Question

George Dennehy was born with no arms. He never dreamed he would become a musician. But that is what he has become. He was born in Romania. And because of his poor condition, his parents sent him to an orphanage (孤儿院), where George was adopted (领养) by a family in America.

Early on, George’s parents saw musical abilities in him. “When I was 8 years old, my mum took me to have cello (大提琴) lessons,” he said. Though he didn’t really enjoy it, he seldom missed any lessons.

His first teacher helped him be able to play with his feet. Soon he was very good at it. At the beginning of high school, when the cello became “not so cool” to play, George began to play the guitar. “It was a lucky thing to learn the cello first,” he said. This made playing the guitar not so hard.

Playing music hasn’t been an easy road. He was shy at first. “I did face different challenges and didn’t know if I was going to make something of myself,” he said. But these doubts didn’t stop him. Every time he got on stage to play music, he could see how the audience (观众) admired his abilities. This made him feel confident of himself and encouraged him to continue his career.

George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome (克服). “No matter what situation you’re in, anything is possible. It is so easy to give up sometimes, but we shouldn’t do that. We believe there is more that is meaningful for us,” he said.

Early years	George Dennehy was born 1.   arms. He was sent to an orphanage. A US family adopted him.
Learning to play the cello	His musical abilities were2.   by his parents and they sent him to learn cello lessons. He seldom missed any lessons, 3.   he didn’t really enjoy it. He learnt to play with his 4.  .
Learning to play the guitar	George started playing the guitar soon after he entered high school. His experience of learning the cello made learning the guitar 5.   .
The difficult road of playing music	He used to be shy and had to face 6.______ and had many doubts. Being admired by the audience made him 7.  of himself and encouraged him.
His thoughts of being 8.	Being able to overcome is the9.    of his success. Nothing is 10.  even if one is in bad situation.

Answer

1.without

2.discovered

3.though

4.feet

5.easier

6. challenges

7. confident

8.successful

9.secret

10.impossible

【解析】

试题分析：乔治丹尼希一出生就没有手臂。他从来没有想到他会成为一个音乐家。他出世在罗马尼亚，因为条件很差，他的父母送他去孤儿院，在那里被一个美国人领养。在早期，乔治的父母看到他有音乐天赋。当8岁的时候，妈妈带他去学习大提琴，尽管他并不真的喜欢它，他很少错过一节课。他的第一个老师帮助他用脚去拉大提琴，并很快熟练了它。在高中开始，乔治开始弹吉他。每次他在舞台上演奏音乐，他看到观众称赞他的能力，这给了他信心和鼓励他继续他的职业生涯。乔治说他成功的秘诀是能够克服。无论什么情况，任何事情都是可能的。它是那么容易放弃的时候，但我们不应该这样做。

1..细节理解题，根据文中的语句“George Denney was born with no arms.”理解可知，乔治一出生就没有胳膊，故正确答案为without。

2.理解归纳题，根据文中的语句“Early on, George’s parents saw musical abilities in him.”理解可知，乔治的音乐天赋被他的养父母所发现，故正确答案为discovered/seen。

3.根据文中的语句“though he didn’t really enjoy it, he seldom missed any lessons.”理解可知，虽然乔治起初并没有太大的兴趣，但从未耽误一节课，故正确答案为though或although。

4.细节理解题，根据文中的语句“His first teacher helped him be able to play with his feet.”理解可知,乔治开始用脚拉大提琴，故答案为feet。

5.根据文中的语句“George began to play the guitar. “It was a lucky thing to learn the cello first,” he said. This made playing the guitar not so hard.”理解可知，由于乔治学过拉大提琴，所以弹吉他对他来说很简单，故答案为easier。

6.根据文中Playing music hasn’t been an easy road. He was shy at first “I did face different challenges and didn’t know if I was going to make something of myself,” 理解可知，演奏这条路对乔治来说并不简单，他要面对不同的挑战。因此答案应为challenges。

7.细节理解题，根据文中的语句“Every time he got on stage to play music, he could see how the audience (观众) admired his abilities. This gave him confidence and encouraged him to continue his career.”理解可知，观众的认可对乔治是莫大的激励，增强了自信心，故答案为confident。

8.理解归纳题，根据文中的语句“George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome (克服).”理解可知，这是乔治成功的秘诀，也是他的一些想法，故答案为successful。

9.细节理解题，根据文中的语句“George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome (克服).”理解可知，乔治的成功秘诀，故答案填secret。

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