From my second grade on,there was one event I feared every year:the piano recital(獨(dú)奏會).A recital____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.Each year I___ ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”.And each year he’d shake his head,muttering(嘀咕) about building self-confidence and working towards a .

So it was with really great that I stood in church one recent Sunday,video camera in hand,and my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt 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 lessons.He could have gone on regretting it, too many of us do.But though he was rooted in his past,he wasn’t there.When he retired three years ago,he his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard,he stared down at his fingers.

Has he forgotten the ? I worried,remembering those split seconds ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would .But then came the beautiful melody(旋律),from the fingers that once baited(裝餌于)my fishing lines.And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress: the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I'm of him for starting something new at his age,”I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah,and doing it so ,”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.

1.A.reflected B.explained C.meant D.proved

2.A.would B.could C.might D.should

3.A.nothing B.everything C.a(chǎn)nything D.something

4.A.goal B.stage C.journey D.chance

5.A.trouble B.satisfaction C.strength D.disappointment

6.A.kept B.sent C.watched D.felt

7.A.through B.from C.a(chǎn)gainst D.before

8.A.miss B.a(chǎn)fford C.select D.understand

9.A.a(chǎn)s B.once C.if D.while

10.A.educated B.protected C.stuck D. spoiled

11.A.a(chǎn)llowed B.invited C.inspired D.persuaded

12.A.roughly B.simply C.merrily D.curiously

13.A.words B.videos C.notes D.lessons

14.A.decades B.weeks C.hours D.moments

15.A.play B.freeze C.click D.a(chǎn)djust

16.A.same B.warm C.different D.dirty

17.A.predicted B.realized C.imagined D.insisted

18.A.pass over B.turn up C.concentrate on D.bring in

19.A.a(chǎn)shamed B.a(chǎn)ware C.tired D.proud

20.A.casually B.a(chǎn)nxiously C.nicely D.frequently

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文是記敘題材。主要講了作者本來很反感練琴,但是父親的行為感動了自己。父親一直渴望彈鋼琴,但是由于家庭貧窮,沒有學(xué)成琴,而68歲的他,并沒有放棄自己的夢想,成功演奏出了美妙的樂曲,在他那個(gè)年齡,還能開始新的東西,我為此感到驕傲。作者認(rèn)為他的實(shí)際行動比30多年以前說的話更有感染力。

1.C考查動詞辨析 A.reflected反射;B.explained解釋;C.meant意味著;D.proved證明;句意:獨(dú)奏會就意味著我得在陌生人面前表演無聊的一段音樂,這是用來解釋說明,什么是獨(dú)奏會,故選C項(xiàng)。

2.2】A考查情態(tài)動詞辨析 A.would常常;B.could 能;C.might可能;D.should應(yīng)該;句意:每年我都會問父親,我能否錯(cuò)過這次獨(dú)奏。Would(表示過去經(jīng)常性或習(xí)慣性的動作)總會;總是,故選A項(xiàng)。

3.3】D 考查不定代詞辨析A.nothing什么也沒有;B.everything一切;C.a(chǎn)nything任何;D.something一些;句意:當(dāng)我請求的時(shí)候,他總是嘀咕一些話, 如要有自信,就要埋頭目標(biāo)而努力等待。根據(jù)下方提到about building self-confidence and working towards a 可知選D項(xiàng)。

4.4】A考查名詞辨析 A.goal目標(biāo);B.stage階段;C.journey旅行;D.chance機(jī)會;句意:父親拒絕我的請求時(shí)所提出的理由,要求我朝著目標(biāo)進(jìn)行努力,不要放棄每一次鍛煉機(jī)會。根據(jù)build selfconfidence and working toward a ___可知這里是建立自信,朝著一個(gè)目標(biāo)努力,故選A項(xiàng)。

5.5】B考查名詞辨析 A.trouble麻煩;B.satisfaction滿意;C.strength力量;D.disappointment失望;根據(jù)下文可知這次是爸爸進(jìn)行獨(dú)奏演唱會,對于爸爸在臺上因緊張兒流汗,我很高興。他也體會到我小時(shí)候的情況,所以本題B項(xiàng)符合上下文。

6.6】C考查動詞辨析 A.kept保持;B.sent發(fā)送;C.watched看;D.felt感覺;看著68歲的父親在站起來談鋼琴之前流汗,我感覺很滿意,因?yàn)樗搀w會到我當(dāng)年的心情了,故C正確。

7.7】D 考查介詞辨析A.through通過;B.from來自;C.a(chǎn)gainst違背;D.before在。。之前;在正式演奏之前,表演的人通常都要起立向觀眾示意。本句表示父親在站起來談鋼琴之前流汗。故D正確。

8.8】B 考查動詞辨析A.miss錯(cuò)過;B.a(chǎn)fford買得起;C.select挑選;D.understand理解;我父親從小就想學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴,但是他家很窮,承擔(dān)不起鋼琴課的費(fèi)用,所以他一直沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)自己學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴的愿望。

9.9】A考查連詞辨析 A.a(chǎn)s 因?yàn)椋籅.once一旦;C.if如果;D.while雖然;他本可以繼續(xù)為自己小時(shí)候沒有能夠?qū)W習(xí)鋼琴而遺憾,正如我們中很多人一樣。本句是一個(gè)非限制性定語從句,指很多人都會為以前沒有做過的事情遺憾,但是不是采取行動。而父親不是這樣的人,在退休以后,他實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的鋼琴夢,故A正確。

10.考查動詞辨析 A educated教育;B protected 保護(hù);C be stuck被困住,被卡;D spoilt慣壞的;educated 教育;protected保護(hù);Stuck粘貼;spoilt變質(zhì)。根據(jù)But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there.可知這里意思是盡管他生根于過去,卻沒有被粘在那里,故選C項(xiàng)。

11.考查動詞詞義辨析及上下文串聯(lián)。A allowed允許;B invited 邀請;C inspired鼓勵(lì);D persuaded說服;退休以后他說服了教堂里的音樂老師收他為學(xué)生,開始學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴。根據(jù)上文可知他參加演奏會,說明他參加了鋼琴的學(xué)習(xí),故D正確。

12.考查副詞辨析Aroughly粗略地; B Simply僅僅;Cmerrily快樂地;Dcuriously好奇地。:根據(jù)Has he forgotten the ______?可知父親坐在琴鍵前,僅僅向下盯著自己的手指,故選B項(xiàng)。

13.words話;B videos錄像;C notes音符;D lessons功課。根據(jù)I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______.可知這里意思是他忘記音符了嗎? 故選C項(xiàng)。

14.考查名詞辨析 A Decades十年;B weeks幾星期;C hours幾小時(shí);D moments片刻根據(jù)最后一句話作者認(rèn)為他的行動比30多年以前說的話更有感染力?芍髡呦肫鹆俗约菏嗄昵,我的思想一片空白,故選A項(xiàng)。

15.考查動詞詞義辨析。A play 玩耍,彈奏;B freeze 冷凍,僵住;C click點(diǎn)擊;D adjust 調(diào)整;我在想他是不是和我表演時(shí)一樣頭腦空白,手指僵硬。什么都彈奏不出來呢?根據(jù)上下文串聯(lián)可知B正確。

16.考查形容詞詞義辨析及上下文串聯(lián)。A same 同樣的;B warm 溫暖的;C different 不同的;D dirty臟的;但是很快,優(yōu)美的旋律就被那只給我裝釣魚的餌料的同樣的手彈奏了出來。本句是指現(xiàn)在彈奏鋼琴的手和之前給我裝釣魚的餌料的手是同樣的手,故A正確。

17.考查動詞詞義辨析及上下文串聯(lián)。A predicted 預(yù)測;B realized 意識到;C imagined 想象;D insisted 堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為/要求;我突然意識到他在做老師一直要求我們做的事情; 根據(jù)________the music and pretend the others aren’t there. 我意識到了他做了音樂老師總是強(qiáng)調(diào)的事情,故B正確。

18.C考查動詞短語辨析及上下文串聯(lián)。A pass over 忽視,去世;B turn up 出現(xiàn),調(diào)高;C concentrate on 集中注意力于…;D bring in 介紹,引進(jìn);我突然意識到他在做老師一直要求我們做的事情:把注意力集中到音樂,假裝認(rèn)為別人都不在,故D正確。

19.考查形容詞詞義辨析及語境串聯(lián)。A ashamed 羞愧的;B aware 意識到的,知道的;C tired 疲憊的;D proud 自豪的;我為他感到很自豪,在如此的年齡能夠嘗試新的事情。根據(jù)With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.可知在他那個(gè)年齡,還能開始新的東西,我為此感到驕傲,故選D項(xiàng)。

20.考查副詞詞義辨析及上下文串聯(lián)。A casually 隨意地;B anxiously 焦慮地;C nicely 令人滿意地,很好地;D frequently 頻繁地;Jeff說:是的,而且他做得很好。根據(jù)But then came the beautiful melody(旋律),from the _____fingers that once baited(裝餌于) my fishing lines.可知完成的是那樣漂亮。

考點(diǎn):故事類短文。

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