軍的原因，其他三個選項無語境線索暗示。

15.A.選項B．C為同類項；D與其后引語內(nèi)容不符；excited與本句和句子末段內(nèi)容呼應(yīng)。

16.C.本題考查文義理解，引語內(nèi)容為引消息、新聞詳情。

17.B.there was與be going to形成時態(tài)對比，用ever與過去時強調(diào)“曾經(jīng)”，相當(dāng)于at any time.與從句表達相符，即“他將成為曾經(jīng)有過的更好的士兵”。

18.C.the great day已暗示用關(guān)系副詞when表示時間。

19.A.17題語氣和內(nèi)容已暗示本題答案。

20.B.母親一大早趕到城里的目的無非是想在人群中謀得一席佳地一睹兒子風(fēng)采。

21.D.從檢閱隊伍看只能是他兒子的戰(zhàn)友，因為他兒子是其中一員。

22.A.考查can't help doing習(xí)語“禁不住……”與文義和laughing提示一致。

23.B.從更后一句"Isn't he the bestl"（他是更好的士兵）表明她的心情是充滿快樂的。

24.A.題干后句子"They‘re all out…"已暗示用them.

25.D.上文句子"...couldn‘t keep pace with…"已暗示約翰行進步調(diào)與戰(zhàn)友不一致。

由上述試題和分析可以看出以下幾個命題特點：

1.情景意義選擇為主，語法選擇填空極少，語境暗示特點明顯。

2.短文內(nèi)容邏輯性強，文章結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，層次分明。

3.選材貼近學(xué)生生活和知識結(jié)構(gòu)范圍，符合考生的實際水平和能力要求。

4.選擇更佳答案使試題干擾性增強、迷惑性更大，便于增設(shè)詞語意義或用法細(xì)微辨析內(nèi)容的考查。

5.單詞填空為主，短語或詞組的整體填空為輔（后者僅1～2個）。

6.備選答案的單詞，多以實詞為主，虛詞為輔。

7.保留揭示句不設(shè)空，開宗明義，點明主題。空格密度在10個詞左右，文章較短，在250～300個詞以內(nèi)。

8.考查分析文章結(jié)構(gòu)、邏輯關(guān)系的能力和概括、推斷、分析歸納的邏輯思維能力。