Question

    Standing nervously behind the red curtain, I glanced out across the stage. A girl about my age sat at a piano; I could see her fingertips moving over the black and white keys in front of her. The beautiful melody (旋律) was so relaxing, ________ my body tensed with anxiety.

My body ________ when the girl stood up from the bench. It was finally my turn. A part of me wanted to run home and ________ under my bed, but I knew I had chosen to ________. When the girl onstage walked toward me, I could hear my heart beating ________. The girl had a proud smile on her face and when she passed me, I heard her say “Good________”!

“Well, here goes nothing.” I said to myself.

I stepped onto the ________ and walked slowly toward the piano. The bright lights nearly ________ me, making it difficult to see the audience. When I reached the ________, I automatically slid onto the bench into position. The sounds of whispering and people walking around gave way to complete silence. I stared at my ________ fingers and for a moment my mind went ________. Closing my eyes, I imagined the music sitting in front of me and tried to recall every tiny detail.

Finally, I took a deep breath and began to play Beethoven’s moonlight sonata (协奏曲). The rich tones of the piano rang out. One by one, each muscle in my body loosened and relaxed I sat on the bench and my ________ danced over the row of black and white keys as if they had a mind of their own.

All the practice and ________ I put in for six months showed this was what my teacher was pushing for. I tried to ________ all the things she reminded me to do. “Keep your wrists up, relax your arms, don’t raise your shoulders…” I remembered feeling slightly annoyed hearing these things continuously but I never realized until now how it really ________.

When I reached the end of the piece the audience started ________. I rose from the bench and gave a deep bow. A proud smile ________ up my face. Inside I felt ________ that it was over and that I had done so well. As the applause died down, I turned and walked to the other side of the stage. I saw a young boy standing nervously behind the red curtains staring ________ out at the stage. When I walked by, I passed to him the two words that were given to me for ________: Good luck!

1.A.and B.but C.for D.so

2.A.ached B.bent C.moved D.froze

3.A.hide B.sleep C.play D.drink

4.A.run B.escape C.stand D.perform

5.A.happily B.lightly C.hardly D.violently

6.A.guy B.luck C.music D.performance

7.A.stage B.bridge C.path D.chair

8.A.hurt B.killed C.blinded D.frightened

9.A.piano B.curtain C.light D.entrance

10.A.waving B.shaking C.unfolding D.crossing

11.A.wild B.awake C.blank D.wrong

12.A.fingers B.feet C.arms D.legs

13.A.excuse B.support C.service D.effort

14.A.forget B.recall C.ignore D.grasp

15.A.helped B.started C.stopped D.formed

16.A.joking B.blaming C.leaving D.clapping

17.A.burned B.dried C.lit D.lifted

18.A.relieved B.worried C.embarrassed D.confused

19.A.confidently B.fearfully C.excitedly D.angrily

20.A.encouragement B.sympathy C.appreciation D.reward

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了作者在登台参加钢琴演出之前非常紧张，上一位演出的女孩鼓励了作者，作者演出很成功，并把这个鼓励传递了下去的故事。

1.

考查连词辨析。句意：美丽的旋律是如此的放松,但我的身体却紧张焦虑。A. and并且；B. but但是；C. for为了；D. so所以。上文“The beautiful melody (旋律) was so relaxing”美妙的旋律如此放松，下文“ my body tensed with anxiety.”我的身体因焦虑而紧张，这两句之间是转折关系。故选B项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当女孩从长凳上站起来时，我的身体都僵住了。A. ached疼痛；B. bent弯曲；C. moved移动；D. froze凝固。根据上句我的身体却紧张焦虑，可以推断，此处为我的身体僵住了。故选D项。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我有些想跑回家躲在床底下，但我知道我选择了表演。A. hide躲藏；B. sleep睡觉；C. play演奏；D. drink喝。根据上文可知，作者演奏前很紧张，可以推断此处为作者想躲起来。故选A项。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我有些想跑回家躲在床底下，但我知道我选择了表演。A. run跑步；B. escape逃跑；C. stand站立；D. perform表演。根据后文可知，作者需要上台表演。故选D项。

5.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：当舞台上的那个女孩向我走来的时候，我可以听到我的心跳得很厉害。A. happily快乐地；B. lightly轻轻地；C. hardly几乎不；D. violently激烈地。根据前文可知，作者上台前很紧张，根据常识可以推断出，心跳动地很剧烈。故选D项。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：女孩脸上带着骄傲的微笑，当她经过我身边时，我听到她说“祝你好运”！A. guy家伙；B. luck运气；C. music音乐；D. performance表演。根据常识可以推断，此处为上台前，应为加油打气之意，故此空应为“祝你好运”。故选B项。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我走上舞台，慢慢走向钢琴。A. stage舞台；B. bridge桥； C. path小路；D. chair椅子。根据“walked slowly toward the piano.”慢慢走向钢琴，可知，此处为我走上舞台。故选A项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：明亮的灯光几乎使我失明，使我很难看到观众。A. hurt伤害；B. killed杀死；C. blinded使失明；D. frightened害怕。根据“making it difficult to see the audience.”使我很难看到观众，可知，此处为明亮的灯光几乎使我失明。故选C项。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我走到钢琴跟前时，我自动地滑到长凳上摆好姿势。A. piano钢琴；B. curtain窗帘；C. light光线；D. entrance入口。根据“I automatically slid onto the bench into position.”我自动地滑到长凳上摆好姿势。可知，这里是当我到了钢琴旁边。故选A项。

10.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我盯着自己颤抖的手指，一时间我的大脑一片空白。A. waving波浪状的；B. shaking颤抖的；C. unfolding展开；D. crossing横越。上文说作者非常紧张，所以作者的手指一定在发抖。故选B项。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我盯着自己颤抖的手指，一时间我的大脑一片空白。A. wild野生的；B. awake醒着的；C. blank空白的；D. wrong错误的。根据后句“tried to recall every tiny detail.”努力回忆每一个微小的细节，可以推断，此处为大脑一片空白。故选C项。

12.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我坐在长凳上，手指在那排黑白键上飞舞，仿佛它们有自己的想法。A. fingers手指；B. feet脚；C. arms手臂；D. legs腿，根据前文可知，作者要演奏钢琴，所以此处为手指飞舞。故选A项。

13.

考查名词辨析。句意：我在这六个月里所做的所有练习和努力表明，这正是我的老师所追求的。A. excuse借口；B. support支持；C. service服务；D. effort努力。and后名词应与“practice”练习相呼应。故选D项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我试图回想起她提醒我做的所有事情。A. forget忘记；B. recall回想；C. ignore忽视；D. grasp抓住。根据“she reminded me to do”她提醒我去做，可知，我在尽力回想。故选B项。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我记得一直听到这些话让我有点恼火，但直到现在我才意识到它真的有帮助。A. helped帮助；B. started开始；C. stopped停止；D. formed形成。根据前句回想的内容可知，此处应为有帮助的。故选A项。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我表演完这首曲子时，观众开始鼓掌。A. joking开玩笑；B. blaming责备；C. leaving离开；D. clapping鼓掌。根据“I rose from the bench and gave a deep bow.”我从长凳上站起来，深深鞠了一躬。可以推断，表演结束后，观众们开始鼓掌。故选D项。

17.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：骄傲的微笑照亮了我的脸。A. burned 燃烧；B. dried使变干；C. lit点亮；D. lifted举起。表演结束后，作者很开心，很骄傲，脸色亮了起来，“lit up”意为“亮了起来”。故选C项。

18.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我内心感到宽慰，因为一切都结束了，我做得很好。A. relieved如释重负的；B. worried担心的；C. embarrassed尴尬的；D. confused困惑的。根据“it was over and that I had done so well.”一切都结束了，我做得很好，可知我内心感觉如释重负。故选A项。

19.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：我看见一个小男孩紧张地站在红幕后面，恐惧地盯着舞台。A. confidently自信地；B. fearfully可怕地；C. excitedly兴奋地；D. angrily愤怒地。根据后句作者给小男孩鼓励，可以推断，小男孩是紧张的，并恐惧的盯着舞台。故选B项。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我走过时，我传递给他那两个鼓励我的词：祝你好运！A. encouragement鼓励；B. sympathy同情；C. appreciation欣赏；D. reward报答。根据“Good luck”祝你好运，可知，我把那句鼓励我的话传给了他。故选A项。