Question

I devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mom and I lived with my grandparents from the time I was two _   ___ I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day while my mother was        .

Grandma loved music. It was she that first __     Elvis Presley (猫王) to me as a very young child，and once I heard his music，I was truly in ______ with it . Most five-year-olds ask for _____ for birthdays, but I wanted Elvis’ albums. I would play them non-stop and dance to the music in my grandma’s family room though my movement didn’t look good.

Grandma played the piano and ______ me to sing “America the Beautiful” and “Somewhere over the Rainbow” .Finally I started playing music on the       , and soon Grandma was ______ for me to take piano lessons from a lady living in the neighborhood. I would come home from school and walk three houses down for my lesson. I ______ took about nine months of lessons, but it was enough to give me a foundation (基础）and allow me to continue to     myself.

Last month when I came home to visit Grandma in the hospital, I ____ along my guitar with me. She was in a lot of pain, but the music seemed to comfort (抚慰）her soul. She had me sing some songs and when I started to sing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, her weakened ______ joined in with mine for a few lines. That experience was one of the most touching (感人的) of my lifetime and one I will certainly cherish (珍爱）forever. I told her of my music career and she was very ______ and said，“That’s wonderful!” I continued to play for      throughout the week when I was at home.

My grandma passed away two days ago. In my opinion, part of her will live on through every      I write or sing in my life.

1.A.  unless   B.  after   C.  until    D.  when

2.A.  at work   B.  in trouble  C.  in danger   D.  in hospital

3.A. sent    B. left   C. remembered D. introduced

4.A. joy    B. love   C. agreement D. doubt

5.A. music   B. space C. gifts  D. toys

6.A. taught   B. prepared C. allowed   D. advised

7.A.  violin     B. piano         C. guitar             D. object

8.A. asking   B. paying C. caring   D. looking

9.A. exactly   B. also C. only    D. seldom

10.A.  teach   B. enjoy         C. kill               D. face

11.A. brought   B. walk  C. came    D. went

12.A. sound   B. voice C. body   D. mind

13.A. sad    B. calm C. bored   D. happy

14.A. myself   B. her C. him       D. it

15.A. book   B. article C. song       D. e-mail

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

1.试题分析：考查连词词义辨析。unless如果不；after在……之后；until直到……；when当……的时候，根据句意：我和我的妈妈从我两岁的时候就和外婆住在一起，直到我八岁可是此处用until，其余均不合句意。

2.考查短语词义辨析。at work工作；in trouble有麻烦；in danger危险；in hospital生病住院，根据上下文意思可知，文中没有提到妈妈有什么麻烦或不适，所以此处可推断是因为妈妈要上班，故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。send发送；leave离开；remember记住；introduce介绍，根据句意可知，外婆喜欢音乐，她是第一个向我介绍猫王的人，故此处选D。

4.考查名词词义辨析。joy高兴；love喜欢；agreement同意；doubt怀疑，根据下文我要猫王的唱片，可知此处是喜欢这首音乐，be in love with构成固定短语表示“喜欢，爱上”，故选B。

5.考查名词词义辨析。music音乐；space空间；gift礼物；toy玩具，根据句意可推断大多数五岁的孩子一般会要玩具作为生日礼物，故此处选D。

6.考查动词词义辨析。teach教；prepare做准备；allow允许；advise建议，根据句意可知此处是外婆弹钢琴，教我唱歌，故用teach。此外在这组词中，除prepare外，其余三词均可跟不定式做宾补，构成teach sb. to do sth.教某人做某事；allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事；advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事，的结构。

7.考查名词词义辨析。violin小提琴；piano钢琴；guitar吉他；object物体，由后一句去上钢琴课可知，此处是钢琴，故选B。

8.考查动词搭配。ask for sb.请求某人；pay for sb.为某人付款；care for sb.照顾某人；look for sb.寻找某人，根据句意可知此处是外婆为我支付上钢琴课的费用，故此处用pay，其余均不合句意。

9.考查副词词义辨析。exactly精确地；also也；only仅仅；seldom几乎不，根据句意我大约学了九个月的课，句中有about表示“大约”，故排除A；also，seldom与句意不符，故排除B，D。

10.考查动词搭配。teach oneself自学；enjoy oneself玩的开心；kill oneself自杀；face oneself面对自己，根据句意，九个月的课程足够我打下基础，让我能够继续自学。故此处选A。

11.考查动词词义辨析。bring带来；walk走；come来；go去，根据句意可知，我从远方带着吉他来看外婆，故此处用bring表示“从别处带来”，因此选A。

12.考查名词词义辨析。sound声音；voice嗓音，body身体；mind思想，根据句意可知，我为外婆唱歌，她用虚弱的嗓音附和我，下文提到两天后外婆去世了，所以此处不可能是用身体附和，因此选B。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。sad难过的；calm平静的；bored无聊的，happy高兴的，根据下文的“That’s wonderful!（太棒了）”可知此处外婆的“高兴的”，故选D。

14.考查代词词义辨析。myself我自己；her她；him他；it它；根据句意可知，此处是我为外婆唱歌，故用宾格代词her。

15.考查名词词义辨析。book书；article文章；song歌曲；e-mail电子邮件，由空格后我写的或唱的可知此处是歌曲，故选C。

考点：人物故事类短文