Question

From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital（独奏演唱会）. A recital ______I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering（嘀咕） _______about build self-confidence and working toward a _______.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _______lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t _______there. When he retired three years ago, he ______ his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody（旋律）, from the ______fingers that once baited（装饵于）my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress: _______the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so_______,” 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.

1.A. reflectedB. explainedC. meantD. proved

2.A. wouldB. couldC. might D. should

3.A. nothingB. everythingC. anything D. something

4.A. goalB. stageC. journeyD. chance

5.A. troubleB. satisfactionC. strengthD. disappointment

6.A. keptB. sentC. watchedD. felt

7.A. throughB. fromC. againstD. before

8.A. missB. affordC. selectD. understand

9.A. asB. onceC. ifD. while

10.A. educatedB. protectedC. stuckD. spoilt

11.A. allowedB. invitedC. inspiredD. persuaded

12.A. roughlyB. simplyC. merrilyD. curiously

13.A. wordsB. videosC. notesD. lessons

14.A. decadesB. weeksC. hoursD. moments

15.A. playB. freezeC. clickD. adjust

16.A. sameB. warmC. differentD. dirty

17.A. predictedB. realizedC. imaginedD. insisted

18.A. pass overB. turn upC. bring inD. concentrate on

19.A. ashamedB. awareC. tiredD. proud

20.A. casuallyB. anxiouslyC. nicelyD. frequently

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是记叙题材。主要讲了作者本来很反感练琴，但是父亲的行为感动了自己。父亲一直渴望弹钢琴，但是由于家庭贫穷，没有学成琴，而68岁的他，并没有放弃自己的梦想，成功演奏出了美妙的乐曲，在他那个年龄，还能开始新的东西，我为此感到骄傲。作者认为他的实际行动比30多年以前说的话更有感染力。

1.C考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。reflected 反射；explained 解释；Meant意味着；proved证明。从我2年级开始，就一直有一件事情让我很害怕：独奏演唱会；独奏演唱会意味着我要在很多陌生人前面弹奏这一首乏味的乐曲。根据I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.可知这里意思是独奏会意味着我必须练习一首无聊的乐曲 ，故选C项。

2.A考查情态动词词义辨析。Awould会，过去常常；Bcould能够；Cmight也许；Dshould应该；每年我都请求爸爸我是否可以不参加这一次的独奏演唱会，但是每年爸爸都拒绝我的要求。本句中的would表示过去常常请求爸爸，故选C项。

3.D考查代词词义辨析及上下文串联。Anoting没有事情；Beverything所有事情；Canything任何事情；Dsomething一些事情；当我请求的时候，他总是嘀咕着一些话，如要有自信，要朝着目标而努力等等。这些都是爸爸嘀咕的一些话。根据下文about building self-confidence and working towards a可知父亲嘴里嘀咕了一些事情，故选D项。

4.A查名词辨析及语境理解。Agoal目标；Bstage舞台，阶段；Cjourney旅途；D chance机会；本句是父亲拒绝我的请求时所提出的理由，要求我朝着目标进行努力，不要放弃每一次锻炼的机会。根据build self-confidence and working toward a ________.可知这里意思是建立自信，朝着一个目标努力，故选A项。

5.B考查名词词义辨析及上下文串联。Atruoble麻烦事；Bsatisfaction满意；C stength力气，优点；Ddisappointment失望；根据下文可知这次是爸爸进行独奏演唱会，对于爸爸在台上因紧张儿流汗，我很高兴。他也体会到我小时候的情况，所以本题B项符合上下文。

6.C考查动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A kept 保持；Bsent 派，送；Cwatched观看，注视；D felt感觉；看着68岁的父亲在站起来谈钢琴之前流汗，我感觉很满意，因为他也体会到我当年的心情了，故C正确。

7.D 考查介词辨析。Athrough通过；B from来自…；C against 违背，与…相反；逆着…；D 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谈钢琴之前流汗。故D正确。

8.B考查动词词义辨析及语境串联。A miss错过，思念；B afford承受得起，买得起；C select精选；D understand理解；我父亲从小就想学习钢琴，但是他家很穷，承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。

9.A考查连词辨析。A as 正如，因为；B once 曾经，一旦；C if 如果；D while当…时；然而；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，但是不是采取行动。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。

10.C考查动词辨析 A educated教育；B protected 保护；C be stuck被困住，被卡住；D spoilt惯坏的；educated 教育；protected保护；Stuck粘贴；spoilt变质。根据But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there.可知这里意思是尽管他生根于过去，却没有被粘在那里，故选C项。

11.D考查动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A allowed允许；B invited 邀请；C inspired鼓励；D persuaded说服；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。

12.B考查副词辨析A.roughly粗略地； Ｂ. Simply仅仅；C.merrily快乐地；Ｄ.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。

13.C考查名词辨析 A words话；B videos录像；C notes音符；D lessons功课。根据I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______.可知这里意思是他忘记音符了吗？ 故选C项。

14.A考查名词辨析 A Decades十年；B weeks几星期；C hours几小时；D moments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十多年前，我的思想一片空白，故选A项。

15.B考查动词词义辨析。A play 玩耍，弹奏；B freeze 冷冻，僵住；C click点击；D 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。什么都弹奏不出来呢？根据上下文串联可知B正确。

16.考查形容词词义辨析及上下文串联。A same 同样的；B warm 温暖的；C different 不同的；D dirty脏的；但是很快，优美的旋律就被那只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。

17.B考查动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A predicted 预测；B realized 意识到；C imagined 想象；D insisted 坚持认为/要求；我突然意识到他在做老师一直要求我们做的事情; 根据________the music and pretend the others aren’t there. 我意识到了他做了音乐老师总是强调的事情，故B正确。

18.D考查动词短语辨析及上下文串联。A pass over 忽视，去世；B turn up 出现，调高；C bring in 介绍，引进；D concentrate on 集中注意力于…；我突然意识到他在做老师一直要求我们做的事情：把注意力集中到音乐，假装认为别人都不在，故D正确。

19.D考查形容词词义辨析及语境串联。A ashamed 羞愧的；B aware 意识到的，知道的；C tired 疲惫的；D proud 自豪的；我为他感到很自豪，在如此的年龄能够尝试新的事情。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，故选D项。

20.C考查副词词义辨析及上下文串联。A casually 随意地；B anxiously 焦虑地；C nicely 令人满意地，很好地；D 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(装饵于) my fishing lines.可知完成的是那样漂亮。

考点：故事类短文。