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Although I love my life ,it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years

     Music has always been a great love of mine and ,in my 20s,when my_21_was move manageable ,I  22  ten years as a professional singer in restaurant .playing and singing falk songs.  23 that was years ago and times have changed . __24__ I live with my mother on a country farm .

      Two years ago,I decided that I would need to love some kind of extra work to _25_ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金）._26_ I needed to sleep in afternoons.I was limited in my  _27_I decided that I would consider    28      to singing in restaurants.

     My family are all musicians ,so I was _29 when I went into our local music store .I explained that I waned to sing again but using  recurded knraoke music I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of  _30  to get started ,And    31     you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can __32__use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my    33   ,he gave me a long use the gave me a long ,thoughtful  __34__.

“This means a lot to you , doesn't it ?"be said . “Come with me.”

He led me    35   the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand   36  on his treasure and said . “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your   37    and I´ll record them for you .That should get you started.”

I   38   . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose   39  that I could sing . I have come full circle with his help.

His   40  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra , which I have the chance.

1.  A. loneliness   B. sadness     C. tiredness      D. sickness

2.   A. set          B. enjoyed     C. kept           D. shared

3.   A. Gladly       B. Eventually  C. Unfortunately  D. Surprisingly

4.   A. Now          B. Then        C. Some time      D. Meanwhile

5.  A. add up to    B. make up for  C. get nd of   D. take advantage of

6.   A. If          B. As            C. Though     D. Before

7.   A. movement    B. condition     C. choices    D. positions

8.   A. reaching out  B. living up   C. getting on  D. going back

9.  A. recognized     B. interviewed C. found      D. invited   

10.  A. money         B. time        C. energy      D. knowledge

11.  A. thus          B. ones        C. seldom      D. often

12.   A. actually      B. hardly      C. nearly      D. formerly

13.  A. job           B. family      C. idea        D. offer

14.  A. face          B. view        C. look        D. sight

15.   A. over          B. along       C. towards     D. through

16.  A. Unhappily     B. lovingly    C. pitifully   D. gratefully

17.  A.pick            B. turn        C. role        D. step

18.  A.had to cry  B. ought to cry  C.should have cried  D. could have cried  

19.  A.more           B. the ones       C. few       D.the rest

20.  A.courage       B. devotion    C. kindness      D.rust

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D           

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A           

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.B

17. A          

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

【文章大意】本文介绍一位残疾人在热心人的帮助下重新开始自己心爱的歌唱事业的情感故事。

1.

D 由下文disability pension (残疾抚恤金）可知作者是一个残疾人。选sickness。

2.

由文章知道作者热爱唱歌，所以选enjoyed。

3.

由下文可知I live with my mother on a country farm .形成转折，作者残疾了。当然是Unfortunately。

4.

现在作者和他的母亲住在一个农场了。

5.

作者残疾了，决定做额外的工作来弥补残疾补偿金的不足。

6.

考查连词。as引导时间状语从句。当……时候。

7.

因为作者要睡觉，所以找的工作的机会就少了。

8.

因为工作机会少，作者原先在饭店唱歌，现在他想返回去唱歌挣钱。

9.

因为我的家庭都是音乐人，作者本身带有音乐人的那些特指，当作者去当地的音乐商店，就被认出来了是音乐人。

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