Question

   Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 6         concert. She had been waiting for this 7         for years and years. “Now it is here at last，” she thought. “ How beautiful her 8 is!”

The song made her 9         to the days when she was at Lauren’s 10        . As a young 11        ，Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied 12         inFrance,Italyand in theUnited States. “You can become a fine 13         in the future，” her teachers told her. “But you must be 14         to study hard and work for many years. There will be 15         time for anything but music in your life. ”

Dorothy was 16         at that time and she was 17         that music was all she wanted or needed to 18         her life. For almost a year Dorothy 19         of nothing else. Then she 20         David，a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in 21         David asked her to be his 22        . Dorothy also wanted to

marry David. But she loved 23        ，too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer.

He said，“If you want to be a singer,you must forget about getting married. You can’t 24         do both. ”

Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her,which was her 25        .

6.  A. last   B. successful

   C.  first   D. wonderful

7. A.  dance   B. moment       C.show   D. party

8. A. voice   B. face       C.dress   D. life

9. A.  think of   B. bring back

   C.go back   D. come back

10. A.  age   B. friend   C. mother   D. teacher

11. A.  musician   B. pop star

   C.  lady   D. girl

12. A.  French   B. music   C. piano   D. dance

13. A.  actress   B. student   C. singer   D. dancer

14. A.  prepared   B. learned   C. driven   D. waited

15. A.  some   B. any   C. no   D. enough

16. A.  eight   B. eighteen

   C.  eighty   D. eighty-eight

17. A.  lucky   B. sure       C.afraid   D. fond

18. A.  fill   B. live   C. lead   D. take

19. A.  heard   B. knew       C.talked   D. thought

20. A.  saw off   B. learned from

   C.  heard of   D. met

21. A.  love   B. feeling   C. music   D. touch

22. A.  assistant   B. teacher   C. wife   D. student

23. A.  him   B. engineering

   C.herself   D. music

24. A.  certainly   B. possibly   C. only   D. mainly

25. A.  thought   B. hope   C. purpose   D. will

Answer 1

6. C由下文的“這一刻她等了好多年了”來看，這里說的是女兒第一次演出。  

7. B由下文可知，Dorothy Brown也曾學(xué)習(xí)過音樂，但由于認(rèn)識David并結(jié)婚而影響了自己在音樂方面的發(fā)展”' 現(xiàn)在正好讓女兒來完成自己的心愿。由此可知，她盼望這一時(shí)刻好多年了。 

8. A 由今天她的女兒Lauren將舉辦演唱會可知，此處說的是她的聲音真美。

9. C女兒的演出使她想到了自己和女兒一樣年紀(jì)時(shí)候的事情。下面是回憶自己以前學(xué)習(xí)音樂的情況。go back I to the days…意為“回憶起……的日子”。

10. A

11.D當(dāng)Dorothy還是個(gè)小女孩時(shí)，她想成為一名歌唱家 .

12. B由上下文可知她曾在法國、意大利和美國學(xué)習(xí)過音樂。 

13. C由上下文可知，此處是老師告訴她，她以后有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家。

14. A be prepared to do sth表示“準(zhǔn)備好做某事”。

15. C要把全部時(shí)間用于音樂，不能用在其他方面。

16. B由Dorothy遇到了 David并與他結(jié)婚等來看，當(dāng)時(shí)她的年齡不可能是8歲、.80歲或88歲，當(dāng)時(shí)Dorothy為 18歲比較合理。

17. B

18. A聽了老師的話，再加上當(dāng)時(shí)她只有]8歲，她確信音樂是充實(shí)她生活的全部內(nèi)容。fiirone’s life為“填充生活，充實(shí)生活”之意。

19. D有將近一年的時(shí)間Dorothy什么也不想。這里指的是她一心撲在學(xué)習(xí)音樂上。

20. D前面說“她有將近一年的時(shí)間把心思全撲在學(xué)習(xí)音樂上”，這里說的是“接著她遇到了在歐洲旅游的I) a-vid”，這動(dòng)搖了她學(xué)習(xí)音樂的念頭。

21. A從下文David要娶她為妻及Dorothy也想嫁給他來看，這里說的是他們見面后不久就相愛了。fall in love (with sb/sth) 意為“愛上某人或某物”。

22. C從上文他們相愛可推測，此處說的是David要娶她為妻。

23.D  Dorothy也想嫁給David,但是她也愛音樂，她不知道怎么辦，在結(jié)婚與學(xué)習(xí)音樂方面產(chǎn)生了矛盾。

24. B David說當(dāng)歌手和結(jié)婚，二者不可能兼得。possibly 可以與can't連用，表示“不可能”。

25. B