Question

Nicola’s Love for Her Violin

     Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (绝配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old   36   and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin,   37   to China for the first time last weekend. She   38   in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

     Nicola is from Scotland and   39   playing the violin when she was four years old.   40  , it was not something her parents   41   her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and   42   it and improved very quickly.

     “There are so many different things I am fond of about the   43  ,” she said. “I can’t really   44   it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the   45  . I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”

     However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an   46   job. “I usually   47   in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s   48   outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the   49   and I can see others having fun   50   I’m on my own.”

     Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola   51   felt she was lucky. “You can’t have    52  . I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her   53   paid off (终有回报). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.

       54   her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an   55  of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

A. singer                 B. writer                C. pianist              D. violinist

A. came                 B. turned                 C. ran                       D. moved

A. checked                  B. played                    C. visited                D. remained

A. stopped                        B. requested                  C. started                     D. ignored

A. So                            B. And                        C. But                          D. However

A. made                       B. persuaded                C. wanted                    D. got

A. noticed                  B. concerned                C. minded                D. loved

A. lessons                B. violin               C. performances           D. show

A. explain                     B. imagine             C. determine              D. refuse

A. foreigners                  B. friends                         C. audience                  D. teenagers

A. boring                      B. easy                  C. wonderful             D. tiring

A. work                  B. rest              C. stay                        D. practise

A. cool                    B. sunny                C. windy               D. cloudy

A. river                         B. hill                      C. farm                        D. beach

A. while                     B. as                   C. so                       D. for

A. even                     B. still              C. ever                   D. almost

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

A. time                  B. music              C. efforts                     D. action

A. Because of            B. Besides              C. Instead of              D. Thanks to

A. adviser                    B. manager              C. organizer                 D. supporter

Answer 1

【小题1】D

【小题2】A

【小题3】B

【小题4】C

【小题5】D

【小题6】A

【小题7】D

【小题8】B

【小题9】A

【小题10】C

【小题11】B

【小题12】D

【小题13】B

【小题14】D

【小题15】A

【小题16】B

【小题17】C

【小题18】C

【小题19】B

【小题20】D

解析:

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