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二、完形填空(共20小题)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

           I ran to the basement of my home after a long day at school. “Bang!Slam!Kick!” These are the 21 that quickly became part of my everyday life as I beat the drums. After spending long,hard,countless days working at 22 I need a way to get rid of all that. 23 . Playing the drums is the only way I can 24 that. It just relieves all of my stress.

           Ever since I was a young boy,I've been brought up in 25 . My dad had been playing the drums since he was ten,and he 26 me how to play them when I was nine,and drilled me so that I could get 27 . “Left,left,right,right,left,left,righi,right. ” I 28 this over and over. Music was a(n) 29 part of my life when I grew up,but later on in the summer of my eighth grade year something 30 . My dad moved out,and I wouldn' t  be getting much 31 from him anymore. I sat in the basement that afternoon,thinking about how I would never get 32 at drums. .Then I realized I had to do it 33 . My passion for music just rose extremely quickly and I began to not

only like playing music but 34 it. I began practicing at least an hour a day,sometimes even more,and I would keep this 35 every day so that my 36 would increase. I wanted to be great.

            Now,37 alternative rock,I can start playing jazz,Latin and many other 38 and graoves (音乐节奏)，This 39 has taught me that drumming is very time-consuming,40 it is everything I love. I still practice every day and hope to become a great musician in the future.

21. A. messages   B. marks  A. sounds   D. signals

22. A. office   B. school   C. hospital   D. home

23. A. regrets   B. complaints  C. danger   D. stress

24. A. do   B. remember   C. prove   D. understand

25. A. literature   B. music   C. opera   D. sports

26. A. taught   B. reminded  C. reported   D. asked

27. A. braver   B. taller  C. healthier   D. better

28. A. turned   B. guessed  C. practiced   D. wrote

29. A. strange   B. difficult  C. private   D. important

30. A. decreased   B. failed   C. changed   D. left

31. A. instruction   B. friendship  C. cooperation   D. challenge

32. A. serious   B. good   C. confused   D. mad

33. A. on my own   B. one by one  C. in a hurry   D. right away

34. A. record   B. improve   C. create   D. love

35. A. mind   B. trend   C. pattern   D. standard

36. A. power   B. knowledge  C. salaries   D. skills

37. A. like   B. through   C. besides   D. regarding

38. A. types   B. games  C. brands   D. instruments

39. A. experience   B. relationship   C. course   D. job

40. A. so   B. but  C. if. D. unless

Answer 1

21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. B

完形填空：

在爸爸的熏陶下，我从小就热爱鼓乐。当爸爸离开我身边后,我依然坚持独自练习打鼓。

21. C. 列举的Bang!Slam!Kick!都是我打鼓时发出 的声音(sounds) 。

22. B. 

23. D. 由首句中的school及本段末句中的 stress可知,在学校(school) 里学了 一天后，我很想找个方式来摆脱学习的压力(stress) 。

24. A. 由上旬的getridof可知，敲鼓是我唯一能做的(do) 摆脱压力的方式。

25. B. 由第 26 空后的 play them when I was nine 可 知，我从小就成长在一个音乐(music) 的环境中。

26. A. 爸爸从小爱好敲鼓，在我9岁时，他教(taught)我打鼓。

27. D. 爸爸让我练习为的是让我的敲鼓技能变得更好(better )。

28. C. 下文多处的practice有提示。我从小就反复 地练习(practiced) 打鼓。

29. D. 音乐是我生命中很重要的(important)—部分。

30. C. 由下句的moved out可知，在我上八年级那年，事情发生了改变(changed)。

31. A. 爸爸搬了出去，所以我得不到他的指导 (instruction)。

32. B. 爸爸离开后，我觉得自己练习不好敲鼓了，故选good。

33. A. 由第31空前的情况可知，爸爸不在身边，所以我只好靠自己(on my own) 练习。

34. D. 由本空前的like可知，我不仅喜欢敲鼓，而且真的爱(l.ove) 上了它。

35. C. 第 34空后的practicing at least an hour a day 就是我每天养成的模式(pattern) 。

36. D. 我每天坚持练习敲鼓，所以技巧(skills)才会提升。

37. C. 除了(besides) 摇滚乐，我还会打击爵士乐的鼓点。

38. A. 本空前的jazz,Latin都是不同的音乐类型 (types)。

39. A. 上文就是我独自一人练习敲鼓的经历 (experience)。

40. B. 由本空前的time-consuming可知，我知道练习敲鼓很费时间，但(but) 这是我喜欢做的事。