历届高考完形填空语篇荟萃(9)

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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 eyes he couldn't do anything wrong .Every morning she would give him breakfast in bed and bring him the papers¹ to read .It isn't really true that he was too lazy to work------ in fact he had tried a few jobs .First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he became a bus conductor² and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fare(车费)collected. He even lost his job as a postman because he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people's houses .It seemed that there was no suitable³ work for him. So he decided⁴ to join the army .Mrs. Fant was so excited about this that she told the news to all her neighbours⁵ ."My John is going to be a soldier," She said "He is going to be the best soldier there ever was， I can tell you!"
Then the great day came when he was to march past the palace in the parade⁶(接受检阅的队伍)。His proud mother travelled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good position in the crowd.
The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his fellow⁷ soldiers came in sight some of the people watching couldn't help laughing at the one who couldn't keep pace⁸ with the others as they marched along.
But Ella Fant, who was filled with happiness⁹, shouted at the top of her voice, "Look at them !They're all out of step except my John! Isn't he the best!"[NMET98]
简析：故事，记叙John 因受到母亲 Ella fant过份溺爱而引发的一系列黑色幽默插曲。

1 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

2 conductor   

n.领队，指挥；售票员，列车员；导体

参考例句：

• The conductor handed the sick man out of the bus.售票员扶病人下公共汽车。
• Copper is a good conductor of heat.铜是热的良导体。

3 suitable   

adj.合适的，适当的，适宜的

参考例句：

• Tomorrow will be quite suitable.明天挺合适。
• Is she suitable for the job?她适于做这工作吗？

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 neighbours   

邻居( neighbour的名词复数 )； 邻近的人[物]； 邻国； 世人

参考例句：

• The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。
• He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。

6 parade   

n.游行，炫耀，阅兵，检阅，阅兵场；v.游行，炫耀，夸耀，（使）列队行进

参考例句：

• She is on parade in her new dress in the street.她穿着新衣服在大街上走来走去。
• The boys loved watching the soldiers on parade.男孩子们爱看士兵们列队行进。

7 fellow   

n.人，家伙；伙伴，同事；对等者，对手；一对中之一，配对物；adj.同伴的，同事的

参考例句：

• I can't stand that fellow.我不能容忍那家伙。
• Who's that old fellow?那个老家伙是谁？

8 pace   

n.速度，步调，步法；v.踱步，缓慢的走，引导

参考例句：

• She works so fast I cannot keep pace.她干得很快，我跟不上。
• He walked the horse at a slow pace.他缓步牵着马遛着。

9 happiness   

n.幸福感；快乐；幸运

参考例句：

• I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity.我祝你生活幸福、万事如意。
• We all desire happiness and health.我们都想得到幸福和健康。