Question

    I take after my mother. From her I took over a curious nature, a sense of adventure and bright red hair. However, I did not receive a talent(才能) for _______ from her.

My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart. She found a strict Russian woman to be my piano teacher when I was four. I did whatever the teacher told me in order to _______ her. “Feel the music,” she always told me, I “felt” it. But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with a(an) _______ expression.

Once, in order to _______ my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(练习). I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to _______ why I always missed the same note. She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.

Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn’t play any of them _______.

Then my mother hit on another idea. She took me to a drama(戏剧) teacher. However, the teacher put me into painting scenery(舞台布景) instead of teaching to sing. Immediately I fell in love with this active and practical world, and I discovered that I had a skill for building and painting. I loved the _______ of taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful!

I’m a sculptor(雕刻家) now, and every day I _______ once again the pleasure of being fully involved in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful feeling. I realize that my mother was trying to give me this feeling. Perhaps she went about it in the wrong way, but her heart was in the right place.

1.A.music B.sports C.cooking D.writing

2.A.praise B.please C.believe D.help

3.A.excited B.happy C.angry D.shy

4.A.stop B.continue C.begin D.escape

5.A.require B.argue C.wonder D.expect

6.A.secretly B.perfectly C.quietly D.politely

7.A.challenge B.change C.risk D.advice

8.A.create B.consider C.share D.experience

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述的是作者小时候被母亲要求学习自己并不感兴趣的乐器，一番挣扎之后还是幸运地找到了自己的兴趣，成为了一名雕刻家。

1.句意：然而，我没有从她那里接收到音乐天赋。

考查名词。A. music音乐；B. sports运动；C. cooking烹饪；D. writing写作。根据下文Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn’t play any of them perfectly可知，“我”没什么音乐天赋，故此处说的是“我”没有从她那里接收到音乐天赋。A选项符合句意，故选A。

2.句意：为了取悦她，我一切都按照着老师说的去做。

考查动词。A. praise称赞；B. please使愉快；C. believe相信；D. help帮助。根据上文My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart可知，母亲对“我”在音乐方面有着很高的期待，而“我”一切都按照着老师说的去做是为了让她满意，让她高兴。B选项符合句意，故选B。

3.句意：她也“感觉”到了我的音乐，这就是为什么她总是带着愤怒的表情离开。

考查形容词。A. excited兴奋的；B. happy高兴的；C. angry愤怒的；D. shy害羞的。根据上文But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously?可知，“我”在练习钢琴的时候总是出错，所以母亲很生气。C选项符合句意，故选C。

4.句意：有一次，为了逃避练习，我设法录下了我自己的一次排练。

考查动词。A. stop停止；B. continue继续；C. begin开始；D. escape逃避。根据下文I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished … She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on可知，“我”为了逃避练习而录制了一段练习录音，在练习时就放录音，然后做其他的事。D选项符合句意，故选D。

5.句意：这个方法奏效了一个星期，直到我母亲开始琢磨为什么我总是漏掉同一个音符。

考查动词。A. require要求；B. argue争论；C. wonder想弄明白、琢磨；D. expect期望、期待。根据上文Once, in order to escape my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(练习). I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished可知，“我”为了逃避练习而录制了一段练习录音，在练习时就放录音，一个礼拜后母亲开始觉得不对劲了，想弄明白为什么“我”每次练习都犯了同样的错误。C选项符合句意，故选C。

6.句意：但是我仍然不能把它们演奏得完美无暇。

考查副词。A. secretly秘密地；B. perfectly完美地；C. quietly安静地；D. politely礼貌地。根据上文Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument可知，母亲对“我”在音乐方面的期待很高，而“我”在放弃钢琴后改练其它乐器，但“我”还是不能演奏得很完美。B选项符合句意，故选B。

7.句意：我喜欢利用有限的供应来做出一些美丽东西的挑战！

考查名词。A. challenge挑战；B. change改变；C. risk冒险；D. advice建议。根据下文taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful可知，需要用有限的材料来做出漂亮的东西，这是一种挑战，“我”喜欢这种挑战。A选项符合句意，故选A。

8.句意：每天我都能再次体验到全身心参与艺术创作的乐趣。

考查动词。A. create创造；B. consider考虑；C. share分享；D. experience体验。根据下文It’s a wonderful feeling可知，这是一种很棒的感觉，故此处指的是“我”体验到了全身心参与艺术创作的乐趣。D选项符合句意，故选D。