Question

    When Freddie arrived to perform in the hospital room, Pam worried it was already too late. Her 88-year-old stepfather, Strobel, had _______ been moved to the palliative (姑息治疗) care unit. Pam could _______ that something had changed in him. A nurse told her Strobel’s _______ was near.

“You’re probably _______ your time,” Pam told Freddie. But Freddie _______ with her what medical professionals had told him: _______ may be the last sense to go.

“Let me go in and _______”, Freddie said. “It’s as much for you as it is for him.”

Freddie is a country and folk musician. When he was in his childhood, his mother encouraged her young son’s _______ talent. When she was dying of cancer, he put their _______ of songs to its greatest use. He would crawl into her hospital bed with his guitar and ________ her favorites. His mother seemed to relax, a(n) ________ look crossing her face.

“That moment allowed her and me to ________ like we used to when I was singing as a kid,” Freddie recalled. It emphasized to him the ________ of music. When he ________ a non-profit organization called Swan Songs which arranged free musical last wishes, Freddie signed up for the ________.

That was the case with Pam’s stepfather who enjoyed ________ music, and Swan Songs sent Freddie. That’s why Freddie arrived at the hospital that day, when Strobel seemed ready to say ________ Freddie played some songs and after 45 minutes, Pam asked for just one more song. Freddie ________ Love Me. He sang the last note and Strobel took his last breath.

“Oh my, we just experienced one of the most ________ moments in our lives. It was a gift for us all. At a really sad time, it was ________ says Pam.

1.A.still B.just C.ever D.almost

2.A.tell B.explain C.witness D.announce

3.A.failure B.relief C.time D.recovery

4.A.killing B.sparing C.spending D.wasting

5.A.shared B.traded C.discussed D.exchanged

6.A.Tasting B.Hearing C.Smelling D.Touching

7.A.observe B.check C.negotiate D.play

8.A.athletic B.creative C.musical D.literary

9.A.love B.instruction C.choice D.assessment

10.A.recite B.sing C.make up D.pick up

11.A.embarrassed B.regretful C.confused D.peaceful

12.A.comfort B.pray C.connect D.escape

13.A.power B.rhyme C.style D.sound

14.A.set up B.broke up C.heard about D.talked about

15.A.course B.program C.competition D.treatment

16.A.modem B.popular C.classical D.country

17.A.hello B.goodbye C.sorry D.no

18.A.chose B.analyzed C.wrote D.enjoyed

19.A.glorious B.difficult C.ridiculous D.magical

20.A.delightful B.hopeful C.beautiful D.forgetful

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章叙写了弗雷迪是一位乡村和民间音乐家，他加入一个名为“天鹅之歌”(Swan Songs)的非营利组织，为临终的人演奏音乐。

1.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她88岁的继父斯特罗贝尔(Strobel)刚刚被转到姑息治疗中心。A. still仍然；B. just刚刚；C. ever曾经；D. almost几乎。根据前句When Freddie arrived to perform in the hospital room, Pam worried it was already too late.可知，她的继父刚刚搬到姑息治疗护理中心。故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：帕姆看得出他有些变化。A. tell识别，看出；B. explain解释；C. witness目睹；D. announce宣布。根据上下文可知，帕姆看得出他有些变化。故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一位护士告诉她，斯特罗贝尔的生命最后时刻快到了。A. failure失败；B. relief欣慰；C. time时间；D. recovery恢复。上文说到帕姆得继父搬到了姑息治疗房间，因此他已到了弥留之际。故选C。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“你可能在浪费时间，”帕姆对弗雷迪说。A. killing消磨；B. sparing抽出；C. spending花费；D. wasting浪费，。上一句提到斯特罗贝尔的生命最后时刻快到了。所以帕姆对弗雷迪说他可能在浪费时间。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但弗莱迪告诉了她一些医学专家告诉他的话:听觉可能是最后一种感觉。A. shared分享；B. traded交易；C. discussed讨论；D. exchanged交换。share with分享。弗雷迪不想放弃，用医疗专家告诉他的话来说服Pam。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但弗莱迪告诉了她一些医学专家告诉他的话:听觉可能是最后一种感觉。A. Tasting尝；B. Hearing听觉；C. Smelling闻；D. Touching触摸。专家告诉他，听觉也许是最后消失的，所以他不想放弃。故选B。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“让我进去演奏吧，”弗烈特说。A. observe观察；B. check核对；C. negotiate协商；D. play演奏。根据下文Freddie played some songs and after 45 minutes弗雷迪想要为他演奏。故选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当他还是个孩子的时候，他母亲就激发了儿子的音乐天赋。A. athletic精力充沛的；B. creative有创造力的；C. musical音乐的；D. literary文学的。根据前句Freddie is a country and folk musician.可知他在音乐方面的建树，因此他具有音乐天赋。故选C。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当她死于癌症时，他把对歌曲的热爱发挥到了极致。A. love热爱；B. instruction教诲；C. choice选择；D. assessment评价。由上下文可知，他对音乐非常热爱。故选A。

10.考查动词（短语）词义辨析。句意：他会抱着吉他爬上她的病床，唱她最喜欢的歌。A. recite背诵；B. sing唱歌；C. make up编造；D. pick up拾起。根据He would crawl into her hospital bed with his guitar可知，他抱着吉他唱妈妈最喜欢的歌。故选B。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他的母亲似乎放松了，脸上露出平静的神色。A. embarrassed尴尬的；B. regretful遗憾的；C. confused困惑的；D. peaceful平静的。他的音乐使妈妈放松，神色平静。故选D。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“那一刻，她和我之间的联系就像我小时候唱歌时那样，”弗雷迪回忆说。A. comfort安慰；B. pray祈祷；C. connect联系；D. escape逃跑。由句意可知，弗雷迪认为音乐拉近了母子之间的关系，让他回忆起过去的美好时光，故选C。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这向他强调了音乐的力量。A. power力量；B. rhyme押韵；C. style风格；D. sound声音。通过以上回忆，弗雷迪深知音乐所带来的力量。故选A。

14.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：当弗雷迪听说一个名为“天鹅之歌”(Swan Songs)的非营利组织，为人们安排免费的音乐遗愿，他报名参加了这个项目。A. set up建立；B. broke up破裂；C. heard about听说；D. talked about谈论。根据上下文可知，他听说了这个项目，故选C。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当弗雷迪听说一个名为“天鹅之歌”(Swan Songs)的非营利组织，为人们安排免费的音乐遗愿，他报名参加了这个项目。A. course课程；B. program项目；C. competition竞赛；D. treatment治疗。他积极参加这个项目，故选B。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：帕姆的继父就是这样的人，他喜欢乡村音乐，因此Swan Songs机构派出了弗雷迪。A. modem现代的；B. popular流行的；C. classical古典的；D. country乡村的。帕姆的继父喜欢乡村音乐。故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当时斯特罗贝尔似乎准备好要和弗雷迪道别，于是他播放了几首歌，45分钟后，帕姆又请求（演奏）一首歌。A. hello问候；B. goodbye再见；C. sorry对不起；D. no不。当时斯特罗贝尔似乎准备好要和弗雷迪道别了。故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：弗雷迪选择了《爱我》。A. chose选择；B. analyzed分析；C. wrote写；D. enjoyed喜欢。帕姆请求弗雷迪再演奏一首歌，因此，弗雷迪选择了《爱我》。故选A。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：天啊，我们刚刚经历了生命中最神奇的时刻之一。A. glorious光荣的；B. difficult困难的；C. ridiculous可笑的；D. magical神奇的。根据上一句，他唱完最后一个音符，斯特罗贝尔咽下最后一口气，因此说他们刚刚经历了生命中最神奇的时刻。故选D。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：帕姆说：“在一个非常悲伤的时刻，一切都是那么美好。”A. delightful令人愉快的；B. hopeful怀有希望的；C. beautiful漂亮的；D. forgetful健忘的。弗雷迪的演奏在悲伤的时刻带来了美好的感受，故选C。