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I was feeling a little blue. My mother had been laid off from her job, but she said she was OK since her boss wasn't the nicest person   36   .

I got off the college bus and started walking. That's   37   I heard piano music and singing rising above the   38  of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower   39  I could find out where it was coming from.   40  the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a   41  next to her, singing songs about love. The way she was singing   42  me a bit. I stood there watching her   43  for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must take   44  to perform on her own in public.

Feeling my presence, she looked in my   45  . I walked over and put some money in her carriage. “I have been going through a   46  time lately, but you’ve made me hopeful again.”

"I'm happy that I could   47  . Why are you so sad?"

"Well, my mum had got   48  from her job, but I’m not sure what to do….”

"You see, the way you were   49  ," she explained. “Don't look defeated,   50  come in different ways. If your head is down you might never see it. Smile more ...   51  your head up."

I smiled slightly, amazed by how she was   52  me.

“Why are you playing here?” I asked.

“I am not making music. I study psychology. I often see many   53  people and hope to relieve their   54  and make them think positively by sharing music.”

I smiled a little wider. She was doing a good thing. My heart was touched by a   55  soul.

1.	A．instead B．somehow C．anyway D．either

2.	A．since B．when C．before D．after

3.	A．noise B．view C．scene D．hurry

4.	A．but B．yet C．or D．so

5.	A．Across B．Along C．Beside D．Through

6.	A．plate B．carriage C．basket D．bowl

7.	A．discouraged B．disturbed C．shocked D．comforted

8.	A．playing B．begging C．dancing D．refreshing

9.	A．image B．belief C．courage D．time

10.	A．instruction B．direction C．operation D．intention

11.	A．peaceful B．nice C．rough D．pleasure

12.	A．work B．improve C．stand D．help

13.	A．lost B．fired C．stuck D．tired

14.	A．sighing B．listening C．walking D．talking

15.	A．Opportunities B．Possibilities C．Performances D．Experiences

16.	A．drop B．lift C．pick D．knock

17.	A．depressing B．encouraging C．frightening D．surprising

18.	A．active B．thoughtful C．negative D．surprising

19.	A．pain B．sight C．respect D．attention

20.	A．classical B．serious C．curious D．musical

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.C副词辨析. A反而，却B.以某种方式C.不管怎样，无论如何="anyway" D根本，而且

2.B连词辨析。A. 自从...以来，B.当。。。时候，C.在。。。之前，D.在。。。之后。我开始行走时，我听到钢琴声和歌声。

3.A 名词辨析。A.喧闹声B.视野，眼界，C.景色，风景D.匆忙。音乐飘过喧嚣的人群和交通

4.D连词辨析。D.为了，以便="so" that. 走慢一点为了找到音乐的来处。

5.D.介词辨析。A.从（表面）通过B.沿着C.在。。。旁边D.从。。。(空间)穿过。穿过喧嚣的人群，故选D

6.B联系上下文。从下文put some money in her carriage可知

7.D。动词辨析。A.使气馁B.打扰，烦扰C.使震惊D。安慰.女士的歌给了我一点安抚。

8..A固定搭配。playing the piano

9.C.名词辨析。 A. 当众独自弹奏钢琴需要勇气。

10.B名词辨析。A.指示，指导 B. 方向C .手术，操作D. 目的，意图。“朝我这边的方向看”故选B

11..C联系上下文。A.平静的，母亲失业不可能平静，故排除。第一段“母亲失业，我很伤心”可知近来很“难受，不愉快，艰难”

12.D联系上下文.上文“but you’ve made me hopeful again”可知女士对作者有帮助

13.B联系上下文.第一段laid off下岗暗示母亲被解雇（fire）了

14.C。联系上下文。”走路的方式”,与下文“抬起头来＂呼应

15.A.名词辨析。A.机会B.可能性C.表演D.经历。机会会以不同的方式到来

16..B动词辨析。抬起头来

17.B联系上下文。上文提到女士如何开导我，鼓励我。

18.C与下文positively对应。消极的人们希望解脱他们的痛苦，女士通过音乐使他们积极面对人生。

19.A解脱痛苦

20.D联系上下文。音乐感动了作者

考点：考查夹叙夹议类议论文。讲述了“我”因为母亲下岗而感到悲伤，心情低落时听到一位年轻的女士在喧嚣的人群中弹奏钢琴曲子及得到她的开导，我深受鼓舞的故事。