Question

Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I  36  that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s  37  to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

Hard  38  Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly  39 , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed  40 . He just did not have any gift for music.

I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby  41  or waited in her old car to  42  him up. She always  43  and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby  44  coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was  45 .

Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会)  46  Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to  47 !” he insisted. I agreed.

The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was  48  with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was  49  when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not  50  what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so  51  that everyone  52  to applaud him. In tears I ran up on  53 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on  54  at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, _55  she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”

1.	A．prefer B．imagine C．suppose D．wish

2.	A．plan B．belief C．need D．dream

3.	A．although B．while C．as D．if

4.	A．conference B．lesson C．test D．show

5.	A．successful B．senseless C．wonderful D．hopeless

6.	A．on B．in C．off D．away

7.	A．pick B．put C．take D．hold

8.	A．waved B．sang C．jumped D．left

9.	A．finished B．broke C．stopped D．continued

10.	A．tired B．sick C．deaf D．unhappy

11.	A．as B．since C．while D．when

12.	A．succeed B．learn C．play D．listen

13.	A．seated B．filled C．surrounded D．mixed

14.	A．surprised B．certain C．disappointed D．angry

15.	A．pleased with B．interested in C．eager for D．prepared for

16.	A．bad B．hard C．differently D．well

17.	A．raised B．rose C．lifted D．left

18.	A．platform B．stairs C．stage D．floor

19.	A．practising B．listening C．training D．performing

20.	A．luckily B．therefore C．however D．actually

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：1..A 动词辨析。A宁愿；B想象；C认为；D希望。我更喜欢孩子在更小的时候学钢琴，暗指他的年龄大。

2.D 上下文串联。A计划；B信念；C需要；D梦想；根据下文可知听他谈钢琴是妈妈的梦想。

3.C 用法分析。本题是一个倒装句hard as he tried="Though" he tried hard。尽管他努力尝试了。

4.B 名词辨析。A会议；B课；C检测；D表演；在每个星期的课结束的时候他都会说妈妈要听他弹钢琴。

5.D 形容词辨析。A成功；B无知的；C棒的；D没有希望的。根据下文He just did not have any gift for music.说明他没有音乐方面的天赋，故学习谈钢琴没有希望。

6.C 上下文串联。根据文章第一段drop off让..下车；句意：妈妈让他下车然后在车里等着接他。

7.A 短语辨析。Pick up用车接，无意中学会，恢复；put up张贴，搭建；take up占据，从事于，开始做；hold up坚持；他妈妈总是在车里等着接他上车。

8.A 动词辨析。A挥动；B唱歌；C跳跃；D离开；她总是挥挥手微笑着，但是从来不来我的课堂。

9.C 上下文串联。句意：他打电话说妈妈生病了，他不来学钢琴课了。Stop doing sth停止做某事。

10.B 形容词辨析。A累的；B生病；C聋的；D不开心；他打电话说妈妈生病了。

11.D 固定句型。Be doing sth when…正在做某事在这时…（发生意料之外的事情）

12.C 动词辨析。A成功；B学习；C弹奏；D听。他坚持要求在演奏会上弹奏钢琴。

13.B 固定词组。Be filled with充满…；学校的体育馆里都是家长，亲戚，朋友。

14.A 形容词辨析。A惊讶；B确定；C失望；D生气的。当他说要弹奏莫扎特的协奏曲的时候，我很惊讶。

15.D 短语辨析。A对…满意；B对..感兴趣；C渴望得到…；D准备好…；指我还没有做好准备。

16.D 词义辨析。A不好的；B困难的；C不同的；D好地；指他弹奏地非常好。

17.B 动词辨析。A提高；B站起来；C举起；D离开；所有人都站起来鼓掌。

18..C 名词辨析。A站台；B楼梯；C舞台；D地板；我跑上了舞台。

19.A 动词辨析。A练习；B听；C训练；D表演；他不停地练习，keep on practising不停地练习。

20.D 副词辨析。A幸运地；B因此；C然而；D实际上；句意：实际上妈妈患了癌症，在那天去世了。

考点：考查夹叙夹议类议论文

点评:整个完形填空大题，设空科学合理，考生不难从中领会大意，从而下手会比较顺利，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。