1998年高考英语完形填空真题
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 onB. waited onC.trustedD. loved
2.A. hopeB. eyesC.headD.beliefs
3.A. wrongB. greatC.goodD.strange
4.A. toB. atC.inD.by
5.A. checkB. readC.keepD.sign
6.A. lazyB. youngC.weakD.shy
7.A. onesB. yearsC.tasksD.jobs
8.A. rubB. dropC.breakD.clean
9.A. followedB. metC.becameD.found
10.A. dayB. tryC.routeD.chance
11.A. thusB. evenC.onceD.only
12.A. even ifB. so thatC.becauseD.though
13.A. someB. suchC.lessD.no
14.A. beganB. promisedC.managedD.decided
15.A. excitedB. worriedC.anxiousD.curious
16.A. incidentB. changeC.newsD.matter
17.A. yetB. everC.neverD.just
18.A. whereB. sinceC.whenD.till
19.A. proudB. kindC.strictD.lucky
20.A. timeB. positionC.experienceD. impression
21.A. neighboursB. army officerC.motherD.fellow soldiers
22.A. couldn’t helpB. shouldn’t burst outC.stoppedD.kept
23.A. sadnessB.happinessC. surpriseD. regret
24.A.themB.thoseC.thatD.him
25.A. sightB. orderC.mindD.step
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1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.D 15.A
16.C 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.B 21.D 22.A 23.B 24.A 25.D
一、
Trust
1.[ U]~ (in sb/sth)the belief that sb/sth is good, sincere, honest, etc. and will not try to harm or trick you相信；信任；信赖
Her trust in him was unfounded.她对他的信任毫无道理。
She will not betray your trust (= do sth that you have asked her not to do) .她不会辜负你对她的信任。
2.[ CU]( law 律)an arrangement by which an organization or a group of people has legal control of money or property that has been given to sb, usually until that person reaches a particular age; an amount of money or property that is controlled in this way委托；信托；信托财产
He set up a trust for his children.他为子女安排好了信托财产。
Our fees depend on the value of the trust.我们的费用视信托金额而定。
3.[ C]( law 律)an organization or a group of people that invests money that is given or lent to it and uses the profits to help a charity受托基金机构；受托团体
a charitable trust慈善基金机构
4.[ C]( business 商) ( especially NAmE ) a group of companies that work together illegally to reduce competition, control prices, etc.托拉斯（为减少竞争、操纵价格等而非法联合的企业组织）
anti-trust laws反托拉斯法
1.
to have confidence in sb; to believe that sb is good, sincere, honest, etc.信任；信赖；相信（某人的善良、真诚等）[ VN]
She trusts Alan implicitly.她绝对信任艾伦。
[ VN to inf]
You can trust me not to tell anyone.你可以相信我不会跟任何人讲。
2.[ VN] to believe that sth is true or correct or that you can rely on it相信；认为可靠
He trusted her judgement.他相信她的判断力。
3.[ V (that)] ( formal ) to hope and expect that sth is true想；希望；期望
I trust (that) you have no objections to our proposals?我想你不反对我们的建议吧？
以上来源于: 牛津词典
以上来源于: 网易有道翻译
二、
But Ella Fant, who was filled with happiness, shouted at the top of her voice: “Look at them！They’re all out of step except my John! Isn’t he the best!”
三、
The funny story of Ella Fant, a mother who spoils her son.
四、重点短语 & 固定搭配
1.wait on伺候，服侍
2.in one’s eyes 在某人眼里
3.too lazy to work 太懒而不愿工作
4.manage to do 设法做成（本文多为搞砸事情）
5.bus conductor 公交车售票员
6.collect fares 收车费
7.join the army 参军
8.be excited about 对…… 十分激动 / 兴奋
9.march past the palace 列队经过宫殿
10.in the parade 参加阅兵
11.keep pace with 跟上…… 步伐
12.couldn’t help laughing 忍不住大笑
13.at the top of one’s voice 放声大喊
14.out of step 步伐不齐，步调不一致
