文档介绍：1998年全国卷
Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She (26) ______ John very much. In her (27) ______ he couldn’t do anything (28) ______. Every morning she would give him breakfast (29) ______ bed and bring him the papers to (30) ______. It isn’t really true that he was too (31) ______to work — in fact he had tried a few (32) ______. First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to (33) ______ at least six windows. Then he (34) ______ a bus conductor and on his second (35) ______ a passenger stole his bag with all the fares (车费) collected. He (36) ______ lost his job as a postman (37) ______ he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was (38) ______ suitable work for him. So he (39) ______ to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so (40) ______ about this that she told the (41) ______ to all her neighbors. “My John is going to be a soldier,” she said. “He is going to be the best soldier there (42) ______ was, I can tell you!”
Then the great day came (43) ______ he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). His (44) ______ mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good (45) ______in the crowd.
The parade was full of sound and color. But when John and his (46) ______ came in sight some of the people watching (47) ______ l