Question

    A friend was cast in The Sound of Music. Tim suggested our daughters might enjoy being a ______ of the musical.

“You can try out for the band,” he said.

“No, I’m trying out for the show.” I answered. But there was one problem with my ______: I’d never been in a musical. And I’d never sung ______.

My daughters wanted to ______, so we memorized show tunes and prepared to audition (试镜). As our audition ______, I felt nervous and wanted to give up. But I knew ______ would set a bad example.

“Whether you’re ______ or not isn’t important-doing your best is who ______,” I’d been telling them. Now I had to live it.

I walked into the audition. To say I was ______ would be an understatement. After all, my last audition had been in high school. I sang my song, trying to look confident. My daughters did a good ______. Then we waited for the result. The good news is that we all ______ it! Not only was I cast-I was a lead!

To prepare, I ______ to the cat, the shower and the dishes when alone, I knew I’d have to get over my ______of performing in public. After all, this’d be my first time to sing in public. I was a little nervous.

I told friends and family about the ______. I didn’t want the theater to be ______, but I didn’t necessarily want it packed either. ______, if it were full, I preferred to fill it myself with ______ faces.

The show was successful. Friends and acquaintances all ______ us. After that experience, I ______ more auditions and even learned to enjoy singing on stage. And I filled my life with the sound of ______.

1.A. director B. maker C. role D. singer

2.A. declaration B. suggestion C. judgment D. production

3.A. secretly B. loudly C. irresponsibly D. publicly

4.A. try out B. catch on C. try on D. set off

5.A. ended B. approached C. failed D. continued

6.A. lying B. quitting C. cheating D. talking

7.A. found B. paid C. cast D. forgiven

8.A. matters B. remains C. happens D. works

9.A. happy B. curious C. nervous D. disappointed

10.A. favor B. job C. deed D. survey

11.A. got B. made C. caught D. reached

12.A. spoke B. smiled C. danced D. sang

13.A. laziness B. urge C. shortcoming D. fear

14.A. show B. trouble C. band D. experience

15.A. large B. noisy C. empty D. quiet

16.A. Besides B. Therefore C. Anyhow D. However

17.A. new B. attractive C. friendly D. similar

18.A. welcomed B. noticed C. supported D. congratulated

19.A. organize B. braved C. watched D. analyzing

20.A. music B. life C. hope D. future

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。记叙了作者一次和女儿参加音乐剧表演试镜的故事，作者之前从未公开唱过歌，一开始非常紧张想要放弃，但是为了不树立一个坏榜样还是坚持下去了。结果试镜成功通过了，作者和女儿用自己友好的面孔为朋友和熟人带来了一场成功的演出。从这次音乐节表演的经历中，作者学会了用音乐的声音充实自己的生活。

1.考查名词词义辨析。A. director主任；B. maker制造者；C. role角色；D. singer歌手。句意：提姆认为我们的女儿可能会喜欢扮演音乐剧的角色。故选C。

2.考查名词词义辨析。A. declaration声明；B. suggestion建议；C. judgment判断；D. production产品。句意：但我的声明有一个问题:我从未演过音乐剧。故选A。

3.考查副词词义辨析。A. secretly秘密地；B. loudly大声地；C. irresponsibly不负责任地；D. publicly公开地。根据上文可知作者从没有公开唱过歌。故选D。

4.考查动词短语辨析。A. try out尝试；B. catch on理解；C. try on试穿；D. set off出发。根据下文准备试镜可知，作者的女儿想要尝试。故选A。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. ended结束；B. approached接近；C. failed失败；D. continued继续。句意：随着试镜临近，我感到紧张，想要放弃。故选B。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. lying说谎；躺下；B. quitting放弃；C. cheating欺骗；D. talking谈论。根据下文set a bad example可知“放弃”会树立一个坏榜样，故选B。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. found发现；B. paid支付；C. cast投中；选中；D. forgiven原谅。句意：你是否被选中并不重要，重要的是谁能做到最好。故选C。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. matters要紧；有关系；B. remains保持；C. happens发生；D. works工作。作者告诉女儿重要的是谁能做到最好，故选A。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。A. happy快乐的；B. curious好奇的；C. nervous紧张的；D. disappointed失望的。作者走进了试镜现场，因此很“紧张”故选C。

10.考查名词词义辨析。A. favor帮助；B. job工作；C. deed行动；D. survey调查。句意：我的女儿表现非常好。短语do a good job“干得好”，故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. got得到；B. made制造；C. caught抓住；D. reached到达。句意：好消息是我们成功了！短语make it“成功；做到了”，故选B。

12.考查动词词义辨析。 A. spoke说；B. smiled微笑；C. danced跳舞；D. sang唱歌。作者参加的是音乐剧，因此是对着猫练习“唱歌”，故选D。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. laziness懒惰；B. urge强烈的欲望；C. shortcoming缺点；D. fear恐惧。根据上文可知作者从没有公开唱过歌，因此要克服公众表演的“恐惧”故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。A. show表演；B. trouble问题；C. band乐队；D. experience经历。句意：我告诉了我的朋友和家人这个表演。故选A。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. large巨大的；B. noisy嘈杂的；C. empty空的；D. quiet安静的。根据上文作者告知了朋友和家人这次表演是因为作者不希望剧院是“空的”，没有人来看演出，故选C。

16.考查连词辨析。A. Besides此外；B. Therefore因此；C. Anyhow总之；D. However然而。句意：然而，如果它是满的，我宁愿自己用友好的面孔填满它。故选C。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。A. new新的；B. attractive吸引人的；C. friendly友好的；亲切的；D. similar相似的。观众前来看表演，作者想要展示给他们友好的面孔，故选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析。A. welcomed欢迎；B. noticed注意到；C. supported支持；D. congratulated恭喜。根据上文可知表演很成功，朋友和熟人都来恭喜我们。故选D。

19.考查动词词义辨析。A. organize组织；B. braved勇敢面对；C. watched看；D. analyzing分析。句意：在那之后，我勇敢地参加了更多的试镜，甚至学会了在舞台上唱歌。故选B。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. music音乐；B. life生活；C. hope希望；D. future未来。从这次音乐节表演的经历中，作者学会了用音乐的声音充实自己的生活。故选A。