98年高考英语真题完形填空题·完全解析
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. "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: "Look 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. 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. 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
1-5DBACB 6-10ADCCA 11-15BCDDA 16-20CBCAB 21-25DABAD
该篇完形填空选用了一篇风趣幽默的小故事。文中描述Mrs Fant宠爱儿子致使儿子一事无成，笑话百出的经过。
题号 答案 考查内容
解题依据 解题分析
1 D 逻辑推理
词义比较 Fant太太很爱自己独生子John。depend on依靠, 依赖；wait on服侍, 招待, 拜访, 焦急地等待；trust信任, 信赖；love爱
2 B 固定搭配 in her eyes表示"在她的眼里"。
3 A 逻辑推理 因为溺爱，她觉得她的儿子做任何事都不会出错(wrong)。
4 C 固定搭配 in bed表示躺在床上。
5 B 固定搭配
词义比较 儿子躺在床上，母亲送报去给他读(read)。check核对，检验；keep保存；sign签字，标记。
6 A 逻辑推理 要说John太懒(lazy)，这不是事实。
7 D 固定搭配
词义比较 John尝试做过几种工作(jobs)。task任务，作业，不合文意。
8 C 词义比较 他擦(rub)、清扫(clean)，可就是让玻璃掉下(drop)而破裂(break)。
9 C 语法规则 他成(became)了汽车售票员。需要用情态动词。
10 A 固定搭配 介词on和day搭配。by a route走某一条路线；by chance偶然, 意外地。
11 B 逻辑推理 他甚至(even)丢掉了邮递员的工作。thus因此，因而；C. once曾经，一次；only唯一。
12 C 语句连贯 下面叙述的是丢掉工作的原因，故用because。
13 D 逻辑推理 因此看来没有适合于他的工作了，因此用no表示否定。
14 D 逻辑推理
词义比较 别的工作都试过了，都干不了，因此决定(decided)参军试试。decide决定；begin开始；promise答应，许诺，不涉及到行动；manage设法；努力。
15 A 逻辑推理
词义比较 Fant太太对儿子参军肯定是很高兴的(excited)，而不会担心(worried)、好奇(curious)、焦虑(anxious)。
16 C 词义辨析 Fant太太把儿子参军的消息(news)告诉邻居。incident事件，事变；change改变；matter事件，问题。
17 B 词义辨析 ever这里是at any time in the past的意思。yet仍, 至今，更；ever曾经，在任何时候；never决不，从未；just正好，仅仅。
18 C 语法规则 when关系副词引导定语从句修饰the great day。
19 A 逻辑推理 听说儿子要参加阅兵式，母亲绝对不会认为是幸运的，侥幸的(lucky)，她也不会因此而严厉(strict)或是亲切(kind)，而是感到自豪和得意(proud)。
20 B 常识运用 想看清楚自己的儿子得早(time)去在拥挤的人群中找一个好位置(position)，她不会在乎是否是好经历(experience)或是好印象(impression)。
21 D 常识运用 在阅兵时，John和他的战友(fellow soldiers)一起出现。
22 A 固定搭配 couldn't help laughi