1. A. prefer　　　 B. conclude　　 C. suppose　　 D. wish

答案：A　 指导：prefer后面跟从句表达作者的“意愿”，意为“宁愿……”。

　 理解了此处作者是想表达自己的“意愿或建议”，便可排除conclude"得出结论”、suppose"假定、假想”；wish也可表达“意愿”，但一般为不可实现的愿望，后面跟虚拟语气。

20. A. interestingly　　　　 　　B. strangely

C. luckily　　　　　　　　　 D. importantly

答案：D　 指导：moreimportantly用来突出后者：更为重要的是。

本文强调的中心不是“有趣”，strangely更是偏离了文章的中心；luckily带有“侥幸”的味道，显然是没有好好理解作者的意图。

Cloze 2

　　 Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I　 1　 that students begin at an earlier age, but, Rohby said that it had always been his mother's 　2　 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

　　 Hard as Robby tried, he 　3　 the basic sense of music. However, he persisted and at the end of each weekly　 4 　he'd always say,"My mom's going to hear me play someday." But, it seemed　 5　 　　I only knew his mother from a distance as she　 6 　Rohby off or waited in her aged car to pick him up. She always　 7 　and smiled but never stopped in. Then one day Robhy　 8 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was　 9　 Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(实习公演) 　10　 Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. "Miss Hondorf.. I've just go to　 　11　 !"he insisted.

　　　 The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasiurn was 　12 　with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Then Robby came up on stage. I was 　13 　when he announced that he had chosen Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major(莫扎特的C大调21号协奏曲). I was not　 　14 .　 what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. They even 　15　 on the keys... He played so well that everyone was　 16　 their feet in wild applause (鼓掌). In tears I ran up on 　　17 . "Oh Robby! How'd you do it?"

"Well Miss Hondorf... I kept on　 18　 at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well,　 19　 she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well.., she wasborn deaf, so tonight was the 　20　 　time she ever heard me play... "

19. A. talking　　 B. lesson　　 C. culture　 D. practice

答案：D　 指导：从前面的修饰语English可知，此处只能是“英语练习”。 前文已经出现Jassie想进行英语练习，以便提高自己英语水平的叙述；talking只能指人的行为，而本句的主语是thatconversation；此处Jassie跟那位妇女仅仅是随便“交谈”，因此不选lesson和culture．

18. A. stopped　　 B. improved　 C. helped　　 D. reduced

答案：C　 指导：help在此处用作不及物动词，意为“有帮助、起作用”。improve侧重指水平质量的改进和提高；reduce侧重指数量的减少；stop意为“停止”。

17. A. But　　　　 B. As　　　　 C. Because　 D. After

答案：A 　指导：前文妇女介绍自己因为失去丈夫和工作而非常伤心，此处又说跟陌生人交谈会对事情有帮助，前后形成的应是转折关系。as可引导时间状语从句，意为“当……的时候”，也可引导原因状语从句，意为“因为”；because引导原因状语从句；after引导时间状语从句。

16. A. discussion　　 　　　　　B. friendship

　　 C. conversation　　　　　　 D. understanding

答案：C　 指导：这儿指Jessie不经意间与这位妇女进行了一个小时的“交谈”，从而开始了她们长达一年的友谊。如选friendship，understanding，前面有“一个小时的”来修饰，显然不合逻辑；他们也不是在“讨论”问题，因此不选A.

15. A. reach out　 B. go out　　 C. come over　 D. get across

答案：A　 reach out愿意是“伸手去够……”，此处应是其引申意义“与某人交流、沟通”。come over意为“走上前来”；get across意为“穿过、横穿”；go out"出去”，如选上面的三项，都没有理解作者此处所表达的意义。

14. A. doubt　　　 B. pity　　　 C. sadness　　 D. eagerness

答案：B　 指导：看到这位妇女落魄的样子，Jessie对她产生了同情心，其他选项不合逻辑。feel pity for sb．意为“对某人感到同情”，相当于feelsorryforsb．如选doubt"怀疑”；sadness"悲哀”；eagerness"急切”都不能准确表达此处的语境。

13. A. asked　　　 B. made　　　 C. begged　　 D. ordered

答案：D　 指导：妇女坐下来要了一碗汤面，order sth．意为“要、订购……”。begged意为“乞讨”，made"制造”都脱离了具体的语境，这位妇女也是餐馆里的顾客；ask后面不能直接跟所要的东西，而应该说askforsth．

12. A. Before　　 B. Although　 C. Since　　　 D. While

答案：D　 指导：while此处引导时间状语从句，表示“在…过程中”、“在……动作持续的时候”。before和since也可引导时间状语从句，但意思不一样：before意为“在…之前”；since意为“自从过去一个时间或动作到现在”，前面多用现在完成时；although引导让步状语从句，意为“尽管”。