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 would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, saying something about building     and working toward a goal.

One recent Sunday I stood in church, video camera in hand, and     my 68-year-old father 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 he wasn’t stuck in the past. When he retired three years ago, he     his church music director to take him as    .

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the     ? I worried. But then came the beautiful melody (旋律). And I      he had been doing what music teachers always stress:     the notes 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 self-confidence and the life goal than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

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

2.A. self-confidence  B. self-control  C. self-defense  D. self-discipline

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

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

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

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

7.A. a teacher    B. an old man  C. a student       D. a singer

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

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

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

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

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了，从我读二年级开始，之后每年我都害怕一件事：钢琴独奏演唱会。每年我都问父亲我可不可以不演奏了，父亲每次都摇头，教我该如何建立自信，向着目标努力。父亲从小就渴望学钢琴，但由于当时家里很穷，父亲的梦想一直没能实现。三年前，他退休后，开始学钢琴，不一会儿，他就旁若无人地弹起优美的旋律。父亲的第一次独奏教会了我自信以及向着目标努力。

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