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【题目】请阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For a long time Gabriel didn't want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school,Gabriel would look pityingly at music students,1across the campus with their heavy instrument cases.2at school for practice hours3anyone else had to be there.He swore to himself to4music,as he hated getting to school extra early.
5 , one day,in the music class that was 6of his school's standard curriculurn,he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it 7to pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling,he realized that he actually 8doing it.He tried to hide his 9pleasure from the music teather, who had 10over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well,11the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good12and suggested that Gabriel go into the musin store-room to see if any of the instruments there13him. There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a 14. When he began practicing, he took it very 15. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrurnent, and was 16to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This 17, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning,18his heavy instrument case across the campus to the 19looks of the non-musicians he had left20.
(1)A.travelling B.marching C.pacing D.struggling
(2)A.rising up B.coming up C.driving up D.turning up
(3)A.before B.after C.until D.since
(4)A.betray B.accept C.avoid D.appreciate
(5)A.Therefore B.However C.Thus D.Moreover
(6)A.part B.nature C.basis D.spirit
(7)A.complicate B.safe C.confusing D.easy
(8)A.missed B.disliked C.enioyed D.denied
(9)A.transparent B.obvious C.false D.similar
(10)A.run B.jogged C.jumped D.wandered
(11)A.because B.but C.though D.so
(12)A.ear B.taste C.heart D.voice
(13)A.occurred to B.took to C.appealed to D.held to
(14)A.change B.chance C.mission D.function
(15)A.seriously B.proudly C.casually D.admitted
(16)A.committed B.used C.limited D.admitted
(17)A.proved B.showed C.stressed D.meant
(18)A.pushing B.dragging C.lifting D.rushing
(19)A.admiring B.pitying C.annoying D.teasing
(20)A.over B.aside C.behind D.out

【答案】(1)、D
(2)、D
(3)、A
(4)、C
(5)、B
(6)、A
(7)、D
(8)、C
(9)、B
(10)、D
(11)、A
(12)、A
(13)、C
(14)、B
(15)、C
(16)、A
(17)、D
(18)、B
(19)、B
(20)、C

【解析】本文讲述Gabriel由一个不喜欢音乐的学生到一个音乐爱好者的转变过程。
⑴句意:很长时间,Gabriel 根本不想沾音乐的边。在高中一年级时,Gabriel 总是同情地看着背着沉重的乐器的同学们艰难地穿梭于校园中.travel旅行;行进;march行军;前行;pace踱步;struggle奋斗;努力;艰难地行进。根据“with their heavy instrument cases”可知,每天上学的时候,Gabriel总是同情地看着背着沉重的乐器的同学们艰难地穿梭于校园中,故选D。
⑵句意:在别的学生到校前几个小时他们就要出现在校园练习(乐器)。rise up起义;come up被提出;前来;drive up驱车到来;turn up出现;到达。故选D。
⑶before在……之前;after在……之后;until直到;since自从;before anyone else had to be there比规定的到校时间早几个小时。这也是Gabriel不想学习音乐的原因之一。故选A。
⑷句意:他对自己发誓绝不沾音乐,因为他讨厌过早到校。betray背叛;accept接受;avoid避免;appreciate感激;欣赏。根据上文可知选C。
⑸句意:然而,有一天,在音乐课上……。根据下午可知本段讲Gabriel在一次音乐课上意外发现自己很喜欢音乐,与上一段是转折关系,故选B。
⑹句意:是学校标准课程的一部分的音乐课。定语从句,修饰class。part部分;nature自然;basis基础;spirit精神;根据句意可知选A。
⑺句意:他随意地弹了一下钢琴,发现很容易找到乐调。complicate复杂的;safe安全;confusing困惑的;easy容易的。根据下句“actually... tried to hide... pleasure”等词或词组可以看出,Gabriel在音乐中找到了乐趣,并试图隐藏这份愉悦,由此可知,是“演奏音乐很容易”。只有D项符合语境。
⑻句意:带着沮丧的心情,他意识到他实际上喜欢弹奏乐器。miss错过;dislike不喜欢;enjoy喜欢;deny否认。根据下文可知选C。
⑼句意:他Gabriel不想让音乐老师看到自己表露出来的很明显的喜悦之情。transparent透明的;obvious明显的;false错误的;similar类似的。根据句意可知选B。
⑽句意:音乐老师在教室里来回走动,听到Gabriel弹奏乐器的声音,就走过来聆听。run跑;jog慢跑;jump跳;wander徘徊;流浪。通过排除可知选D。
⑾句意:他也许做得不是特别好,因为老师告诉Gabriel说他有很好的辨音能力。故选A。
⑿ ear耳朵;听力;辨音力;taste味觉;heart心;voice嗓音。根据句意通过排除可知选A。
⒀句意:(老师)建议Gabriel去乐器室看看是否有乐器吸引他。occur to sb某人突然想起;take to开始喜欢;appeal to有吸引力,引起兴趣;hold to抓住。老师让Gabriel找一件自己喜欢的乐器。故选C。
⒁句意:Gabriel准备试一下大提琴,chance机会,给大提琴一次机会,即尝试演奏一下大提琴,change改变;mission任务;function功能;均不符合语境。故选B。
⒂句意:当他开始练习的时候,他很漫不经心。seriously严肃地;认真地;proudly自豪地;casually随意地;naturally自然地。根据下文的But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrurnent可知选C。
⒃句意:但是很快他发现他喜欢弹奏这个乐器,并专注地练习,以至于几个月之后,Gabriel的大提琴已经拉得非常好了。be committed to sth/ doing sth致力于。be used to doing习惯于;be limited to被限制在……;be admitted to被允许进入……;被……录取。故选A。
⒄句意:当然,这就意味着他早上要很早到校。prove证明;show展示;stress强调;mean意味着;意思是。故选D。
⒅句意:拖着他的沉重的乐器箱穿过校园。push推;drag拖;拽;lift举着;rush冲。根据heavy instrument case可知选B。
⒆句意:他将那些非音乐的学生的同情的目光抛在身后。admiring羡慕的;pitying同情的;annoying生气的;teasing戏弄的。根据“non-musicians”可知,这里指不学音乐的学生的表情,根据第一段可得出答案,应该是pitying。故选B。
⒇这里指Gabriel走过之后身后的学生对他投来的目光。leave over剩下;leave aside把……搁置一边;leave behind把……留在身后;leave out遗漏;故选C。

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