Question

【题目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)：

A.playing

B. nothing

C. feared

D. at all

E. easily

Ken hopped off the bus. He was carrying his math homework in one hand and the saxophone that his mother had asked him to bring home in the other. He wasn’t sure what he 【1】 more, the homework or his mother’s special “assignment.”

Ken loved 【2】 the saxophone in the school band. The songs came so 【3】 to him that he didn’t have to practise outside of the school studio. But now his mother wanted him to play some old jazz songs from the 1940s, and he wasn’t interested 【4】. The songs sounded nothing like the popular songs that he listened to on the radio.

A.calm

B. in his hand

C. finished

D. by

E) poems

Marcus climbed off the bus, with his “Secret” notebook. He was Ken’s elder brother and a good student. He always put a lot of effort into his work and always 【5】 his assignment on time, sometimes even early.

His notebook held all of the song lyrics and 【6】 that he had written. Very few people had ever seen them, and no one had heard them, except for Marcus himself. Unlike his brother, he liked music that was 【7】 and meaningful. He was too shy to sing, but he could hear how the songs would sound 【8】. He has taken piano lessons since first grade, so he knew how to write out the music notes, too.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】E

【4】D

【5】C

【6】E

【7】A

【8】B

【解析】

文章介绍了凯恩和马库斯兄弟两个。凯恩喜欢萨克斯管和流行音乐，但是他妈妈让他学爵士乐，他一点也不喜欢；马库斯是个害羞的男孩，他喜欢抒情的、平静的音乐，他不唱歌，但是他能听出歌曲怎么样，从一年级就上钢琴课，因此他知道怎么写音乐笔记。

【1】句意：他不确信他更担心哪一个，家庭作业还是妈妈的特殊任务？

根据句子结构可知是宾语从句的谓语部分，需要动词，主句是一般过去时态，所以宾语从句也要用过去的某个时态，结合选词，可知是feared害怕，担忧；故选C。

【2】句意：凯恩喜欢在学校乐队演奏萨克斯管。

love doing sth喜欢做某事，the saxophone in the school band和选词，可知是playing演奏；故选A。

【3】句意：歌曲对他来说很容易，他不需要在学校演播室以外练习。

he didn’t have to practise outside of the school studio和选词，可知是easily容易地，副词，修饰动词came；故选E。

【4】句意：他一点也不感兴趣。

The songs sounded nothing like the popular songs that he listened to on the radio和选词，可知是not---at all一点也不；故选D。

【5】句意：他总是把大量的精力放在作业上，总是按时完成作业，有时甚至更早。

He always put a lot of effort into his work and always 和his assignment on time以及选词，可知是finish完成作业，put过去式，所以也用过去式；故选C。

【6】句意：他的笔记本上记载了他写的所有的抒情歌和诗。

the song lyrics and和选词，可知是poem诗歌，all所有的，可知用复数；故选E。

【7】句意：他喜欢平静的、有意义的音乐。

and meaningful和选词，可知是calm平静的，形容词作表语；故选A。

【8】句意：但是他能听见他手里的歌曲听起来怎么样。

His notebook held all of the song lyrics and _____6_____ that he had written和选词，可知是in his hand在他手里的歌曲；故选B。