Question

    A mother wanted to encourage her son 31 the piano. She bought tickets to the concert of a great pianist. When they arrived at the theater,the mother met a friend. She stopped to talk to her friend and her son 32 At eight o’clock,the lights began to dim (变昏暗) ，and the 33 was ready to start. The mother began to 34 her boy. Then she saw her 35 son on the stage. He was on the piano bench,playing Twinkle,Twinkle,Little Star.

    The mother was very 36 Before she could get her son back,the famous pianist 37 was on the stage and quickly moved to the piano.

    "Don’t stop. Keep playing, ” he said 38 to the boy instead of stopping him. The great pianist sat down and began filling in the bass (低音的) part of the song with his left hand. Soon,his right arm 39 the other side and played a beautiful piece of music.

    The boy became a great pianist when he grew up.

     In our life,we receive helping hands 一 some we notice,but some we don't. We also have lots of chances to give helping hands — sometimes we want people to know,but sometimes we don't. Little of what we have achieved comes 40 others’ help. We should give back what we have received.

31. A. play   B. playing   C. plays   D. to play

32. A. put off   B. ran off   C. set off   D. fell off Iff .s:

33. A. concert   B. novel   C. play   D. film , ‘

34. A. look after   B. look out

   C. look through   D. look for

35. A. 6 years   B. 6-year-old   C. 6 years old   D. 6-year-olds 

36. A. surprised   B. happy   C. angry   D. sad

37. A. himself   B. him   C. he   D. his

38. A. nervously   B. bravely   C. angrily   D. kindly

39. A. carried   B. picked   C. reached   D. arrived

40. A. on   B. without   C. as   D. at

Answer 1

31. D 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B

[完形短文大意]本文通过一则小故事告诉我们，在人生中 他人给予我们很多帮助，没有他们的帮助我们无法取得今日的成 就，因此我们也应该抓住机会帮助他人 

31. D encourage sb. to do sth.意为"鼓励某人做某事"，为固定搭配。

32. B put off"推迟";run off"跑开“ ;set off"出发”;fall off ”数量减少"。此处表示”她停下来和她的朋友聊天，她的儿子跑开 了"，故选B.

33. A 根据上文中的” She bought tickets to the concert of a great pianist"可知选 A.

34. D此处表示”那位母亲开始寻找她的儿子”，故look for符合文意。

35. B此处修饰名词，表示"六岁的"，要用6-year-old。

36. A根据上下文可知surprised”惊讶的”符合文意。

37. A此处表示"钢琴家本人"，故要用反身代词himself。

38. D根据下文可知此处应用kindly”友好地"。

39. C此处表示”他的右臂伸到另一边"，故reached符合文意。

40. B without others’ help意为”没有他人的帮助"，符合文意