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【题目】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 would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, saying something about building and working toward a goal.

One recent Sunday I stood in church, video camera in hand, and my 68-year-old father 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 he wasn’t stuck in the past. When he retired three years ago, he his church music director to take him as .

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ? I worried. But then came the beautiful melody (旋律). And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress: the notes 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 self-confidence and the life goal than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

【1】A. reflected B. meant C. explained D. proved

【2】A. self-confidence B. self-control C. self-defense D. self-discipline

【3】A. kept B. sent C. watched D. felt

【4】A. miss B. afford C. select D. understand

【5】A. as B. once C. if D. while

【6】A. allowed B. invited C. inspired D. persuaded

【7】A. a teacher B. an old man C. a student D. a singer

【8】A. words B. videos C. notes D. lessons

【9】A. predicted B. realized C. imagined D. insisted

【10】A. pass over B . turn up C. bring in D. concentrate on

【11】A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. proud

【12】A. nicely B. anxiously C. casually D. frequently

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】D

【7】C

【8】C

【9】B

【10】D

【11】D

【12】A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了，从我读二年级开始，之后每年我都害怕一件事：钢琴独奏演唱会。每年我都问父亲我可不可以不演奏了，父亲每次都摇头，教我该如何建立自信，向着目标努力。父亲从小就渴望学钢琴，但由于当时家里很穷，父亲的梦想一直没能实现。三年前，他退休后，开始学钢琴，不一会儿，他就旁若无人地弹起优美的旋律。父亲的第一次独奏教会了我自信以及向着目标努力。

【1】考查动词的辨析。A反思，B意味着，C解释，D证明。由后面可知此处缺乏动词来表示独奏和我不得不练习无聊的音乐，并且在陌生人面前表演之间的关系，句意为独奏意味着我不得不练习无聊的音乐，并且在陌生人面前表演。故选B。

【2】考查名词的辨析。A自信，B自控，C自我防卫，D自律。由文章可知我是不愿意在陌生人面前表演，由此可以推断出我是缺乏自信，因此父亲应该是教我如何建立自信，故选A。

【3】考查动词的辨析。A保持，B送，C看，D感觉。由后文可以推断出这是父亲在进行钢琴表演，因此我是在观看父亲表演钢琴，故选C。

【4】考查动词的辨析。A想念，B支付，负担，C挑选，D理解。由前面的当时父亲家里很穷，所以可以推断出是支付不起上课的学费，故选B。

【5】考查连词的辨析。A正如，就像，B曾经，C如果，D然而，由文章可知该句的意思是他本可以像其他人一样继续自己的生活，并且为这件事感到遗憾。为没有做的事感到遗憾是很多人通常都会做的事，故选A。

【6】考查动词的辨析。A允许，B邀请，C鼓舞，D劝说。由前文可知父亲没有被过去的遗憾困住，他想要学习钢琴以实现自己的目标，所以他应该是劝说教堂的音乐指挥者教他弹钢琴。故选D。

【7】考查名词的辨析。A一位老师，B一位老人，C一个学生，D一位歌者。由前文可知父亲没有被过去的遗憾困住，他想要学习钢琴以实现自己的目标，所以他应该是劝说教堂的音乐指挥者教他弹钢琴。因此他的身份就是一名学生。故选C。

【8】考查名词的辨析。A词，B视频，C音调，D课程，由于父亲是在表演钢琴，所以我是在怀疑父亲是否忘记了音乐的音调，故选C。

【9】考查动词的辨析。A预测，B意识到，C想象，D坚持。由前面的那句话可知美妙的旋律响起，这证明我之前的怀疑是错的，因此我才意识到他在做音乐老师经常强调的事。故选B。

【10】考查动词词组的辨析。A超过，B出现，C引起，导致，D集中注意力于。由前文父亲盯着他的手指，我们可以推断出父亲是集中注意力于音调，并且假装旁若无人，故选D。

【11】考查形容词的辨析。A羞耻的，B意识，C疲劳的，D自豪的。由前文可知尽管父亲这么老了，他还向着他的目标努力，并且这么投入，可以推断出我是为父亲感到自豪，故选D。

【12】考查副词的辨析。A美妙地，B紧张地，C散漫地，D频繁地。由前文可以推断出这是我的儿子在称赞父亲的琴技，由于是修饰弹琴的副词，所以是美妙地，故选A。