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 ( 1 ) he couldn’t do anything ( 2 ). Every morning she would give him breakfast ( 3 ) bed and bring him the papers to read. It isn’t really true that he was too ( 4 ) to work-in fact he had tried a few ( 5 ). First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he ( 6 ) a bus conductor and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares (车费)collected. He ( 7 ) lost his job as a postman ( 8 ) he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was ( 9 ) suitable work for him. So he ( 10 ) to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so ( 11 ) about this that she told the ( 12 ) to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier”, she said. “He is going to be the best soldier there ( 13 ) was, I can tell you!”

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

The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his (17 ) came in sight, some of the people watching (18 ) laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along.

But Ella Fant, who was filled with (19 ), shouted at the top of her voice: “Look at them! They’re all out of ( 20 ) except 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

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