Question

I devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mom and I lived with my grandparents from the time I was two __36__ I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day while my mother was __37__.
Grandma loved music. It was she that first __38__ me to Elvis Presley (貓王) as a very young child, and once I heard his music, I was truly in __39__ with it. Most five-year-olds ask for __40__ for birthdays, but I wanted Elvis’ albums. I would play them non-stop and __41__ to the music in my grandma’s family room though my movements didn’t look good.
Grandma played the piano and __42__ me to sing “America the Beautiful” and “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. I __43__ started playing music on the piano, and soon Grandma was paying for me to __44__ piano lessons from a lady living in the __45__. I would come home from __46__ and walk three houses down for my lesson. I __47__ took about nine months of lessons, but it was enough to give me a foundation (基礎(chǔ)) and __48__ me to continue to teach myself.
Last month when I came home to visit Grandma in the hospital, I __49__ my guitar with me. She was in a lot of pain, but the music seemed to __50__ her soul. She had me sing some songs and when I started to sing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, her weakened voice __51__ in with mine for a few lines. That experience was one of the most __52__ of my lifetime and one I will certainly cherish forever. I told her of my music career and she was very __53__ and said, “That’s wonderful!” I __54__ to play for her throughout the week I was home.
My grandma passed away two days ago. In my opinion, part of her will live on through every __55__ I write or sing in my life.

【小題1】

A．unless B．until C．a(chǎn)fter D．when

【小題2】

A．a(chǎn)t work B．in trouble C．on board D．in danger

【小題3】

A．sent B．left C．remembered D．introduced

【小題4】

A．debate B．love C．a(chǎn)greement D．doubt

【小題5】

A．music B．space C．gifts D．toys

【小題6】

A．wave B．sleep C．dance D．play

【小題7】

A．forced B．prepared C．enabled D．taught

【小題8】

A．generally B．eventually(最后) C．suddenly D．fortunately(幸運(yùn)地)

【小題9】

A．observe B．make C．take D．enjoy

【小題10】

A．hotel B．a(chǎn)partment C．neighborhood D．countryside

【小題11】

A．school B．hospital C．street D．office

【小題12】

A．exactly B．only C．completely D．seldom

【小題13】

A．a(chǎn)sk B．make C．let D．a(chǎn)llow

【小題14】

A．gave up B．gave away C．brought along D．brought up

【小題15】

A．comfort B．blame C．a(chǎn)ttract D．find

【小題16】

A．joined B．poured C．moved D．fell

【小題17】

A．surprising B．touching C．puzzling D．tiring

【小題18】

A．sad B．calm C．bored D．pleased

【小題19】

A．refused B．expected C．continued D．pretended (假裝)

【小題20】

A．project B．a(chǎn)rticle C．book D．song

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】C
【小題1】C
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】C
【小題1】A
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】C
【小題1】D

解析【小題1】“從我兩歲到八歲”，until是連詞，后加句子，故選B。
【小題1】考查固定短語(yǔ)。A“在工作”；B“有麻煩”；C“在船或飛機(jī)上”；D“有危險(xiǎn)”；根據(jù)句意“我住在祝父母那里，而媽媽在工作”，at work相當(dāng)于working。故選A。
【小題1】本句是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，“正是祖母把我介紹給了貓王”，固定搭配，introduce sb. To...。故選D。
【小題1】考查固定短語(yǔ)。in debate“在辯論中”；in love“愛(ài)上”；in agreement“一致，同意”；in doubt“有疑問(wèn)”。句意“一聽(tīng)到貓王的音樂(lè)，我就愛(ài)上了他的音樂(lè)。”故選B。
【小題1】形成對(duì)比，其他小孩要玩具，而我要貓王的專(zhuān)輯作為生日禮物。故選D。
【小題1】考查固定用法。dance to the music“跟著音樂(lè)跳舞”，“跟著......的拍子”用介詞to，故選C。
【小題1】“祖母彈鋼琴教我唱歌”，“教某人做某事”teach sb. to do sth.，故選D。
【小題1】詞義辨析。generally“逐漸地”；suddenly“突然”。聽(tīng)到最后，我能自己彈鋼琴了，故用eventually，故選B。
【小題1】考查固定用法�！吧险n”用take，take a ... lesson“上......課”，故選C。
【小題1】固定搭配in the neighbourhood“在一個(gè)街區(qū)，在附近”，故選C。
【小題1】根據(jù)句意可知，作者放學(xué)回家，再去上鋼琴課。故選A。
【小題1】考查詞義辨析。exactly“精確地”；only“僅僅”；completely“完全”；seldom“很少”。根據(jù)后面的意思“.....已經(jīng)足夠了”可知，答案選only“僅僅”。故選B。
【小題1】考查固定搭配。ask sb. to do sth.“要求某人做某事”；make sb. do sth.“讓某人做某事”，句中含to，排除make；let sb. do sth.，排除；allow sb. to do sth.“允許某人做某事”，符合題意，故選D。
【小題1】短語(yǔ)辨析。gave up“放棄”；gave away“分發(fā)”；brought along“隨身攜帶”；brought up“養(yǎng)育，提出”。根據(jù)句意選“隨身攜帶”，故選C。
【小題1】comfort“使緩和”，根據(jù)祖母忍受著劇痛可知，音樂(lè)或許能緩解她的疼痛。故選A。
【小題1】她微弱的嗓音和我的一起唱了幾句�！凹尤�......”join in，故選A。
【小題1】考查形容詞辨析。surprising“令人驚訝的”；touching“令人感動(dòng)的”；puzzling“令人困惑的”；tiring“累人的”；“和祖母一起唱歌的那次經(jīng)歷是最感人的一次”，故選B。
【小題1】形容詞辨析。祖母知道我的事業(yè)后，肯定很欣慰，只有pleased符合文意。故選D。
【小題1】refuse to do sth.“拒絕做某事”；expect to do sth.“期待做某事”；continue to do sth.“繼續(xù)做某事”；pretend to do sth.“假裝做某事”。根據(jù)句意，作者連續(xù)為祖母彈奏了一周。故選C。
【小題1】“I write or sing in my life.”是定語(yǔ)從句，修飾限定song，“我寫(xiě)的和唱的每首歌”。故選D。