Question

Ban the Band(樂(lè)隊(duì))？

Every year,our school has a dance for all the students.It’s a little funny seeing friends in clean shoes and trousers or colorful    36   ,instead of the usual school uniform.

Most of us think the dance is great   37  —even the teachers enjoy being there.  38  ,two weeks ago someone said that there would be no    39    band this year—only CDs.

“I don’t    40    it!”Amy cried out during the lunch break.

“Someone said the school couldn’t    41    a band,and they think it’s too noisy anyway,”added Daniel.

“Well,I don’t think it’s    42    enough without a band!”declared Angela,“and I’m going to see what can be done.”

Angela was as good as her    43   .In the afternoon she went to see the school headmaster who agreed to give the   44   some more thought.And he suggested that one   45   for having a band was to increase the price of each ticket from $5 to $10.Angela had to   46    out whether the students would like to do that.

“I need all of you to help me,”she  47  to our group before school the next day.“Mr.Berry gave me a list of all the names,and suggested we ask each one their   48    about the band and the extra cost.”

   49    the day we asked around as Angela suggested,and wrote down people’s feelings about the band and the cost.We were amazed how much    50    there was for the band and everyone agreed to pay the extra $5.

“I’m surprised,”smiled Mr. Berry,when we gave him the    51   .“I really thought that only a few people     52    their band and that the cost would be too high.OK,Angela,your next    53    is to find a good band and line them up for the dance.”

Angela was all smiles and    54    the news to Amy and Daniel.“You’re    55   ,”smiled Daniel to Angela as he thought how close they came to having a less than perfect dance.

A.shapes                    B.dresses                      C.flowers                            D.pictures

A.fun                        B.work                         C.effort                        D.progress

A.Besides                   B.Otherwise                  C.However                   D.Therefore

A.new                       B.live                           C.foreign                      D.marching

A.mean               B.need                         C.accept                       D.believe

A.lead                       B.serve                         C.afford                       D.form

A.good               B.clear                         C.useful                       D.easy

A.look                B.behavior                    C.mind                         D.word

A.schedule                 B.situation                    C.view                         D.action

A.possibility             B.concern                     C.decision                    D.chance

A.call                      B.find                          C.carry                         D.point

A.admitted               B.replied                      C.apologized                 D.announced

A.knowledge            B.instruction                 C.opinion                     D.information

A.On                       B.For                           C.By                            D.During

A.trust                     B.money                      C.support                            D.care

A.results                  B.notices                      C.questions                   D.examples

A.welcomed             B.wanted                      C.defended                   D.invited

A.task                      B.business                    C.exercise                     D.duty

A.showed                 B.wrote                        C.broke                        D.read

A.amusing                B.interesting                 C.exciting                     D.amazing

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】A

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】D

【小題6】C

【小題7】A

【小題8】D

【小題9】B

【小題10】A

【小題11】B

【小題12】D

【小題13】C

【小題14】D

【小題15】C

【小題16】A

【小題17】B

【小題18】A

【小題19】C

【小題20】D

解析:

【小題1】dress 意為“衣服,服裝”。根據(jù)上文中的“in clean shoes and trousers”和下文中的“instead of the usual school uniform”可判斷出看到朋友穿著干凈的鞋子和褲子或五顏六色的衣服而不是穿校服有點(diǎn)滑稽。shape 意為“形狀，樣子，形態(tài)，外形，模樣”。flower意為“花，花卉”。picture意為“畫,圖畫，畫像，照片。

【小題2】fun意為“有趣的事”。根據(jù)上文中的“It’s a little funny seeing friends in clean shoes and trousers or colorful dresses,instead of the usual school uniform.”和下文中的“even the teachers enjoy being there”可判斷出大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為舞會(huì)是一件有趣的事。work意為“工作,操作,勞動(dòng),作業(yè)，工件”。effort意為“努力,嘗試,盡力，成就,努力的成果，杰作”。progress意為“前進(jìn),進(jìn)行，上進(jìn),進(jìn)步;進(jìn)度，進(jìn)展,增長(zhǎng),發(fā)展，經(jīng)過(guò)”。

【小題3】however意為“然而”,表示比but稍松弛的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,多位于句中,前后須加逗號(hào),可位于句首或句末,用于句首,后面可加逗號(hào),所引導(dǎo)的分句用于句末,前面可加逗號(hào)。比較前后兩個(gè)句子可判斷出它們是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,前句表示大家都感到舞會(huì)有趣,后面表示沒(méi)有演奏的樂(lè)隊(duì)。besides意為“加之,更,又,還有,而且;另外”,指除此以外也(還)……,用于肯定句,可用于句末或句首,用于句首常跟逗號(hào)。otherwise意為“另外,否則,不同地,別的方式”。therefore意為“因此,為此,所以”。

【小題4】live band意為“現(xiàn)場(chǎng)伴奏的樂(lè)隊(duì)”。根據(jù)下文中的only CDs可判斷出沒(méi)有現(xiàn)場(chǎng)伴奏的樂(lè)隊(duì),只有伴奏CD。new意為“新的,嶄新的，新發(fā)現(xiàn)的,新發(fā)明的，新開發(fā)的”。foreign意為“外國(guó)的”。marching意為“前進(jìn)中的”。

【小題5】believe意為“相信”。I don’t believe it!表示“我不相信！”根據(jù)下文中的cried可判斷出Amy不相信這是真的。mean意為“意,有……的意思,意思是……”。need意為“要,需要,必須,有……的必要”。accept意為“接受”。

【小題6】afford指時(shí)間或經(jīng)濟(jì)能力可以“花費(fèi)得起,經(jīng)受得住”,須與情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can,could或be able to搭配。表示“有人說(shuō)學(xué)校請(qǐng)不起樂(lè)隊(duì)”。lead意為“領(lǐng)導(dǎo),引導(dǎo),帶領(lǐng)，率領(lǐng),指揮,領(lǐng)導(dǎo),主持”。serve意為“服務(wù),服役,供職,招待,侍候,供應(yīng)”。form意為“形成,構(gòu)成,排列,(使)組成”。

【小題7】good意為“好的”。根據(jù)下文中的“and I’m going to see what can be done”可判斷出Angela認(rèn)為沒(méi)有樂(lè)隊(duì)不夠好。clear意為“清楚的,清晰的,清澈的,光亮的,空曠的,有條理的”。useful意為“有用的,有益的,有幫手的”。easy意為“容易的,安逸的,舒適的,寬裕的,小康的,從容的,寬容的,流暢的”。

【小題8】word意為“諾言”。根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容可判斷出Angela說(shuō)到做到。look意為“臉色,面容,外表”。behavior意為“舉止,行為”。mind意為“頭腦,智力,精神,意見,情緒”。

【小題9】situation意為“形勢(shì),局面;情況”,指各種具體情況綜合起來(lái)的狀態(tài),多指危急或重大的事態(tài),強(qiáng)調(diào)外部因素對(duì)該事態(tài)的影響。根據(jù)上文中的“However,two weeks ago someone said that there would be no live band this year—only CDs.”可判斷出校長(zhǎng)同意對(duì)沒(méi)有現(xiàn)場(chǎng)伴奏的樂(lè)隊(duì)這件事進(jìn)一步考慮。schedule意為“時(shí)間表,進(jìn)度表”。view意為“觀點(diǎn),見解,觀察,觀看,意見”。action意為“動(dòng)作,作用,戰(zhàn)斗,行動(dòng),舉動(dòng),行為”。

【小題10】possibility意為“可能性”。根據(jù)下文中的“to increase the price of each ticket from $5 to $10”可判斷出可判斷出請(qǐng)樂(lè)隊(duì)的一種可能性是使每張票的價(jià)錢從原來(lái)的5美元增加到10美元。concert意為“音樂(lè)會(huì)”。decision意為“決定,決心,決議,結(jié)果,果斷,堅(jiān)定”。chance意為“機(jī)會(huì),可能性,偶然性,運(yùn)氣”。

【小題11】find out意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)……的真相”,指經(jīng)過(guò)詢問(wèn)、調(diào)查、觀察、計(jì)算或研究等手段發(fā)現(xiàn)或找到,多用于復(fù)雜而不易直接查出的情況。根據(jù)其賓語(yǔ)從句“whether the students would like to do that”可判斷出表示“Angela不得不搞清楚學(xué)生們是否愿意這樣做”。call out意為“出動(dòng),喚起,大聲叫喚”。carry out意為“完成,實(shí)現(xiàn),貫徹,執(zhí)行”。point out意為“指出”。

【小題12】announce意為“宣布”,指向公眾宣布、通知大家,含有預(yù)告的意味。表示第二天她向我們宣布說(shuō):“我需要你們的幫助�！盿dmit意為“容許,承認(rèn),接納”。reply意為“答復(fù),回答”。apologize意為“道歉,認(rèn)錯(cuò),賠不是”。

【小題13】opinion意為“意見，看法，見解”,指對(duì)某事的具體看法或意見,可指純粹的個(gè)人看法或較權(quán)威的判斷,含有評(píng)價(jià)的意味。根據(jù)其定語(yǔ)about the band and the extra cost可判斷出建議我們問(wèn)每個(gè)人對(duì)樂(lè)隊(duì)和附加的費(fèi)用的意見。knowledge意為“知識(shí)，學(xué)識(shí),學(xué)問(wèn)，認(rèn)識(shí)”。instruction意為“教訓(xùn),教誨”。information意為“信息”。

【小題14】during意為“在……期間”,表示在那一天我們按照Angela的建議詢問(wèn)了周圍的同學(xué)。on the day表示“具體的某一天”。

【小題15】support意為“支持”,根據(jù)下文中的“everyone agreed to pay the extra $ 5”可判斷出使人感到吃驚的是有那么多的支持。trust意為“信任,信賴”。money意為“錢”。care意為“憂煩,憂念;掛念,思念;心事,牽累;關(guān)懷,愛護(hù)”。

【小題16】result意為“結(jié)果”。根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容可判斷出當(dāng)我們把結(jié)果告訴Berry先生時(shí),他微笑著說(shuō):“我感到吃驚�！� notice意為“注意，認(rèn)識(shí)，情報(bào),消息，通知,預(yù)告,警告;(正式)通告;呈報(bào)”。question意為“問(wèn),詢問(wèn),發(fā)問(wèn)，質(zhì)問(wèn)，問(wèn)題，議題，爭(zhēng)論點(diǎn)”。example意為“例證,實(shí)例，標(biāo)本,樣本，范例，典型,模范,榜樣”。

【小題17】want意為“想要”,表示“只有幾個(gè)人想要樂(lè)隊(duì)”。welcome意為“歡迎”。defend意為“防御,防守,保護(hù)……使免于”。invite意為“招待，邀請(qǐng)”。

【小題18】task意為“工作”,一般指分派的工作任務(wù),也指自己要求做的工作,可指體力勞動(dòng)或腦力勞動(dòng),多含困難和辛苦的意味。

【小題19】break the news 意為“宣布消息”,表示把這個(gè)消息告訴了Amy和Daniel。show 意為“給看,出示，顯示,顯出，陳列,展出,供參觀，炫耀,賣弄”。write 意為“寫,記,錄,抄,謄，填寫”。read 意為“閱讀,朗讀,誦讀”。

【小題20】amazing 意為“令人驚異的”。根據(jù)上文中的“We are amazed”可判斷出Angela對(duì)Amy和Daniel說(shuō):你們令人吃驚。amusing 意為“有趣的;好笑的”。interesting 意為“引起興趣的,有趣的”。exciting 意為“令人興奮的,使人激動(dòng)的”。