Question

    Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they_______, the mother spot a friend in the audience and walked down the aside to_______her.

Seizing the _______to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and_______explored his way through a door_______ “No Admittance”. When the house lights became weaker and weaker and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that the_______was missing.

Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights_______the impressive Steinway piano on stage. _______, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the key-board, innocently_______Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

At the moment, the great pianist made his________, quickly moved to the piano, and________in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his________hand and began filling in a bass(低音) part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he________a running obbligato(伴奏). ________, the old master and the young boy transformed a frightening situation into a ________ creative experience. The audience were deeply moved.

That’s the way in life. What we can________on our own is hardly worth mentioning. We try our best, ________the results aren’t exactly graceful flowing________. But when we trust in the hands of the Great Power, our life’s work truly can be________.

Next time you set out to accomplish your great career,________carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

1.A.were treated B.were seated C.were dressed D.were found

2.A.greet B.visit C.ignore D.avoid

3.A.opportunity B.responsibility C.outcome D.circumstance

4.A.obviously B.effectively C.eventually D.typically

5.A.signed B.closed C.opened D.marked

6.A.master B.friend C.child D.audience

7.A.depended on B.relied on C.passed on D.focused on

8.A.In fright B.In excitement C.In disappointment D.In relief

9.A.carrying out B.turning out C.putting out D.picking out

10.A.entrance B.gesture C.performance D.scene

11.A.spoke B.whispered C.sighed D.repeated

12.A.left B.right C.free D.strong

13.A.played B.performed C.added D.ended

14.A.Together B.Even C.Yet D.Still

15.A.amusingly B.angrily C.excitedly D.wonderfully

16.A.accomplish B.create C.ignore D.reject

17.A.and B.so C.but D.while

18.A.advice B.way C.music D.song

19.A.beautiful B.effective C.popular D.particular

20.A.watch B.listen C.think D.Operate

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述的是一个小男孩无意中走上了舞台，在钢琴家的鼓励下和钢琴家一起演奏了曲子，而使音乐会获得异常的成功。从中作者总结出人的一生中需鼓励和合作才能成功。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在他们坐下之后，妈妈看到一个朋友在观众席上，并走过去问候她。A. treat 对待，款待；B. seat 就座，坐下；C. dress 穿衣；D. find 发现。be seated就坐，后文中the little boy rose也表明先就坐了。故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在他们坐下之后，妈妈看到一个朋友在观众席上，走过去问候她。A. greet 问候，致意；B. visit 拜访；C. ignore 忽略，忽视；D. avoid 避免。由前文“the mother spot a friend in the audience”可知，妈妈看到一个朋友在观众席上，走过去问候她。故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：抓住机会来探索音乐厅的惊喜，这个小男孩站起来，最终进了标记有“禁止入内”牌子的门。A. opportunity 机会；B. responsibility 责任；C. outcome 收入；D. circumstance 情况。男孩的妈妈去问候朋友，所以男孩正好，抓住这个机会来探索音乐厅的惊喜。故选A。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：抓住机会来探索音乐厅的惊喜，这个小男孩站起来，最终进了标记有“禁止入内”牌子的门。A. obviously 明显地；B. effectively 有效地；C. eventually 最后，终于；D. typically 典型地。由下文可知，小男孩进入到了舞台上，所以最终进了标记有“禁止入内”牌子的门。故选C。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：句意：抓住机会来探索音乐厅的惊喜，这个小男孩站起来，最终进了标记有“禁止入内”牌子的门。A. sign 签名；B. close 关闭；C. open 打开；D. mark 标记。由“No Admittance”可知，门上标记着“禁止入内”的字样。故选D。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：妈妈回到自己的座位上，发现孩子不见了。A. master 主人；B. friend 朋友；C. child 孩子；D. audience 观众。由上文“a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert”可知，妈妈发现自己的孩子也就是小男孩不见了。故选C。

7.考查动词短语辨析。句意：突然，窗帘拉开，聚光灯聚焦在舞台上令人印象深刻的斯坦威钢琴上。A. depend on 依靠；B. rely on 依靠；C. pass on 传递；D. focus on 使聚焦。音乐会开始时，聚光灯会聚集在舞台上。故选D。

8.考查介词短语辨析。句意：妈妈惊恐地看到她的小男孩坐在键盘旁。A. in fright 害怕地，惊恐地；B. in excitement 兴奋地；C. in disappointment 失望地；D. in relief 放松地。妈妈看到小男孩在舞台上很害怕，可能是害怕不允许，或是害怕孩子打扰到了音乐会。故选A。

9.考查动词短语辨析。句意：母亲看到她的小男孩坐在键盘旁，天真地弹奏着“小星星”。A. carry out 实施，实现；B. turn out 结果是，证明是；C. put out 熄灭；D. pick out 凭听觉、记忆敲击，弹出。由前文“Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano”可知，母亲带孩子来的目的就是希望鼓励她的小儿子在钢琴方面取得进步。可见孩子是学过钢琴的，所以，孩子天真地弹奏着“小星星”。故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这时，这位伟大的钢琴家走了进来，迅速地走向钢琴。A. entrance 入口；B. gesture 手势；C. performance 表演；D. scene 场面，场景。就在这时钢琴家Paderewski进来了，make one’s entrance进入，故选A。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：钢琴家迅速走到钢琴旁，低声对孩子说。A. speak 说；B. whisper 低声说；C. sigh 叹气；D. repeat 重复。由“in the boy’s ear”可知，钢琴家迅速走到钢琴旁，低声对孩子说。故选B。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：帕德雷夫斯基弯下身子，左手伸下去，开始演奏低音部分。A. left 左边的；B. right 右边的；C. free 自由的；D. strong 强大的。用他的左手伸下去以弹低音，与后文中的右手相对，故选A。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：很快他的右臂伸向了孩子的另一边，他又增加了一段流畅的伴奏．A. play 玩；B. perform 表演；C. add 加，添加；D. end 结束。由“Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child”可知，是在原有基础上添加了一段流畅的伴奏，故选C。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他和小男孩一起把一个可怕的情景变成了一个奇妙的创造性体验．A. together 一起；B. even 甚至；C. yet 然而；D. still 仍然。音乐家和小男孩一起把一个可怕的情景变成了一个奇妙的创造性体验。故选A。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他和小男孩一起把一个可怕的情景变成了一个奇妙的创造性体验A. amusingly 愉快地；B. angrily 生气地；C. excitedly 兴奋地；D. wonderfully 精彩地，奇妙地。有下文The audience were deeply moved，可知表演很精彩，故选D。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这就是生活。我们靠自己所能完成的几乎不值得一提。A.accomplish 完成；B. create 创造；C. ignore 忽视；D. reject 拒绝。最后一段Next time you set out to accomplish your great career,可知填accomplish。故选A。

17.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我们尽力而为，但结果并不是优美流畅的音乐。A. and和；B. so 因此；C. but但是；D. while然而。根据语境，前后之间是转折关系，故选C。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们尽力而为，但结果并不是优美流畅的音乐。A. advice 建议；B. way 方法；C. music 音乐；D. song 歌曲。有前文中钢琴弹奏音乐，因为这里是从故事中总结人生，所以这里follow music符合语境。故选C。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是，当我们相信手中掌握着伟大的力量时，我们的生活才能真正美好。A. beautiful 漂亮的；B. effective 有效的；C. popular 流行的，受欢迎的；D. particular 特别的。由“But when we trust in the hands of the Great Power”可知，当我们相信手中掌握着伟大的力量时，我们的生活才能真正美好。故选A。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：下次你要完成你伟大的事业时，仔细听。A. watch 观看；B. listen 听；C. think 思考；D. operate 手术，操作。由后文中的hear可知前面为listen carefully。故选B。