Question

Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   1  to hear him play the piano. So I   2  him as a student.

Although Robby worked very hard, he didn’t have a basic   3  of music. However, he never   4  up and continued. And at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say: “My mom is going to hear me   5  some day.” But it seemed   6 . He didn’t have a natural talent or ability for music.

One day Robby   7  to our lessons very late. He told me that his mom had been 8  and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still   9  in class. He asked if he could take part in my concert and I   10 .

The night of the concert came. The high school gym(体育馆) was   11  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came up on stage. He announced (宣布) that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next.   

His   12  danced on the keys…

He played so   13  that everyone was on his feet, clapping excitedly. In tears, I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf... remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer(癌) and   14  away this morning. And well… she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play at the   15 . I wanted to make it special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”

1.                A．decision        B．conclusion      C．advice    D．dream

2.                A．considered      B．accepted        C．knew D．protected

3.                A．sense          B．education       C．information    D．thought

4.                A．got            B．gave           C．stood D．put

5.                A．sing           B．speak          C．play D．call

6.                A．cheerless       B．helpless        C．hopeless  D．meaningless

7.                A．listened        B．flew           C．came D．went

8.                A．asleep         B．deaf           C．well D．ill

9.                A．writing         B．practicing       C．singing   D．talking

10.               A．agreed         B．disliked         C．expected  D．decided

11.               A．satisfied        B．bored          C．crowded  D．familiar

12.               A．fingers         B．feet           C．arms  D．legs

13.               A．carefully        B．cheerfully       C．meaningfully   D．wonderfully

14.               A．took           B．passed         C．moved    D．ran

15.               A．party          B．concert        C．meeting   D．show

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了罗比是一个对音乐很没有天赋的孩子，但是听他弹钢琴是他妈妈的梦想，所以，他一直都很努力的练习，最终他实现了他妈妈的梦想。

1.A. decision   决定  B. conclusion结论   C. advice建议    D. dream梦想 根据文章最后可知：听他弹钢琴是他妈妈的梦想。故选D

2. A. considered考虑过的    B. accepted接受 C. knew知道  D.protected保护的  根据句意：所以作者接受罗比做他的学生。故选B

3.A. sense感觉  B. education教育   C. information信息 D. thought 思想 根据句意：虽然罗比很努力，但是他没有基本的音乐感的。故选A

4.根据句意：但是，他永远都不会放弃。Gave up 放弃 故选B

5.A. sing   唱歌    B. speak讲话        C. play玩耍     D. call打电话 根据句意：在每周末的钢琴课上，他总是说“我的妈妈总有一天会听我弹钢琴的”故选C

6.A. cheerless惨淡的    B. helpless无助的   C. hopeless无望的   D. meaningless无意义的  根据句意：但是那看起来是无望的，因为他完全没有音乐天赋。故选C

7.A. listened听 B. flew飞   C. came来   D. went去 根据句意：一天，罗比很晚才来上课。故选C

8.A. asleep睡觉 B. deaf聋的 C. well好的 D. ill 生病的  根据句意：他告诉作者他的妈妈生病了，不能带他来上课。故选D

9.A. writing写  B. practicing练习       C. singing唱歌  D. talking讲话 根据句意：但是他仍然在教室里练习。故选B

10. A. agreed同意   B. disliked不喜欢   C. expected预期 D. decided 决定 根据句意：他问作者是否能参加作者的音乐会，作者同意了。故选A

11.A. satisfied 感到满意的  B. bored无聊的  C. crowded拥挤的     D. familiar熟悉的  根据句意：音乐会的那天晚上，学校大厅里挤满了家长，朋友和亲人。故选C

12.A. fingers手指头 B. feet脚   C. arms胳膊     D. legs腿  根据句意：他的手指在钢琴键上飞舞。故选A

13.A. carefully小心的   B. cheerfully 高高兴兴的    C. meaningfully有意义的D. wonderfully 精彩的  根据句意：他弹得如此的精彩。故选D

14. A. took拿   B. passed 通过    C. moved   移动    D. ran跑 根据句意：罗比说他的妈妈得了癌症，今天早上去世了。passed away去世 故选B

15.A. party派对 B. concert音乐会    C. meeting会议  D. show展示  根据句意：罗比说今天晚上是妈妈第一次听他在音乐会演奏。故选B

考点：日常生活类记叙文