Question

From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(獨奏演唱會). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(裝餌于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so______,” 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.

1.A. reflected B. explained C. meant D. proved

2.A. would B. could C. might D. should

3.A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something

4.A. goal B. stage C. journey D. chance

5.A. trouble B. satisfaction C. strength D. disappointment

6.A. kept B. sent C. watched D. felt

7.A. through B. from C. against D. before

8.A. miss B. afford C. select D. understand

9.A. as B. once C. if D. while

10.A. educated B. protected C. stuck D. spoilt

11.A. allowed B. invited C. inspired D. persuaded

12.A. roughly B. simply C. merrily D. curiously

13.A. words B. videos C. notes D. lessons

14.A. decades B. weeks C. hours D. moments

15.A. play B. freeze C. click D. adjust

16.A. same B. warm C. different D. dirty

17. A. predicted B. realized C. imagined D. insisted

18.A. pass over B. turn up C. bring in D. concentrate on

19.A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. proud

20.A. casually B. anxiously C. nicely D. frequently

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是記敘題材。主要講了作者本來很反感練琴，但是父親的行為感動了自己。父親一直渴望彈鋼琴，但是由于家庭貧窮，沒有學成琴，而68歲的他，并沒有放棄自己的夢想，成功演奏出了美妙的樂曲，在他那個年齡，還能開始新的東西，我為此感到驕傲。作者認為他的實際行動比30多年以前說的話更有感染力。

1.C�？疾閯诱Z ：根據(jù)I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.可知這里意思是獨奏會意味著我必須練習一首無聊的樂曲。reflected 反射；explained 解釋；Meant意味著；proved證明。

2.2】A。考查時態(tài) ：根據(jù)And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________. 表示從過去某一時間看將要發(fā)生的動作或存在的狀態(tài)，用過去將來時。

3.3】D。考查代詞 ：根據(jù)下文about building self-confidence and working towards a可知父親嘴里嘀咕了一些事情。Nothing沒有事情；everything每件事物；anything任何東西；something有些事情。

4.4】A。考查名詞 ：根據(jù)build self-confidence and working toward a ________.可知這里意思是建立自信，朝著一個目標努力。Goal目標；stage舞臺；journey旅行；chance機會。

5.5】B。考查名詞 ：根據(jù)下文我的父親開始他的第一次獨奏，所以這是很令人滿意的。Trouble麻煩；satisfaction滿意；strength力量；disappointment失望。

6.6】C�？疾閯釉~ ：根據(jù)my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt可知我是看到我的父親直流汗。kept 保持；sent 送；Watch看到；felt感覺。

7.7】D。考查連詞 ：父親是在第一次演奏之前，直流汗。through 通過；from 從……；against 反對；Before在……之前。

8.8】B。考查動詞 ：根據(jù)My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor可知他的家庭很貧窮，付不起學費。miss 錯過；Afford付得起；select選擇；understand明白。

9.9】A�？疾檫B詞 ：句意，他可以像我們大多數(shù)人一樣去后悔。As像；once一旦；if如果；while然而。

10.0】C�？疾閯釉~ ：根據(jù)But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there.可知這里意思是盡管他生根于過去，卻沒有被粘在那里。educated 教育；protected 保護；Stuck粘貼；spoilt變質(zhì)。

11.1】D。考查句型 ：他說服教堂音樂主管收他為學生。Persuade sb. to do sth.說服某人做某事。Allowed允許；invited邀請；inspired鼓舞；persuaded說服。

12.2】B�？疾楦痹~ ：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。roughly 粗略地；Simply僅僅；merrily快樂地；curiously好奇地。

13.3】C。考查名詞 ：根據(jù)I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______.可知這里意思是他忘記音符了嗎？words 話；videos 錄像；notes音符；lessons功課。

14.4】A�？疾槊�詞 ：根據(jù)最后一句話作者認為他的行動比30多年以前說的話更有感染力�？芍�作者想起了自己十多年前，我的思想一片空白。Decades十年；weeks幾星期；hours幾小時；moments片刻。

15.5】B�？疾閯釉~ ：頭腦一片空白，手指就會像結(jié)冰一樣。play 演奏；Freeze使結(jié)冰；click極成功；adjust調(diào)整。

16.6】A�？疾樾稳菰~ ：但是，那個時候，傳出了優(yōu)美的旋律，來自于曾經(jīng)裝魚線的相同的手。 Same相同的； warm溫暖的；different不同的；dirty臟的。

17.7】B�？疾閯釉~ ：根據(jù)________the music and pretend the others aren’t there. 我意識到了他做了音樂老師總是強調(diào)的事情。predicted 預測；Realized意識到；imagined想象；insisted堅持。

18.8】D�？疾槎陶Z ：根據(jù)and pretend the others aren’t there.可知專注于音樂，假裝其他人不存在。pass over 忽視；turn up 出現(xiàn)；bring in 帶進來；Concentrate on專心于。

19.9】D�？疾槎陶Z ：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。ashamed 慚愧的；aware 意識到；tired 疲倦的；Be proud of為……驕傲。

20.20】C�？疾楦痹~ ：根據(jù)But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(裝餌于) my fishing lines.可知完成的是那樣漂亮。casually 偶然地；anxiously 擔憂地；Nicely漂亮地；frequently頻繁地。

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