From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(獨(dú)奏會).A recital 5 I had to practise a boring piece of music and per?form before strangers. Each year I 6 ask my father if I could skip the recital "just this once". And each year he'd shake his head, muttering (喃咕) 7 about building self-confidence and working towards a 8  .

So it was with really great 9 that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and 10  my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt 11  rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since child?hood, but his family was poor and couldn't 12 lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, 13 too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn't 14 there. When he retired three years ago, he 15 his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the key?board, he 16 stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the 17 ？ I worried, remembering those split seconds 18 ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would 19 But then came the beauti?ful melody(旋律)，from the 20 fingers that once baited(裝馎于）my fishing lines. And I 21 he had been doing what music teachers always stress: 22 the music and pretend the others aren't there.

"I'm 23 of him for starting something new at his age," I said to my son Jeff.

"Yeah, and doing it so  24 Jeff added.

With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

5.    A.    reflected  B.    explained

C.    meant      D.    proved

6.    A.    would     B.    could

C.    might      D.    should

7.    A.    nothing   B.    everything

C.    anything  D.    something

8.    A.    goal B.    stage

C.    journey   D.    chance

9.    A.    trouble    B.    satisfaction

C.  strength   D.    disappointment

10.   A. kept    B.    sent

C.  watched   D.    felt

11.   A. through      B.    from

C.  against     D.    before

12.   A. miss   B. afford

C.  select       D. understand

13.   A. as       B. once

C.  if     D. while

14.   A. educated    B. protected

C.  stuck       D. spoiled

15.   A. allowed      B. invited

C.  inspired   D. persuaded

16.   A. roughly      B. simply

C.  merrily    D. curiously

17.   A. words B, videos

C.  notes       D. lessons

18.   A. decades      B. weeks

C  hours D. moments

19.   A. play    B. freeze

C.  click D. adjust

20.   A. same   B. warm

C.  different  D. dirty

21.   A. predicted    B. realized

C.  imagined                  D. insisted

22.   A. pass over    B.  turn up

C.  concentrate on D.   bring in

23.   A, ashamed     B. aware

C.  tired D. proud

24.   A. casually     B. anxiously

C.  nicely      D. frequently

【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了作者本來很反感練琴，但是父親的行為感動了自己。

C reflect反射；explain解釋；mean意味著；prove證明。獨(dú)奏會就意味著"我"要練習(xí)一段無聊的音樂，并在陌生人面前表演出來。故選C項。

A would常常；could能；might可能；should應(yīng)該。每年"我"都會問父親，"我"能否不進(jìn)行獨(dú)奏。would表示過去經(jīng)常性或習(xí)慣性的動作，意為"總會，總是"，故選A項。

D nothing什么也沒有；everything—切；anything任何事； something —些事。當(dāng)"我"請求的時候，他總是嘀咕一些話， 如要有自信，要朝目標(biāo)而努力等。根據(jù)下文提到"…about building self-confidence and working towards...，，可知選D項。

A goal目標(biāo)；stage階段；journey旅行；chance機(jī)會。父親都會搖搖頭，要求"我"建立信心，朝著目標(biāo)努力。根據(jù)"… building self-confidence and working towards a...可知這里是建立自信，朝著一個目標(biāo)努力，故選A項。

B trouble麻煩；satisfaction滿意；strength力量；disap-pohitment失望。根據(jù)下文可知這次是爸爸進(jìn)行獨(dú)奏演出， 爸爸在上臺前因緊張而流汗，他也體會到了"我"小時候的情況，所以B項符合上下文。

C keep保持；send發(fā)送；watch看；feel感覺�？粗�68歲的父親在站起來彈鋼琴之前流汗，"我"感覺很滿意，因為他也體會到"我"當(dāng)年的心情了，故C項正確。

D through通過；from來自；against違背；before在之前。在正式演奏之前，表演的人通常都要起立向觀眾示意。本句表示父親在站起來彈鋼琴之前流汗。故D正確。

B miss錯過；afford買得起；select挑選；understand理解。"我"父親從小就想學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴，但是他家很窮，負(fù)擔(dān)不起鋼琴課的費(fèi)用，所以他一直沒有實現(xiàn)自己學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴的愿望。

A as因為，正如；once—旦；if如果；while雖然。他本可以繼續(xù)為自己小時候沒有能夠?qū)W習(xí)鋼琴而遺憾，正如我們中很多人一樣。本句是一個非限制性定語從句，指很多人都會為以前沒有做過的事情遺憾，但是不采取行動。而父親不是這樣的人，在退休以后，他實現(xiàn)了自己的鋼琴夢，故A正確。

C educate教育；protect保護(hù)；stick刺，粘貼；spoil慣壞， 變質(zhì)。根據(jù)"But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn't ...there."可知這里的意思是盡管他生根于過去，卻沒有被困在那里，故選C項。

D allow允許；invite邀請；inspire鼓勵；persuade說S艮。退休以后他說服了教堂里的音樂老師收他為學(xué)生，開始學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴。根據(jù)上文可知他參加演奏會，說明他參加了鋼琴的學(xué)習(xí)，故D正確。

B roughly粗略地；simply僅僅；merrily快樂地；curiously 好奇地。根據(jù)"Has he forgotten the... ？"可知父親坐在琴鍵前，僅僅向下盯著自己的手指，故選B項。

C word單詞，話語；video錄像；note音符；lesson功課。根據(jù)"I worried, remembering those split seconds••• ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would"."可知這里的意思是"我"認(rèn)為他忘記了音符，故選C項。

A decade十年；week星期；hour小時；moment片刻。根據(jù)最后一句話作者認(rèn)為他的行動比30多年以前說的話更有感染力，可知作者想起了自己多年前的情景，故選A項。

B play玩耍，彈奏;freeze冷凍，僵��；click點(diǎn)擊；adjust 調(diào)整。"我"在想他是不

是和"我"表演時一樣頭腦空白，手指僵硬呢？根據(jù)上下文可知B正確。

A same同樣的；warm溫暖的；different不同的；dirty臟的。但是很快，優(yōu)美的旋律就被那雙給"我"裝釣魚的餌料的同樣的手彈奏了出來。本句是指現(xiàn)在彈奏鋼琴的手和之前給"我"裝釣魚的餌料的手是同樣的手，故A正確。

B   predict預(yù)測；realize意識到；imagine想象；insist堅持認(rèn)為，要求。"我"突然意識到他在做老師一直要求做的事情，故B正確。

C pass over忽視；turn up出現(xiàn)，調(diào)高；concentrate on集中注意力于……；bring in介紹，引進(jìn)。"我"突然意識到他在做老師一直要求做的事情：把注意力集中到音樂，假裝別人都不在。故C正確。

D ashamed羞愧的；aware意識到的，知道的；tired疲憊的；proud自豪的。"我"為他在如此的年齡能夠嘗試新的事情感到很自豪'根據(jù)"With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago."可知在他那個年齡， 還能開始新的東西，"我"為此感到驕傲。

C casually隨意地；anxiously焦慮地；nicely令人滿意地， 很好地；frequently頻繁地。Jeff說："是的，而且他做得很好。"根據(jù)"But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the.. fingers that once baited(裝館于)my fishing lines."可知父親彈得非常好。

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