Question

【题目】

Band practice had just ended. Jimmy and Ben started packing up their_______. Before Kevin could put his trumpet into the box, he_________a music stand. It fell and hit right on his trumpet.

“Oh, no !” Kevin yelled.

Jimmy picked up the trumpet and checked it_______ before handing it to Kevin. “Well, it already has a lot of dents(凹痕).. One more won’t matter.”

“I know. But it’s my_______," Kevin said. “And he’s coming over this weekend.”

“Maybe he won’t notice the dent,” Jimmy said.

“Maybe he won't care,” Ben added,

A bunch of “_______”ran through Kevin-s head on the bus home.

Maybe he could pretend（假装） he felt sick.

But he didn’t like_______.

Maybe he could get his baby brother, Jace, to take all of Grandpa’s attention.

Or maybe Grandpa wouldn’t ask him to play this time.

When_________finally arrived, Kevin still hadn’t figured out what he was going to do.

“Hey, Kev. How’re things?” Grandpa asked as he walked in.

“Good.” Kevin could have told him the_________right then, but he froze.

After dinner, Grandpa asked Kevin to play___________classics—Ode to Joy and Oh, Susanna.

Grandpa said, “I think you’re __________ than I was at your age.”

Any other time, Grandpa’s praise would have made Kevin feel great. But not this time. “I’m ________about the dent,” he explained what had happened.

To Kevin’s surprise, Grandpa smiled, “Instruments become part of________when you play them a lot. You can’t always protect them. The__________thing is that you told me.”

Grandpa pointed to the scratches opposite the dent Kevin had made. “I got these when I fell

over it__________one night.”

“So I’m not the only clumsy(笨拙的) one in the family?” Kevin said.

Grandpa laughed, “Every dent and scratch can tell a story, and__________you stick with it,

someday you’ll have your own.”

Grandpa handed the trumpet back to Kevin. “Now tell me a story with music.”

Kevin lifted the trumpet and filled the room with happy noise.

【1】A. crayons B. instruments C. balls D. collections

【2】A. thought of B. looked for C. fixed up D. knocked into

【3】A. carefully B. easily C. happily D. secretly

【4】A. uncle’s B. father’s C. grandpa’s D. brother’s

【5】A. maybes B. thanks C. regrets D. OKs

【6】A. communicating B. sharing C. lying D. comparing

【7】A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Friday D. Saturday

【8】A. truth B. excuse C. joke D. plan

【9】A. one B. two C. three D. four

【10】A. happier B. taller C. healthier D. better

【11】A. excited B. sorry C. crazy D. strange

【12】A. me B. him C. you D. her

【13】A. important B. sad C. funny D. boring

【14】A. as usual B. without doubt C. in time D. by accident

【15】A. unless B. although C. if D. before

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 D

【3】 A

【4】 C

【5】 A

【6】 C

【7】 D

【8】 A

【9】 B

【10】 D

【11】 B

【12】 C

【13】 A

【14】 D

【15】 C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇记叙文，讲了凯文在演奏结束后不小心划伤了小号，虽然同伴在安慰和开导他，但是他依然觉得对不起爷爷，和爷爷交流之后明白了乐器上的伤痕的含义，释然了自责的心情，并在爷爷的启发和鼓励下迸发出对音乐愈加强烈的热爱。

【1】句意：吉米和本开始收拾他们的乐器。考查名词辨析题。A. crayons蜡笔；B. instruments乐器/工具；C. balls球；D. collections收藏品。根据下文Before Kevin could put his trumpet into the box, he knocked into a music stand. It fell and hit right on his trumpet. 凯文把小号放进盒子之前，他撞到了一个乐谱架上，它掉下来击中他的小号，可知他们收拾的是乐器，故选B。

【2】句意：他撞到了一个乐谱架上。考查动词短语辨析题。A. thought of思考；B. looked for寻找；C. fixed up固定；D. knocked into撞上。根据下文It fell and hit right on his trumpet. 它掉下来击中他的小号，可知乐谱架撞倒了，故选D。

【3】句意：吉米拿起小号，仔细检查，然后递给凯文。考查副词辨析题。A. carefully仔细地；B. easily容易地；C. happily高兴地；D. secretly私自。check检查；根据句意语境，可知carefully符合句意，故选A。

【4】句意：“我知道。但这是我爷爷的，”凯文说。考查名词所有格辨析题。根据下文Maybe he could get his baby brother, Jace, to take all of Grandpa’s attention.，可知是他爷爷的，故选C。

【5】句意：在回家的公交车上，一堆“可能性”人从凯文的脑海里跑过。考查名词辨析题。a bunch of一群/一堆，后接名词。A. maybes不确定性；B. thanks感谢；C. regrets惋惜；D. Oks认可。根据下文Maybe he could pretend he felt sick. Maybe he could get his baby brother, Jace, to take all of Grandpa’s attention. Or maybe Grandpa wouldn’t ask him to play this time.，可知他在想各种可能性，故选A。

【6】句意：但他不喜欢说谎。考查动词辨析题。根据上文Maybe he could pretend he felt sick.假装生病，可知lie（说谎）符合句意，故选C。

【7】句意：当星期六终于到来的时候，凯文还没有弄清楚他要做什么。考查名词辨析题。前三项都是上学在校时间，根据句意语境，可知不合文意，Saturday星期六，故选D。

【8】句意：凯文当时可以告诉他真相，但他愣住了。考查名词辨析题。A. truth真相；B. excuse歉意；C. joke笑话；D. plan计划。but表转折，根据表现心理活动的单词“froze”，可知BCD三项不合语境，故选A。

【9】句意：晚饭后，爷爷请凯文演奏两部经典颂歌《欢乐》和《哦，苏珊娜》。考查基数词辨析题。根据Ode to Joy and Oh, Susanna.，可知是两首，two二，故选B。

【10】句意：我想你比我在你这个年龄时（演奏得）好多了。考查形容词比较级辨析。A. happier更幸福的；B. taller更高的；C. healthier更健康的；D. better更好的。than比，用于比较。根据句意语境，可知爷爷觉得凯文比他小时候演奏的更好，故选D。

【11】句意：我很抱歉这个凹痕。考查形容词辨析题。A. excited兴奋的；B. sorry抱歉的；C. crazy疯狂的；D. strange陌生的。根据前文Well, it already has a lot of dents. One more won’t matter.，结合下文he explained what had happened.，可知“我”对于那个凹痕很歉疚，故选B。

【12】句意：当你演奏乐器时，乐器就变成了你的一部分。考查代词辨析题。根据下文when you play them a lot.，可知you符合句意，故选C。

【13】句意：重要的是你告诉了我。考查形容词辨析题。A. important重要的；B. sad伤心的；C. funny滑稽的；D. boring无聊的。根据句意语境，可知说出真相是凯文告诉爷爷的重要的事情，故选A。

【14】句意：有一天晚上我偶然碰倒了它，弄上了这些划痕。考查介词短语辨析题。A. as usual像往常一样；B. without doubt毫无疑问地；C. in time及时；D. by accident偶然地。根据句意语境，可知前面三项意思都不合句意，故选D。

【15】句意：每一个凹痕和划痕都能讲述一个故事，如果你坚持下去，总有一天你会拥有自己的故事。考查连词辨析题。A. unless除非，表条件；B. although尽管，表让步；C. if如果，表条件；D. before在以前，表时间。本句是条件状语从句，根据句意语境，可知unless不合句意，故选C。

完形填空，它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体，是难度最大的题，重点考查语言综合运用的能力。解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配，结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。