Question

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson. As an inexperienced teacher, I tried every means to get them to be     , but in vain. my panic was rising and I could feel my heart beating wildly. This was the     of my job as a music teacher, I thought -- teaching was not for me. Then I had an idea. Hoping that no one would notice that I was     inside, I threw my voice as far as it would reach: "Put your heads on the desks and close your     ! We are going on a journey."

     , the children fell silent. "Now what should I do?" I thought to myself. Reaching over to my collection of CDs, I blindly     , put it in the machine and played it.

Obediently (顺从地), my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes and    . When the music started, the room as filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have ever imagined. All the children were     . When the music finished, I asked them all to raise their     slowly so that we could share our musical journey.

At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences, I began to learn how to     . The music allow me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the     and most of all, an understanding of each other. This was the power that     in the classroom could have.

1.A. glad B. safe C. kind D. quiet

2.A. end B. aim C. rule D. plan

3.A. guessing B. shaking C. responding D. laughing

4.A. eyes B. mouths C. books D. doors

5.A. Punctually              B. Importantly C. Amazingly D. Obviously

6.A. passed one on B. gave one backC. turned one inD. took one out

7.A. slept B. nodded C. waited D. continued

8.A. talking B. singing C. dancing D. listening

9.A. legs B. heads C. arms D. shoulders

10.A. teach B. imagine C. play                D. understand

11.A. unprepared              B. unspoken        C. unknown D. unforgotten

12.A. games B. music C. tears D. knowledge

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者一次上音乐课的经历来告诉读者音乐的力量在于它使人们能够相互理解

1.1】D;考查形容词。根据第一段的开头：refused to settle for the start of the lesson.和第二段中的：the children fell silent!可知文章一开始作者试图开始上课但是教师太吵了。句意：我试了每一种方法让他们安静下来，但是只是徒劳无功。故选D

2.2】A;考查名词。根据后文的：I thought ­——teaching was not for me.可知这是作者最后一次作为音乐老师上课。句意：这是我作为音乐老师最后一次上课，我觉得，教书不适合我。故选A。

3.3】B;考查动词。根据前文的：My panic was rising and I could feel my heart beating wildly.可知此时作者的内心是生气地激动着但是毫无办法，他试图让学生不去发现他此时的内心的情绪排山倒海的激动，用shaking来表达作者内心难以平息的怒火。故选B

4.4】A;考查名词。根据第三段开头：my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes…可知此时作者叫他的学生学生将头放在桌子上然后闭上眼睛，故选A

5.5】C;考查副词。A. Punctually准时地，如期地 B. Importantly重要地C. Amazingly令人惊讶地 D. Obviously明显地；可知作者无意识地做法让学生迅速地安静了下来，所以在此用amazingly表示惊讶，故选C

6.6】D;考查动词词组。A. passed one on传了一个B. Gave one back给了一个… C. Turned one in 转了一个D. took one out拿出一个；句意：触及到我的那些CD收藏，我盲目地取出一张，把它放进机器里然后它放出了声音。故选D

7.7】C;考查动词。根据后文的：When the music started, the room was filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors.可知当作者将音乐放进机器里，学生们趴在自己的桌子上静静地等着音乐响起来，故选C

8.8】D;考查动词。老师在放音乐，当然学生们都在听，listening放在此较其他选项都比较合适。故选D

9.9】B;考查名词。Raise sb’s head(s)抬起头来。句意：当音乐放完的时候，我要求他们所有人慢慢地抬起头来，那样的话，我们就可以一起分享我们的音乐之旅。故选B

10.10】A;考查动词。根据前文：At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences,可知学生们从开始的不愿响应作者到最后跟着作者一起参与其中，这让作者开始知道怎么教书了，故选A

11.11】C;考查形容词。A. unprepared为准备好的 B. unspoken无言的 C. unknown未知的 D. unforegotten难忘的；根据前文有the knowing已知的，又有and连接，可知横向上填unknown未知的，构成像前文tears and smiles那样的对比，形成对仗，故选C

12.12】B;考查名词。根据前文：The music allowed me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the unknown and, most of all, an understanding of each other.可知这些都是音乐的好处，它让我们知道了分享和尊重，泪水和欢笑，已知与未知，最主要的是它让我们相互了解。所以最后一句作者旨在总结：这就是课堂音乐所拥有的力量

【考点定位】记事类短文阅读。