Question

From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.

With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

1.A. reflected      B. explained   C. meant         D. proved

2.A. would        B. could      C. might         D. should

3.A. nothing      B. everything   C. anything       D. something

4.A. goal         B. stage       C. journey        D. chance

5.A. trouble     B. satisfaction   C. strength       D. disappointment

6.A. kept        B. sent         C. watched       D. felt

7.A. through     B. from       C. against         D. before

8.A. miss        B. afford      C. select          D. understand

9.A. as          B. once       C. if             D. while

10.A. educated     B. protected   C. stuck          D. spoilt

11.A. allowed     B. invited      C. inspired        D. persuaded

12.A. roughly     B. simply     C. merrily         D. curiously

13.A. words      B. videos      C. notes         D. lessons

14.A. decades     B. weeks       C. hours         D. moments

15.A. play        B. freeze       C. click         D. adjust

16.A. same        B. warm     C. different       D. dirty

17. A. predicted     B. realized    C. imagined       D. insisted

18.A. pass over     B. turn up     C. bring in        D. concentrate on

19.A. ashamed     B. aware      C. tired          D. proud

20.A. casually     B. anxiously    C. nicely         D. frequently

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是记叙题材。主要讲了作者本来很反感练琴，但是父亲的行为感动了自己。父亲一直渴望弹钢琴，但是由于家庭贫穷，没有学成琴，而68岁的他，并没有放弃自己的梦想，成功演奏出了美妙的乐曲，在他那个年龄，还能开始新的东西，我为此感到骄傲。作者认为他的实际行动比30多年以前说的话更有感染力。

1.C。考查动语 ：根据I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.可知这里意思是独奏会意味着我必须练习一首无聊的乐曲。reflected 反射；explained 解释；Meant意味着；proved证明。

2.2】A。考查时态 ：根据And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________. 表示从过去某一时间看将要发生的动作或存在的状态，用过去将来时。

3.3】D。考查代词 ：根据下文about building self-confidence and working towards a可知父亲嘴里嘀咕了一些事情。Nothing没有事情；everything每件事物；anything任何东西；something有些事情。

4.4】A。考查名词 ：根据build self-confidence and working toward a ________.可知这里意思是建立自信，朝着一个目标努力。Goal目标；stage舞台；journey旅行；chance机会。

5.5】B。考查名词 ：根据下文我的父亲开始他的第一次独奏，所以这是很令人满意的。Trouble麻烦；satisfaction满意；strength力量；disappointment失望。

6.6】C。考查动词 ：根据my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt可知我是看到我的父亲直流汗。kept 保持；sent 送；Watch看到；felt感觉。

7.7】D。考查连词 ：父亲是在第一次演奏之前，直流汗。through 通过；from 从……；against 反对；Before在……之前。

8.8】B。考查动词 ：根据My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor可知他的家庭很贫穷，付不起学费。miss 错过；Afford付得起；select选择；understand明白。

9.9】A。考查连词 ：句意，他可以像我们大多数人一样去后悔。As像；once一旦；if如果；while然而。

10.0】C。考查动词 ：根据But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there.可知这里意思是尽管他生根于过去，却没有被粘在那里。educated 教育；protected 保护；Stuck粘贴；spoilt变质。

11.1】D。考查句型 ：他说服教堂音乐主管收他为学生。Persuade sb. to do sth.说服某人做某事。Allowed允许；invited邀请；inspired鼓舞；persuaded说服。

12.2】B。考查副词 ：根据Has he forgotten the ______?可知父亲坐在琴键前，仅仅向下盯着自己的手指。roughly 粗略地；Simply仅仅；merrily快乐地；curiously好奇地。

13.3】C。考查名词 ：根据I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______.可知这里意思是他忘记音符了吗？words 话；videos 录像；notes音符；lessons功课。

14.4】A。考查名词 ：根据最后一句话作者认为他的行动比30多年以前说的话更有感染力。可知作者想起了自己十多年前，我的思想一片空白。Decades十年；weeks几星期；hours几小时；moments片刻。

15.5】B。考查动词 ：头脑一片空白，手指就会像结冰一样。play 演奏；Freeze使结冰；click极成功；adjust调整。

16.6】A。考查形容词 ：但是，那个时候，传出了优美的旋律，来自于曾经装鱼线的相同的手。 Same相同的； warm温暖的；different不同的；dirty脏的。

17.7】B。考查动词 ：根据________the music and pretend the others aren’t there. 我意识到了他做了音乐老师总是强调的事情。predicted 预测；Realized意识到；imagined想象；insisted坚持。

18.8】D。考查短语 ：根据and pretend the others aren’t there.可知专注于音乐，假装其他人不存在。pass over 忽视；turn up 出现；bring in 带进来；Concentrate on专心于。

19.9】D。考查短语 ：根据With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.可知在他那个年龄，还能开始新的东西，我为此感到骄傲。ashamed 惭愧的；aware 意识到；tired 疲倦的；Be proud of为……骄傲。

20.20】C。考查副词 ：根据But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines.可知完成的是那样漂亮。casually 偶然地；anxiously 担忧地；Nicely漂亮地；frequently频繁地。

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