Question

    My father, a soldier, was ordered to move again. It came as a _____________  because we had   just moved into the present duty station a few weeks before.

It was the fourth time we’d got to move to a ___________  place in just two years, which was truly our “home” in Hawaii that we’d only _________________  through my father’s music with ukulele   (尤克里里)._________ was the thing that connected my father with Hawaii, a reminder of his home and_______.

Everything was  _________________  this time. We  were just arriving,  but he was already  ___________ to  leave again  without  us. Our father,  the person who could make  us _________  the “new”  family, was gone.  Suddenly, we  were surrounded  by cousins who ___________  knowing each  other, joining in  a cultural  __________________  of which we  only knew the surface. We  were  __________  in the family.

One day, I ________________  my father’s ukulele that I had watched him play was  ________________  in the corner. When I tried to play it, though unskillfully, I felt closer to him and our Hawaiian roots. Then  I picked up an old  song  book, and ____________  myself  to play. I would play  and sing, __________  my  father had been here. Finally  my  father______________with  a newly-bought ukulele, and we had a mini concert. He was________ that I had learned so much.

What I really ______________  was that  music  has the ________________  to do truly extraordinary things________ us with our culture and each other, our past and our present.

1.A.surprise B.test C.lesson D.story

2.A.dangerous B.cold C.dark D.new

3.A.suffered from B.heard about C.heard from D.looked after

4.A.Music B.Food C.Money D.Nature

5.A.language B.culture C.economy D.school

6.A.good B.wrong C.different D.sad

7.A.excited B.prepared C.eager D.pleased

8.A.put in B.break in C.take in D.fit in

9.A.grew up B.got up C.set up D.looked up

10.A.relic B.exchange C.competition D.tradition

11.A.customers B.teachers C.strangers D.doctors

12.A.found B.bought C.shared D.broke

13.A.picked B.served C.left D.limited

14.A.allowed B.advised C.taught D.told

15.A.even if B.as if C.so that D.now that

16.A.responded B.succeeded C.returned D.recovered

17.A.moved B.confident C.tired D.angry

18.A.missed B.showed C.hated D.learned

19.A.duty B.space C.honor D.power

20.A.showing B.connecting C.punishing D.praising

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。由于父亲的工作原因，作者一家经常搬家，在搬到父亲的家乡夏威夷后，作者最终通过音乐感受到与家乡、文化紧紧相连。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：它来得像是个意外，因为我们几周前刚搬到现在的工作地点。A. surprise惊奇，意外；B. test测试；C. lesson功课；D. story故事。主语It指代上一句提到的“父亲收到命令要再次搬家”，再结合空后解释的原因“because we had just moved into the present duty station a few weeks before”可知，几周前作者一家刚搬到这里，所以再次搬家是个“意料之外的事”。故选A项。

2.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是两年之内我们搬到的第四个新地方了，这是我们在夏威夷真正的“家”，我们只从父亲用尤克里里弹奏的音乐中听说过。A. dangerous危险的；B. cold凉爽的，冷漠的；C. dark黑暗的；D. new新的。根据空前的“move”可知，应是搬家到“新的”地方，故选D项。

3.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：这是两年之内我们搬到的第四个新地方了，这是我们在夏威夷真正的“家”，我们只从父亲用尤克里里弹奏的音乐中听说过。A. suffered from遭受；B. heard about听说；C. heard from收到……的来信；D. looked after照顾。根据空后“through my father’s music with ukulele”可知，此处表示我们仅仅“听说”过这个地方。故选B项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：音乐是连接我父亲和夏威夷的东西，一个提醒他的家和文化的东西。A. Music音乐；B. Food食物；C. Money金钱；D. Nature自然。空前提到“father’s music”，所以此处指“音乐”，最后一段也提到“music has the 19 to do truly extraordinary things 20 us with our culture and each other,”。故选A项。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：音乐是连接我父亲和夏威夷的东西，一个提醒他的家和文化的东西。A. language语言；B. culture文化；C. economy经济；D. school学校。根据下文内容可知，夏威夷是父亲的家乡，所以此处指音乐提醒着他自己的“家乡和文化”，文章最后一句中“with our culture and each other, our past and our present.”也是提示。故选B项。

6.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这一次一切都不一样。A. good好的；B. wrong错误的；C. different不同的；D. sad悲伤的。根据下文“We were just arriving, but he was already _____7_____ to leave again without us.”及“Suddenly, we were surrounded by cousins…”等描述可知，这次搬到夏威夷与以前都“不一样”。故选C项。

7.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们正要到达的时候，但是他就准备好再次丢下我们离开。A. excited兴奋的，激动的；B. prepared准备好的；C. eager急切的；D. pleased高兴的。根据下一句“Our father, the person who could make us ____8____ the “new” family, was gone.”描述的父亲不见了可知，我们刚要到达，父亲就“准备好了”要下去。故选B项。

8.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们的父亲，这个能让我们融入新“家庭”的人，不见了。A. put in放进，提出；B. break in打断，插嘴；C. take in吸收，领会；D. fit in适应，融入（团体）。上文提到夏威夷是父亲的家乡，所以父亲是那个能让我们“融入”新“家”的人，故选D项。

9.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：突然，我们被一些从小就认识彼此的堂兄弟姐妹围住，加入了一种我们仅仅了解表面的文化传统中。A. grew up成长，长大；B. got up起床；C. set up建立；D. looked up向上看。who是定语从句关系词，指代先行词cousins，所以此处指在“成长”过程中就认识彼此。故选A项。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：突然，我们被一些从小就认识彼此的堂兄弟姐妹围住，加入了一种我们仅仅了解表面的文化传统中。A. relic遗迹；B. exchange交换；C. competition 竞争；D. tradition传统。根据文章内容可知，作者一家与亲人团聚，所以此处指文化“传统”。故选D项。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们在这个家里是陌生人。A. customers顾客；B. teachers老师；C. strangers陌生人；D. doctors医生。根据上一句“we only knew the surface”及下文“I felt closer to him and our Hawaiian roots”可知，作者一开始对父亲的家乡还没有真正的归属感，所以这里指在这个家庭中是“陌生人”。故选C项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，我看到父亲经常弹奏的尤克里里被遗忘在角落。A. found发现；B. bought买；C. shared分享；D. broke打破。根据下一句“When I tried to play it”作者尽力弹奏尤克里里可知，此处指“发现”。故选A项。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，我看到父亲经常弹奏的尤克里里被遗忘在角落。A. picked捡，采摘；B. served服务；C. left遗忘，遗留；D. limited限制。根据空后的“in the corner”可知，此处指被“遗忘”在角落。leave sth.+地点表示“把某物放在/遗忘在某地”。故选C项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后我挑选了一首旧的歌曲书，自学弹奏。A. allowed允许；B. advised建议；C. taught教；D. told告诉。根据“I picked up an old song book”可知，作者拿起一本旧书，“自学”弹奏，下文“I had learned so much”也是提示。故选C项。

15.

考查连词辨析。句意：我边弹边唱，好像父亲在这儿一样。A. even if 即使；B. as if好像，仿佛；C. so that以便；D. now that既然。根据下一句“Finally my father 16 with a newly-bought ukulele”可知，父亲当时不在场，所以此处指“好像”父亲在这儿。故选B项。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后我的父亲带着一把新买的尤克里里返回，我们开了一场小型音乐会。A. responded回答，回应；B. succeeded成功；C. returned返回；D. recovered恢复。根据“we had a mini concert.”可知，父亲“回来”了。故选C项。

17.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他很感动我学习了这么多。A. moved感动的；B. confident自信的；C. tired疲惫的；D. angry生气的。根据“I had learned so much”可知，父亲是“感动的”。故选A项。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我真正学到的是，音乐有做非同寻常的事情的力量。A. missed想念，错过；B. showed展示；C. hated憎恨；D. learned学习。上文提到“I had learned so much”，作者学习到了很多，此处指真正“学到”的事情。故选D项。

19.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我真正学到的是，音乐具有创造奇迹的力量。A. duty职责；B. space空间；C. honor荣誉；D. power力量，权力。根据空后“to do truly extraordinary things”可知，此处指音乐的“力量”。故选D项。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我真正学到的是，音乐具有创造奇迹的力量，能够把我们和我们的文化，彼此，过去和现在连接在一起的力量。A. showing展示；B. connecting连接；C. punishing惩罚；D. praising表扬。上文提到“____4____ was the thing that connected my father with Hawaii”音乐把父亲和他的家乡连接在一起，此处是词汇复现，指“把我们和我们的文化，彼此，过去和现在连接在一起”。故选B项。