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From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏会).A recital 5 I had to practise a boring piece of music and per?form before strangers. Each year I 6 ask my father if I could skip the recital "just this once". And each year he'd shake his head, muttering (喃咕) 7 about building self-confidence and working towards a 8 .
So it was with really great 9 that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and 10 my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt 11 rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since child?hood, but his family was poor and couldn't 12 lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, 13 too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn't 14 there. When he retired three years ago, he 15 his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the key?board, he 16 stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the 17 ？ I worried, remembering those split seconds 18 ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would 19 But then came the beauti?ful melody(旋律)，from the 20 fingers that once baited(装馎于）my fishing lines. And I 21 he had been doing what music teachers always stress: 22 the music and pretend the others aren't there.
"I'm 23 of him for starting something new at his age," I said to my son Jeff.
"Yeah, and doing it so 24 Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.
5. A. reflected B. explained
C. meant D. proved
6. A. would B. could
C. might D. should
7. A. nothing B. everything
C. anything D. something
8. A. goal B. stage
C. journey D. chance
9. A. trouble B. satisfaction
C. strength D. disappointment
10. A. kept B. sent
C. watched D. felt
11. A. through B. from
C. against D. before
12. A. miss B. afford
C. select D. understand
13. A. as B. once
C. if D. while
14. A. educated B. protected
C. stuck D. spoiled
15. A. allowed B. invited
C. inspired D. persuaded
16. A. roughly B. simply
C. merrily D. curiously
17. A. words B, videos
C. notes D. lessons
18. A. decades B. weeks
C hours D. moments
19. A. play B. freeze
C. click D. adjust
20. A. same B. warm
C. different D. dirty
21. A. predicted B. realized
C. imagined D. insisted
22. A. pass over B. turn up
C. concentrate on D. bring in
23. A, ashamed B. aware
C. tired D. proud
24. A. casually B. anxiously
C. nicely D. frequently
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者本来很反感练琴，但是父亲的行为感动了自己。
C reflect反射；explain解释；mean意味着；prove证明。独奏会就意味着"我"要练习一段无聊的音乐，并在陌生人面前表演出来。故选C项。
A would常常；could能；might可能；should应该。每年"我"都会问父亲，"我"能否不进行独奏。would表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作，意为"总会，总是"，故选A项。
D nothing什么也没有；everything—切；anything任何事； something —些事。当"我"请求的时候，他总是嘀咕一些话， 如要有自信，要朝目标而努力等。根据下文提到"…about building self-confidence and working towards...，，可知选D项。
A goal目标；stage阶段；journey旅行；chance机会。父亲都会摇摇头，要求"我"建立信心，朝着目标努力。根据"… building self-confidence and working towards a...可知这里是建立自信，朝着一个目标努力，故选A项。
B trouble麻烦；satisfaction满意；strength力量；disap-pohitment失望。根据下文可知这次是爸爸进行独奏演出， 爸爸在上台前因紧张而流汗，他也体会到了"我"小时候的情况，所以B项符合上下文。
C keep保持；send发送；watch看；feel感觉。看着68岁的父亲在站起来弹钢琴之前流汗，"我"感觉很满意，因为他也体会到"我"当年的心情了，故C项正确。
D through通过；from来自；against违背；before在之前。在正式演奏之前，表演的人通常都要起立向观众示意。本句表示父亲在站起来弹钢琴之前流汗。故D正确。
B miss错过；afford买得起；select挑选；understand理解。"我"父亲从小就想学习钢琴，但是他家很穷，负担不起钢琴课的费用，所以他一直没有实现自己学习钢琴的愿望。
A as因为，正如；once—旦；if如果；while虽然。他本可以继续为自己小时候没有能够学习钢琴而遗憾，正如我们中很多人一样。本句是一个非限制性定语从句，指很多人都会为以前没有做过的事情遗憾，但是不采取行动。而父亲不是这样的人，在退休以后，他实现了自己的钢琴梦，故A正确。
C educate教育；protect保护；stick刺，粘贴；spoil惯坏， 变质。根据"But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn't ...there."可知这里的意思是尽管他生根于过去，却没有被困在那里，故选C项。
D allow允许；invite邀请；inspire鼓励；persuade说S艮。退休以后他说服了教堂里的音乐老师收他为学生，开始学习钢琴。根据上文可知他参加演奏会，说明他参加了钢琴的学习，故D正确。
B roughly粗略地；simply仅仅；merrily快乐地；curiously 好奇地。根据"Has he forgotten the... ？"可知父亲坐在琴键前，仅仅向下盯着自己的手指，故选B项。
C word单词，话语；video录像；note音符；lesson功课。根据"I worried, remembering those split seconds••• ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would"."可知这里的意思是"我"认为他忘记了音符，故选C项。
A decade十年；week星期；hour小时；moment片刻。根据最后一句话作者认为他的行动比30多年以前说的话更有感染力，可知作者想起了自己多年前的情景，故选A项。
B play玩耍，弹奏;freeze冷冻，僵住；click点击；adjust 调整。"我"在想他是不
是和"我"表演时一样头脑空白，手指僵硬呢？根据上下文可知B正确。
A same同样的；warm温暖的；different不同的；dirty脏的。但是很快，优美的旋律就被那双给"我"装钓鱼的饵料的同样的手弹奏了出来。本句是指现在弹奏钢琴的手和之前给"我"装钓鱼的饵料的手是同样的手，故A正确。
B predict预测；realize意识到；imagine想象；insist坚持认为，要求。"我"突然意识到他在做老师一直要求做的事情，故B正确。
C pass over忽视；turn up出现，调高；concentrate on集中注意力于……；bring in介绍，引进。"我"突然意识到他在做老师一直要求做的事情：把注意力集中到音乐，假装别人都不在。故C正确。
D ashamed羞愧的；aware意识到的，知道的；tired疲惫的；proud自豪的。"我"为他在如此的年龄能够尝试新的事情感到很自豪'根据"With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago."可知在他那个年龄， 还能开始新的东西，"我"为此感到骄傲。
C casually随意地；anxiously焦虑地；nicely令人满意地， 很好地；frequently频繁地。Jeff说："是的，而且他做得很好。"根据"But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the.. fingers that once baited(装馆于)my fishing lines."可知父亲弹得非常好。
