历届高考完形填空语篇荟萃(9)（在线收听） |
| (九) 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 papers 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 conductor 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 suitable work for him. So he decided to join the army .Mrs. Fant was so excited about this that she told the news to all her neighbours ."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 parade(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 fellow soldiers came in sight some of the people watching couldn't help laughing at the one who couldn't keep pace with the others as they marched along. 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!"[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。 |
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