Question

Although I love my life,it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and,in my 20s,when my____was more manageable,I____ten years as a professional singer in restaurants,playing and singing folk songs.____that was years ago and times have changed.____I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago,I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to____my disability pension（残疾抚恤金）.____I needed to sleep in the afternoons,I was limited in my____.I decided that I would consider____to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians,so I was____when I went into our local music store.I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music.I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of ____to get started.And____you find only three to four songs out often on a disc that you can____use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my____,he gave me a long thoughtful____."This means a lot to you, doesn't it?"he said."Come with me."

He led me____the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it.He placed his large hand____on his treasure and said,"I have 800 karaoke songs in here.You can take your____and I'll record them for you.That should get you started."

I____.Thanking him,I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose____that I could sing.I have come full circle with his help.

His____still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra,when I have the chance.

1.A. loneliness    B. sadness    C. sickness    D. tiredness

2.A. set    B. shared    C. kept    D. enjoyed

3.A. Gladly    B. Eventually    C. Surprisingly    D. Unfortunately

4.A. Then    B. Now    C. Sometime    D. Meanwhile

5.A. add up to    B. get rid of    C. make up for    D. take advantage of

6.A. As    B. If    C. Though    D. Before

7.A. movement    B. condition    C. positions    D. choices

8.A. reaching out    B. living up    C. going back    D. getting on

9.A. invited    B. interviewed    C. found    D. recognized

10.A. energy    B. time    C. money    D. knowledge

11.A. thus    B. once    C. often    D. seldom

12.A. hardly    B. actually    C. nearly    D. formerly

13.A. job    B. family    C. offer    D. idea

14.A. face    B. look    C. view    D. sight

15.A. over    B. along    C. through    D. towards

16.A. unhappily    B. pitifully    C. lovingly    D. gratefully

17.A. tum    B. pick    C. role    D. step

18.A. had to cry    B. ought to cry    C. could have cried    D. should have cried

19.A. more    B. the rest    C. few    D. the ones

20.A. courage    B. devotion    C. trust    D. kindness

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者由于疾病无法继续在餐馆去唱歌，于是决定自己录制唱片。但是自己没有很多钱买唱片录制，因此，他来到一家音乐店，告诉老板自己想买录制好的唱片，自己录音。店主好心的帮助了他，让作者从他收藏的800张唱片中选出自己能用的。在店主的帮助下，作者的唱片录制好了。

1.考查名词辨析。A.loneliness  孤独；B.sadness 悲伤；C. sickness疾病；D. tiredness疲倦。根据上文as I’ve been ill for 28 years.可推断，此处讲的是当我的病情可以控制的时候。故选C。

2.考查动词辨析。A. set设置；B. shared分享；C. kept保持；D. enjoyed 喜欢。根据上文Music has always been a great love of mine 可知作者喜欢音乐，因此也喜欢在餐馆里做职业歌手的那十年。故选D。

3.考查副词辨析。A. Gladly高兴地； B. Eventually 最后；C. Surprisingly令人吃惊地；D. unfortunately 不幸地。根据下文times have changed.可知， 不幸的是，那是数年前，日子发生了变化。故选D。

4.考查副词辨析。A. Then 那时候；B. Now 现在；C. Sometime 某时； D.Meanwhile同时。根据it was years ago 可知这是过去的事，I live with mother 时态是一般现在时，因此此处用时间副词now。故选B。

5.考查动词短语辨析。A. add up to增加；B. get rid of除掉；C. make up for弥补；补偿；D. take advantage of利用。由上文extra work可推断，我决定做额外的工作来弥补我的残疾抚恤金的不足。故选C。

6.考查连词辨析。A. As   因为；B.If 如果；C. Though尽管；D. Before在……之前。根据I needed to sleep in the afternoons可知此处是指因为我下午需要睡觉工作的选择受到限制。故选B。

7.考查名词辨析。A. movement运动；B. condition条件；C. positions位置；职务；D. choices选择。解析同上。因为我下午需要睡觉工作的选择受到限制。故选D。

8.考查动词短语辨析。A. reaching out 伸出；B. living up 不负众望；C.going back回去；C. getting on相处，进展。根据前文的I ___2___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants 可知作者在餐馆唱过歌，因此作者决定考虑回到餐馆去唱歌。故选C。

9.考查动词辨析。 A. invited邀请；B. interviewed 采访；C. found发现；D. recognized认出。根据My family are all musicians,可知我的家人都是音乐家，因此他们很出名，所以别人也认识我，因此当我走进我们当地的音乐商店时，我被认出来了。故选D。

10.考查名词辨析。A. energy 精力；B. time  时间；C. money 金钱；D. knowledge知识。根据I knew that discs were very expensive可知唱片很贵，因此我没有很多钱来自己录唱片。故选C。

11.考查副词辨析。A. thus因而； B. once一旦；C. often经常；D. seldom很少。根据语境可知，我没有很多钱来自己录唱片，经常在实际使用的一张唱片上10首歌曲中你只能找到3，4首能用。故选C。

12.考查副词辨析。A. hardly几乎不；B. actually实际上；C. nearly几乎； D. formerly以前。解析同上。在录制好的唱片上，实际上找到能用的歌曲不多，因此实际需要的唱片要很多。故选B。

13.考查名词辨析。A. job 工作；B. family 家庭；C. offer提议；出价；D. idea 主意，想法。根据上文I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music.可知作者想用已经录制好的卡拉OK来唱歌录音。因此此处是他向店主说明他的想法。故选D。

14.考查名词辨析。A. face  脸；B. look 样子；表情；C. view 意见；风景；D. sight视力；景象。因为作者说出了自己的想法，店主要想一想是否能满足他的要求。因此他作出了一个深思的表情。故选B。

15.考查介词辨析。A. over 在…….之上；B. along 沿着； C. through穿过； D. towards   朝，向；。根据Come with me.可知店主领着我穿过拥挤的商店。故选C。

16.考查副词辨析。A. unhappily  不高兴地；B. pitifully  可怜地；C. lovingly  亲切地； D. gratefully感激地。根据his treasure(财宝)可推断店主对待自己的财宝应是亲切的。因此他把他的大手亲切地放在他的财宝上。故选C。

17.考查名词辨析。A. tum弦音器；B. pick选择；C. role作用；D. step措施。根据下文choose___19___that I could sing可知，店主让我挑出我选择的唱片，为我录制。故选B。

18.考查基础语法。A. had to cry不得不哭；B. ought to cry应该哭；C. could have cried本可以哭（表示原本可以做某事而实际上没做）；D. should have cried应该哭（表示原本应该做某事而实际上没做）。根据上文提到的I___2___ten years as a professional singer in restaurants可知，作者曾经做个10年的专业歌手，因此推断当老板提供唱片让作者继续开始的时候，作者原本可以做的到的。故选C。

19.考查代词辨析。A. more 更多的数量；B. the rest剩余部分；C. few很少；D. the ones  那些。根据I made a time with him to listen to all the songs 可知作者和店主听了所有的歌曲，从中选出作者能唱的那些。此处代指the songs故用the ones。故选D。

20.考查名词辨析。A. courage 勇气；B devotion奉献；C. trust信任；D.kindness 仁慈，善良。根据I have come full circle with his help.可知在店主的帮助下，作者有了完整的录音。因此作者感谢店主的善意帮助，他的善良至今仍然温暖着作者的心。故选D。