Question

    A friend of mine is a musician. He always seems to be learning new tunes, new _______, and new ways of making music in cool ways. At the weekends, he _______ to go into Central Park in the center of Nagoya during the daytime where lots of bands _______ .Some of these bands are really good, but some of them are quite _______.One of the reasons why my friend likes watching all the bands is that they are free! And as he says to me, “_______ expensive things don't necessarily mean that they're good, free things don't necessarily mean they have no _______.You have to listen and look yourself and_______what is valuable for you. And _______, as you listen and look, you may learn different things.”

So my friend goes to the park every week when the weather is fine, and he says he learns_______ from every single band！ When he watches and listens to the really good bands, he learns new concertos from the ________ and cool rhythms from the drummers. I guess that it’s not ________that you can learn a lot by watching ________performs. But what impress me are my friend’s words—You can learn by watching and listening to the bad performers, too. When I watch a bad performer, I think to myself — wow, that’s another thing that I'm going to ________ .”

So my friend makes ________ by leaning from both good and bad performers. And he says he also finds ________and pleasure in learning and improving in ways that he never even imagined!

1.A.games B.systems C.instruments D.languages

2.A.loves B.wishes C.agrees D.affords

3.A.compete B.perform C.study D.succeed

4.A.poor B.shy C.unlucky D.fierce

5.A.Since B.For C.While D.Unless

6.A.price B.fault C.soul D.value

7.A.find out B.wait for C.bring out D.call for

8.A.in short B.of course C.at first D.as usual

9.A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something

10.A.listeners B.learners C.players D.dancers

11.A.touching B.exciting C.surprising D.satisfying

12.A.excellent B.strange C.energetic D.amateur

13.A.come up with B.get hold of C.look down on D.get rid of

14.A.time B.money C.progress D.way

15.A.duty B.fun C.pride D.respect

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述作者一个做音乐的朋友，他喜欢去公园看各种街头乐队的免费演出，不论是演奏的好还是演奏的不好，都对他的创作产生了帮助。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他似乎总是在学习新的曲调，新的乐器，以及用很酷的方式制作音乐的新方法。A. games游戏；B. systems系统；C. instruments乐器；D. languages语言。根据前文A friend of mine is a musician.可知，此处用“乐器（instruments）”符合语境，故选C。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：周末，他喜欢白天去名古屋中心的中央公园，那里有很多乐队表演。A. loves爱；B. wishes希望；C. agrees同意；D. affords买得起。根据下文why my friend likes… all the bands可知他喜欢白天去名古屋中心的中央公园。like和love是同义词复现。故选A。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：周末，他喜欢白天去名古屋中心的中央公园，那里有很多乐队表演。A. compete竞争；B. perform表演；C. study学习；D. succeed成功。根据下文You can learn by watching and listening to the bad performers, too.可知，此处指有乐队表演（perform）。故选B。

4.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这些乐队中有一些很不错，但也有一些很差。A. poor差劲的，贫穷的；B. shy害羞的；C. unlucky不幸的；D. fierce激烈的。根据句意可知，上下文是转折关系，故此处用“糟糕的”符合语境，good和poor是反义词。故选A。

5.

考查连接词辨析。句意：正如他对我说的：“昂贵的东西并不一定意味着它们是好的，而免费的东西并不一定意味着它们没有价值。”A. Since既然；B. For为了；C. While然而，当……时候；D. Unless除非。结合句意可知，此处表两种情况的对比，“然而”应用while。故选C。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：正如他对我说的：“昂贵的东西并不一定意味着它们是好的，而免费的东西并不一定意味着它们没有价值。”A. price价格；B. fault错误；C. soul灵魂；D. value价值。结合上下文可知，此处是指免费的东西也有价值，且下文的what is valuable for you有暗示。故选D。

7.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：你必须倾听自己，审视自己，找出对你有价值的东西。A. find out找出，弄清楚；B. wait for等待；C. bring out出版；D. call for要求。结合句意可知，此处是指通过看和听找出对自己有用的东西，故选A。

8.

考查短语辨析。句意：当然，当你听和看的时候，你可能会学到不同的东西。A. in short总之；B. of course当然；C. at first首先；D. as usual像往常一样。结合上下文可知，此处是指不管是好的乐队还是不好的乐队，你当然都可以从中学到东西，故选B。

9.

考查不定代词辨析。句意：所以我的朋友在天气好的时候每周都去公园，他说他从每个乐队都学到一些东西！A. nothing没有什么；B. anything任何事；C. everything一切；D. something某事。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的朋友从每个乐队那儿都学到了一些东西（something）。故选D。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当他观看和聆听真正优秀的乐队时，他从演奏者那里学到了新的协奏曲，从鼓手那里学到了酷炫的节奏。A. listeners听者；B. learners学习者；C. players演奏者；D. dancers舞者。结合上文he learns new concertos from the可知是指从演奏者那里学到新的协奏曲。故选C。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我想通过观看精彩的表演你能学到很多东西也就不足为奇了。A. touching动人的；B. exciting令人兴奋的；C. surprising意外的，令人惊讶的；D. satisfying令人满意的。通过观看优秀乐队的表演学到东西，是一件意料之内的事情，故此处用“不意外（not surprising）”符合语境，故选C。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我想通过观看精彩的表演你能学到很多东西也就不足为奇了。A. excellent精彩的，卓越的；B. strange奇怪的；C. energetic精力充沛的；D. amateur业余的。根据上文When he watches and listens to the really good bands,可知，此处指观看精彩的表演。故选A。

13.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我看到一个糟糕的表演者时，我就会想，哇，这是另一个我要摆脱的东西。A. come up with提出；B. get hold of把握；C. look down on看不起；D. get rid of摆脱。结合上文When I watch a bad performer可知此处是指作者的朋友学到了要摆脱糟糕的表演中不好的东西。故选D。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以我的朋友通过向好的和坏的人学习而取得进步。A. time时间；B. money金钱；C. progress进步；D. way方法。此处考查短语make progress“取得进步”，且下文的in learning and improving也有暗示。故选C。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他还说，他在学习和进步中找到了乐趣，这是他从来没有想过的！A. duty义务；B. fun乐趣；C. pride自豪；D. respect尊重。根据句子结构可知，此处应选择一个和pleasure感情色彩相同的词，故B选项fun“乐趣”符合。故选B。