Question

 John,a famous musician, took his priceless zither(齊特琴) ，and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the zither was delicately streaming 1the whole station. However, during the one-hour play only six or seven people truly 2 the charming music. A three-year-old kid was so 3 by the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 US dollars for his work that day.

4in normal days,when John is about to hold a concert, the ticket can be sold for more than 100 dollars and it is extremely 5 to buy a ticket even at such a high price. There?fore,later, many 6 in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not 7 the famous musician and missing such a valuable but 8 music feast.

  I have a very busy friend who totally 9 after knowing that his wife came down with a deadly illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. But his wife still did not 10 to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that，he often sighed miserably that 11 his past busy life，he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now,it is impossible to 12 it.

  Actually, I also missed something 13 before. The 14 we missed those things is simple：we had thought that we could still own them 15 .

  Yet tomorrow is actually by no means 16 . There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people's 17    ，they had only done two things：waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to  18  what they had. We would often claim to do some- thing when we grow up,or when we have money or when we become old,etc. However, when we reach the 19 we have expected，we could no longer 20 our wish，because we have lost it by then.

(   ) 1.A. above   B. before   C. throughout   D. under

(   ) 2.A. appreciated   B. heard   C. found   D. absorbed

(   ) 3.A. confused   B. attracted   C. excited   D. stuck

(   ) 4.A. Therefore   B. However   C. Then   D. Also

(   ) 5.A. convenient   B. necessary   C. easy   D. hard

(   ) 6.A. listeners   B. viewers   C. passers-by   D. children

(   ) 7.A. greeting   B. recognizing   C. paying   D. contacting

(   ) 8.A. common   B. meaningful   C. cheap   D. expensive

(   ) 9.A. escaped   B. abandoned   C. submitted   D. changed

(   ) 10.A. manage   B. want   C. decide   D. agree

(   ) 11.A. as with   B. thanks to   C. due to   D. as for

(   ) 12.A. come up with   B. look forward to

   C. make up for   D. look back on

(   ) 13.A. difficult   B. precious   C. present   D. delightful

(   ) 14.A. reason   B. origin   C. chance   D. result

(   ) 15.A. today   B. nowadays   C. yesterday   D. tomorrow

(   ) 16.A. comfortable   B. easy   C. reliable   D. charming

(   ) 17.A. lives   B. works   C. plans   D. tasks

(   ) 18.A. protect   B. value   C. suggest   D. miss

(   ) 19.A. condition   B. top   C. success   D. scene

(   ) 20.A. say   B. understand   C. forget   D. realize

Answer 1

1— 5 CABBD 6—10 CBCDA

11— 15 CCBAD 16—20 CAB AD

很多人的一生中，只做了 "等待"與"后悔" 兩件事，合起來就叫"來不及"。我們老愛說：長大再說，有錢再說，老了再說……可是到了那時候，卻什么都不必說了。我們要做的是珍惜現(xiàn)在，不錯過生命中的美好事物。

1.C音樂家演奏出的美妙音樂，在整個車站中彌漫。

2.A根據(jù)句中的Only six or seven people truely可知，只有六七個人真正地欣賞音樂。

3.B一位三歲小童，聽音樂聽得如此入神以至于忘記了周圍的一切。

4.B在車站一天只收人了 52美元，而在平時的音樂會上，一張門票就要100美元以上。However表示轉折關系。

5.D一張票能賣到100美元以上，而且還一票難求,足可見John作為著名的音樂家是十分受歡迎的。

6.C由第一段內容可知，此處指的是在車站的過路人。

7.B當?shù)弥�那天是著名音樂家在地鐵車站演奏時，行人們后悔自己眼拙，沒有認出音樂家，從而錯過了一場有價值但廉價的音樂盛宴。

8.C

9.D從下文He cooked by himself for the fami?ly and took a walk with his wife every day可

知這位忙碌的朋友得知老婆得了重癥，徹頭徹尾變了一個人。

10.A從下文passed away after three months可知，他的妻子并沒有戰(zhàn)勝疾病。

11.C由于自己工作繁忙，他錯過了很多與妻子在一起的美好時光。due to表原因。

12.C妻子的病逝，使得他無法彌補這一切。

13.B實際上，作者也在感嘆自己曾經(jīng)錯過了很多珍貴的東西。

14.A句中的冒號后面解釋了具體的原因。

15.D為什么我們會錯過美好的東西，原因很簡單，因為我們總認為我們明天還可以擁有它。下文也提PJ Yet tomorrow is actually by no means...

16.C然而，明天絕不是可靠的。

17.A和尚認為許多人在生活中只做兩件事情:等待和后悔。

18.B因為總是在等待，結果就是我們總也不能珍惜自己擁有的東西。

19.A根據(jù)上一句的內客可知，我們總是想著等長大,有錢了或是年紀大了再去實現(xiàn)自己的愿望�？墒钱斘覀冋嬲�達到我們所期待的狀況時，我們巳無法再去實現(xiàn)夢想，因為我們已經(jīng)失去了它。

20.D