阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital ___36_ _I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I ___37__ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) ____38_____about build self-confidence and working toward a ____39____.
So it was with really great___40___that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ___41___my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ___42___rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _____43____lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, ___44____too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ___45_____there. When he retired three years ago, he ___46__ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ___47___stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ____48__? I worried, remembering those split seconds___49___ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would ___50____. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律),from the ___51__fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I___52___he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___53_____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ____54____of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so___55____,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.
36. A. reflected B. explained C. meant D. proved
37. A. would 38. A. nothing 39. A. goal 40. A. trouble 41. A. kept 42. A. through 43. A. miss 44. A. as 45. A. educated 46. A. allowed B. could B. everything B. stage B. satisfaction B. sent B. from B. afford B. protected B. invited C. might C. anything C. journey C. strength C. watched C. against C. select C. if C. stuck C. inspired D. should
D. something
D. chance
D. disappointment
D. felt
D. before
D. understand
D. spoilt
D. persuaded
B. once D. while
47. A. roughly B. simply C. merrily D. curiously
48. A. words B. videos C. notes D. lessons
49. A. decades B. weeks C. hours D. moments
50. A. play B. freeze C. click D. adjust
51. A. same B. warm C. different D. dirty
52. A. predicted B. realized C. imagined D. insisted
53. A. pass over B. turn up C. bring in D. concentrate on
54. A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. proud
55. A. casually B. anxiously C. nicely D. frequently
【考点】考察故事类(记叙文)完型填空
【文章大意】我的父亲小时候因为家境贫穷无法学习钢琴,但是他没有父亲梦想。在退休以后开始学习钢琴,并在演奏会上有很精彩的表现。这个故事告诉我们:勇气和毅力能够让我们实现自己的理想。
36.【答案】C
【试题解析】考察动词词义辨析及语境理解。A反射;反映;B解释;C意味着;D证明;从
我2年级开始,就一直有一件事情让我很害怕:独奏演唱会;独奏演唱会意味着我要在很多陌生人前面弹奏这一首乏味的乐曲。根据句义我们C正确。
37. 【答案】A
【试题解析】考察情态动词词义辨析。A会,过去常常;B能够;C也许;D应该;每年我都请求爸爸我是否可以不参加这一次的独奏演唱会,但是每年爸爸都拒绝我的要求。本句中的would表示过去常常请求爸爸。故A正确。
38. 【答案】D
【试题解析】考察代词词义辨析及上下文串联。A没有事情;B所有事情;C任何事情;D一些事情;当我请求的时候,他总是嘀咕着一些话,如要有自信,要朝着目标而努力等等。这些都是爸爸嘀咕的一些话。故D正确。
39. 【答案】A
【试题解析】考察名词辨析及语境理解。A目标;B舞台,阶段;C旅途;D机会;本句是父亲拒绝我的请求时所提出的理由,要求我朝着目标进行努力,不要放弃每一次锻炼的机会。故A正确。
40. 【答案】B
【试题解析】考察名词词义辨析及上下文串联。A麻烦事;B满意;C力气,优点;D失望;根据下文可知这次是爸爸进行独奏演唱会,对于爸爸在台上因紧张儿流汗,我很高兴。他也体会到我小时候的情况,所以本题B项符合上下文。
41. 【答案】C
【试题解析】考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A保持;B派,送;C观看,注视;D感觉;看着68岁的父亲在站起来谈钢琴之前流汗,我感觉很满意,因为他也体会到我当年的心情了。故C正确。
42. 【答案】D
【试题解析】考察介词辨析。A通过;B来自…;C违背,与…相反;逆着…;D在…之前;在正式演奏之前,表演的人通常都要起立向观众示意。本句表示父亲在站起来谈钢琴之前流汗。故D正确。
43. 【答案】B
【试题解析】考察动词词义辨析及语境串联。A错过,思念;B承受得起,买得起;C精选;D理解;我父亲从小就想学习钢琴,但是他家很穷,承担不起钢琴课的费用,所以他一直没有实现自己学习钢琴的愿望。故B正确。
44. 【答案】A
【试题解析】考察连词辨析。A正如,因为;B曾经,一旦;C如果;D当…时;然而;他本可以继续为自己小时候没有能够学习钢琴而遗憾,正如我们中很多人一样。本句是一个非限制性定语从句,指很多人都会为以前没有做过的事情遗憾,但是不是采取行动。而父亲不是这样的人,在退休以后,他实现了自己的钢琴梦。故A正确。
45. 【答案】C
【试题解析】考察词义辨析。本题较难。A教育;B保护;be stuck被困住,被卡住;D惯坏的;虽然父亲小时后没有学习钢琴,但是他一直都梦想着自己能够学习,没有被卡在这一点上,在退休以后实现了自己的梦想。故C正确。
46. 【答案】D
【试题解析】考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A允许;B邀请;C鼓励;D说服;退休以后他说服了教堂里的音乐老师收他为学生,开始学习钢琴。根据上文可知他参加演奏会,说明他参加了钢琴的学习。故D正确。
47. 【答案】B
【试题解析】考察分词词义辨析及上下文串联。A大概地;B仅仅,只是;C快乐地,愉快地;D好奇地;他做到钢琴前有一会,他只是盯着自己的手指在看,而没有开始弹钢琴,这让我们很担心他是否忘记乐谱了。故B正确。
48. 【答案】C
【试题解析】考察名词词义辨析及语境理解。A话;B视频;C笔记,注释;D课程,教训;难道他忘记了自己的音乐乐谱上的注释了吗?本句是作者在猜测父亲为什么会没有开始弹奏。
49. 【答案】A
【试题解析】上下文串联。本题是推算时间。根据上文可知父亲已经68岁了,54空后I said to my son Jeff.可知我也有了儿子,我在怀疑他是不是和20年前的我一样在登台表演的时候头脑一片空白?故A正确。
50. 【答案】B
【试题解析】考察动词词义辨析。A玩耍,弹奏;B冷冻,僵住;C点击;D调整;我在想他是不是和我表演时一样头脑空白,手指僵硬。什么都弹奏不出来呢?根据上下文串联可知B正确。
51. 【答案】A
【试题解析】考察形容词词义辨析及上下文串联。A同样的;B温暖的;C不同的;D脏的;但是很快,优美的旋律就被那只给我装钓鱼的饵料的同样的手弹奏了出来。本句是指现在弹奏钢琴的手和之前给我装钓鱼的饵料的手是同样的手。故A正确。
52. 【答案】B
【试题解析】考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A预测;B意识到;C想象;D坚持认为/要求;我突然意识到他在做老师一直要求我们做的事情:把注意力集中到音乐,假装认为别人都不在。只有这样才可以进入忘我的境界,弹奏出美妙的音乐。故B正确。
53.【答案】D
【试题解析】考察动词短语辨析及上下文串联。A忽视,去世;B出现,调高;C介绍,引进;D集中注意力于…;我突然意识到他在做老师一直要求我们做的事情:把注意力集中到音乐,假装认为别人都不在。故D正确。
54. 【答案】D
【试题解析】考察形容词词义辨析及语境串联。A羞愧的;B意识到的,知道的;C疲惫的;D
自豪的;我为他感到很自豪,在如此的年龄能够尝试新的事情。根据句义可知D正确。
55. 【答案】C
【试题解析】考察副词词义辨析及上下文串联。A随意地;B焦虑地;C令人满意地,很好地;D频繁地;Jeff说:是的,而且他做得很好。本句是我的儿子对我的父亲的评价。故C正确。
【长难句解析】
So it was with really great satisfaction that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and watched my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt before rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
【翻译】最近的一个星期天,我站在教堂里,手里拿着摄像机,看着68岁的父亲在第一次演奏会起立之前衬衫都湿透了。心里很满意。
【分析】本句中含有一个强调句型it was with really great satisfaction that…强调的是介词短语with really great satisfaction;另外句中含有一个复合结构video camera in hand,相当于with a video camera in my hand.
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