题目内容
13.Playing a violin with three stringsOn Nov.18,1995,Itzhak Perlman,the violinist,came on stage to give a concert.The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play.But this time,something went wrong.Just as he finished the first few bars,one of the strings on his violin broke.We thought that he would have to stop the concert.(25)Beyond everyone's expectation,he waited a moment,closed his eyes and then signaled (26)the conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began and he played with such passion and such power and such purity
(27)as they had never heard before.
Of course,anyone knows that no one (28)can play a harmonious work with just three strings.I know that,and you know that,(29)but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.When he finished,there was an awesome silence in the room.And then people rose and cheered.He smiled,wiped the sweat from his brow and then he said in a quiet,sacred tone,"You know,sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with (30)what you have left."
This powerful line has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.And who knows?Perhaps that is the definition of life-not just for artists but for all of us.
He has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of four strings,but all of a sudden,in the middle of a concert,he finds himself with only three strings; so it is with three strings
(31)that he makes music,and the music he made that night with just three strings was more memorable than any that (32)hadbeenmade (make) before.
分析 本文是一篇有点人生哲理味道的文章,从一个小提琴家的个人音乐会衍生出关于人生的思考.主要讲述了小提琴家伊扎克•帕尔曼举办了一场音乐会,但是在演出时出了点意外.一根琴弦断了.这时他不但没有停止反而用前所未有的激情、力量和纯洁的内心而演奏着,演奏结束时,观众席爆发出热烈的掌声.他让我们明白了我们要学会在这个动荡多变、充满迷惑的世界里演奏音乐,也许开始的时候倾尽所有来演奏,当有些东西不再拥有的时候,就用我们所剩下的来演奏音乐.
解答 25.beyond.考查介词词组及固定搭配,beyond one's expectation,意思是"出乎某人的意料之外",结合前半句的意思--所有人都在想他是不是中断演奏,接着下文他并没有这样做,所以填beyond,表示出乎意料之外.
26.the.考查冠词.这个小提琴家调整了一下,开始向指挥(conductor)示意,signal作为动词,意思是"发出信号",这里是"向某人发出信号",缺少定冠词"the",特指那个指挥.
27.as.考查as引导的定语从句,先行词是前面的"passion,power,purity",这三个词前面有such,所以后面的关系词只能用as引导,作宾语,表示"他之前从没有过的激情,能量和纯净的心灵".
28.can/could.考查情态动词can/could表示"能力"的用法,意思是"大家都知道没有人能够用三根琴弦弹奏和谐的曲子",这里是讨论的平常的现实,所以既可以填"can",也可以用"could".
29.but.本题考查连词.根据句意此处为转折关系,注意和"yet副词"的区别,"我们都知道,可是那一晚这个小提琴家拒绝知道这件事".
30.what.考查连接代词.这里是这个小提琴家的发言,他说"艺术家的任务是看自己用他所剩的东西如何弹奏音乐",考查的是what引导宾语从句,做介词with的宾语.
31.that.考查强调句,意思是"正是用了这三根琴弦弹奏了音乐".
32.had been made.考查时态和被动语态,这次的演奏比以往的任何音乐都令人印象深刻,发生在过去的过去,用过去完成时.
点评 解答此类题目应先浏览全文,概括大意,再根据句子间的提示以及括号内的汉语提示或首字母提示,依据语法规则和行为逻辑来推测并填写合适的词语.
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