题目内容
3.He came on stage and bent to the audience before he began his performance.If you have ever been to his concert,you know that getting on stage is no small(21)Dfor him.He was (22)Awith a serious disease as a child,and so he walks with the aid of two walking-sticks.The audience sat quietly(23)A he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play.But this time,(24)C went wrong.Just as he finished the first few pieces,one of the strings on his violin (25)C.We thought that he would have to stop the concert.But he didn't.(26)A,he waited a moment,closed his eyes and then (27)Bthe conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began and he played with such (28)Cand such power as they had never heard before.Of course,anyone knows that it is(29)Dto play a harmonious work with just three strings.I know that,and you know that,but that night the violinist (30)Bto know that.
When he finished,there was a(n) (31)Dsilence in the room.And then people rose and cheered.There was an extraordinary outburst of(32)Dfrom every corner of the auditorium.He(33)B,and then said in a quiet tone,"You know,sometimes it is the artist's task to(34)Ahow much music you can(35)Cmake with what you have left."
This powerful(36)D has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.Perhaps that is the(37)Bof life-not just for artists but for all of us.
He had(38)Aall his life to make music on a violin of four strings,but(39)C,in the middle of a concert,he found himself with only three strings; so he made music with three strings,and the music he made that night was more beautiful,and more memorable.
So,perhaps our(40)Con the stage of life is to make music,at first with all that we have,and then,when that is no longer possible,to make music with what we have left.
21.A.shame | B.pleasure | C.privilege | D.achievement |
22.A.stricken | B.suffered | C.survived | D.impacted |
23.A.while | B.before | C.unless | D.although |
24.A.nothing | B.everything | C.something | D.anything |
25.A.lost | B.bent | C.broke | D.stretched |
26.A.Instead | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Moreover |
27.A.ordered | B.signaled | C.prevented | D.promised |
28.A.pride | B.despair | C.passion | D.stress |
29.A.strange | B.probable | C.important | D.impossible |
30.A.seemed | B.refused | C.pretended | D.attempted |
31.A.inspiring | B.embarrassing | C.tiresome | D.awesome |
32.A.anger | B.laughter | C.scream | D.applause |
33.A.wept | B.s miled | C.sighed | D.whispered |
34.A.find out | B.s miled | C.sighed | D.turn out |
35.A.just | B.even | C.still | D.yet |
36.A.note | B.figure | C.impression | D.line |
37.A.routine | B.definition | C.adventure | D.incident |
38.A.prepared | B.devoted | C.scheduled | D.accustomed |
39.A.naturally | B.generally | C.scheduled | D.hopelessly |
40.A.way | B.state | C.task | D.program |
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了一位身患重病需要使用双拐行走的演奏家的一场音乐会,在他刚开始演奏的时候,他的小提琴的琴弦断了一根,所有的人都以为他会停止演奏,但是他并没有,在停顿了一会之后,他用剩下的三根琴弦完成了接下来的演奏,作者通过这篇文章告诉我们不论什么情况都要找到好的方面,用自己剩下的东西创造出最大的价值.
解答 21.D 考查名词词义辨析.shame耻辱;pleasure快乐;previlege特权,荣誉;achievement成就.根据后一句with a serious disease as a child,and so he walks with the aid of two walking-sticks可知他身患重病,并且使用双拐行走,由此可知他能来到台上演出是一个不小的成就.故选D.
22.A 考查动词词义辨析.striken袭击;suffered遭受;survived生存;inpacted挤满.在句子中he was_____是一个被动语态的结构,根据with a serious disease可知,他被疾病所袭击.故选A.
23.A 考查从属连词词义辨析.while当…时;before在…之前;unless除非;although尽管.根据句意在观众安静的坐着的时候,他穿过舞台坐到椅子上开始演奏.故选A.
24.C 考查不定代词词义的辨析.nothing没有事情;everything每一件事情;something某个事情;anything任何事情.根据下一句话"刚完成开始的几首曲子,小提琴的一根琴弦断了"可知这时出现了一个意外,something wrong是指一个不好的事情.故选C.
25.C 考查动词词义辨析.四个选项都是动词的过去时态.lost丢失;bent弯曲;broke打破,断掉;stretched伸展.根据后面的句子意思"we thought that he would have to stop the concert…"可知他的琴弦出了意外,我们都认为他要停止音乐会,结合选项的意思,得知是其中一个琴弦断了.故选C.
26.A 考查副词和连词的词义辨析.instead 而不是;however然而;therefore因此;moreover 此外,而且.根据本空前"他没有停下来演出"和空后"他等了一会继续音乐会",形成了对比.故选A.
27.B考查动词的词义辨析.ordered命令;signaled发信号,示意;prevented阻止;promised保证.根据本句句意可知他等了一会,闭上眼睛然后示意指挥演出继续.故选B.
28.C 考查名词的词义解析,passion激情;根据句意可知乐队开始演奏,他演奏的很有激情,这样的力量是他们从来没有听过的,故选C.
29.D 考查形容词的应用,impossible不可能的;谁都知道只用三根琴弦演奏是不可能的,故选D.
30.B 考查动词的应用,refused 拒绝;根据前文anyone knows that it is impossible to play a harmonious work with just three strings可知每个人都知道只用三根琴弦演奏是不可能的,但是演奏的人却拒绝接受这件事,故选B.
31.D 考查形容词的应用,awesome令人敬佩的,可怕的,当这个人用三根琴弦演奏结束之后,房间里很安静,这种安静是很可怕的,故选D.
32.D 考查名词的应用,applause掌声;根据前文then people rose and cheered在演出结束后的一阵安静之后,人们起立欢呼,掌声从观众席的每个角落传出,故选D.
33.B 考查名词的应用,smiled微笑;联系语意可知演奏者应该是微笑着跟观众说话,故选B.
34.A 考查短语的应用及搭配,find out找出,发现;有时候艺术家的任务就是发现在你剩下的东西中能演奏多少音乐,故选A.
35.C 考查语意搭配,still 仍然;有时候艺术家的任务就是发现在你剩下的东西中能演奏多少音乐,联系文中的演奏者在琴弦断了之后继续演奏可知此处应该填"仍然",故选C.
36.D 考查名词的应用,line界限,信念;根据前文可知这个演奏家说艺术家在什么时候都应该能演奏出自己的音乐,因此此处说明这个强大的信念一直萦绕在他的心头,故选D.
37.B 考查名词的应用,definition定义,根据后文-not just for artists but for all of us不只是艺术家,而是所有人,可知这就是生活的定义,是对所有人来说的,故选B.
38.A 考查动词的应用,prepared准备,这个演奏家本来是在他的生活中准备用四根弦的小提琴演奏,故选A.
39.C 考查形容词的应用,scheduled预定,演奏本来应该用四根弦的小提琴,但是在琴弦断了一根之后,他依旧用三根弦演奏出了美妙的音乐,hopelessly是指绝望的,此处感情不应该为绝望,故选C.
40.C 考查名词的应用,task任务,工作;此句为本文的总结,说明可能我们在舞台上的工作是用我们所拥有的去演奏,故选C.
点评 本题主要考查了单词的应用,主要考察介词动词名词等.做本题的关键是在理解短文的基础上,灵活运用所学的基础知识.本题考到的知识点有:固定的短语,词类的转换,名词的复数形式,副词以及祈使句的用法等.因此,这就需要在平时的学习中,牢固掌握各语言点及一些语法知识.并且联系上下文,选出合适的单词.
A. | rather than; can one | B. | other than; can one | ||
C. | rather than; one can | D. | other than; one can |
Finally,a short,thin man,well past middle age,(20)approached the farmer."Are you a good farmhand?"the farmer asked him.
"Well,I can(21)sleep when the wind blows,"answered the little man.
Although(22)puzzled by this answer,the farmer,(23)desperate for help,hired him.The little man worked well around the(24)farm,busy from dawn to dusk,and the farmer felt(25)satisfiedwith the man's work.then one night the wind howled(怒号)loudly in from offshore.Jumping out of bed,the farmer took a lantern and(26)rushed next door the hired hand's sleeping room.He shook the little man and (27)cried,"Get up!A storm is coming!Tie things down (28)before they are blown away!The little man rolled over in bed and said(29)firmly,"No sir.I told you,I can sleep when the wind blows"(30)angered by the answer,the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.(31)instead,he hurried outside to prepared for the storm.To his (32)surprise,he discovered that all of the haystacks(干草堆)had been covered with tarpaulins(帆布).The cows and the chickens were all in the(33)proper places,and the doors were fastened.The windows were tightly(34)secured.Everything was(35)tied down.Nothing could be blown away.The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant,so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
16.A.unfit | B.curious | C.undoubted | D.unwilling |
17.A.hurricanes | B.storms | C.earthquakes | D.wars |
18.A.if | B.once | C.as | D.until |
19.A.refusals | B.suggestions | C.rewards | D.desires |
20.A.approached | B.interviewed | C.reminded | D.educated |
21.A.work | B.sleep | C.wake | D.flee |
22.A.excited | B.touched | C.puzzled | D.discouraged |
23.A.convenient | B.famous | C.bad | D.desperate |
24.A.farm | B.company | C.ocean | D.station |
25.A.bored | B.satisfied | C.patient | D.honest |
26.A.walked | B.slipped | C.rushed | D.fell |
27.A.cheered | B.whispered | C.asked | D.cried |
28.A.while | B.after | C.before | D.unless |
29.A.firmly | B.weakly | C.strangely | D.closely |
30.A.moved | B.angered | C.beaten | D.calmed |
31.A.therefore | B.as a result | C as usually | D.instead |
32.A.surprise | B.regret | C.horror | D.sorrow |
33.A.wrong | B.proper | C.top | D.clean |
34.A.painted | B.stored | C.secured | D.destroyed |
35.A.flied away | B.died down | C.blown away | D.tied down. |
Often teenagers are treated like(3)D bigger children,but they will never become(4)D and responsible if they are not allowed to make some decisions for themselves.If parents forbid their children from doing something,chances are that they will do it(5)Cwithout permission anyway.The role of a parent must,therefore,change from that of protector and keeper to that of friend and(6)A.
Yet even the most caring parents misunderstand their children sometimes,and some think of teenagers as insecure,stubborn and(7)C.As a result,teenagers always keep their(8)Bfrom their parents.Teens often(9)Bthat their parents repeat the same things over and over again and never listen to them.Parents must understand that teens need to be allowed to(10)Dtheir side of any problem and express their point of view.
Thus,more private and level-headed communication is needed for the parents.Every parent should try to schedule time to be(11)C with their child,like taking a short trip together.This time allows parents to talk and listen without(12)C from work or other family members.It might also be good to encourage teens to(13)Aimportant issues at dinner.Discussion time shows teens that parents are interested in them and their lives.
A person's teenage years are a key time for them to identify their own(14)D,like distinguishing good from evil.Handling and improving communication with teenagers is not easy,but success will be (15)A for parents and teens alike.
1.A.pointing | B.figuring | C.turning | D.standing |
2.A.stage | B.difficulty | C.routine | D.procedure |
3.A.obviously | B.lightly | C.extremely | D.slightly |
4.A.tall | B.healthy | C.strong | D.independent |
5.A.bravely | B.individually | C.secretly | D.willingly |
6.A.guide | B.relative | C.volunteer | D.judge |
7.A.mature | B.polite | C.disrespectful | D.dangerous |
8.A.relation | B.distance | C.balance | D.attitude |
9.A.appreciate | B.complain | C.condemn | D.approve |
10.A.hide | B.solve | C.tolerate | D.present |
11.A.angry | B.pleased | C.alone | D.strict |
12.A.suffer | B.delay | C.interruption | D.escape |
13.A.discuss | B.manage | C.quarrel | D.improve |
14.A.opinions | B.interests | C.determinations | D.values |
15.A.rewarding | B.challenging | C.difficult | D.impossible. |