Question

【題目】

big, wait, ask, shout, one, sudden, piano, singer, he, tired

There once was a man who played the piano in a bar. He was a good pianist People went there just to hear him play.But one night,a customer【1】told him he didn’t want to hear him just play any more.He was【2】to sing a song by the customer.

“I don’t sing,”the man said.The customer said to the boss;“I’m【3】of just listening to the piano .I want that guy to sing!”

“Hey,buddy!”the boss 【4】across the room.“If you want to get paid,sing a song!The customer is asking you to sing!” And the other customers were 【5】to see what would happen.

So he did.He sang a song.A【6】who never sang in public did so for the very first time. What’s more,Nat King Cloe sang the song,Mona Lisa,in a very special way.That was the 【7】time the song ever sounded that.

He was so talented!He could have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar.But because that man made 【8】sing,he went on to become one of the best-known 【9】in America.

You,too,have talent and abilities.You may not feel as if your talent is great,but it may be 【10】than you think!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】suddenly

【2】asked

【3】tired

【4】shouted

【5】waiting

【6】pianist

【7】first

【8】him

【9】singers

【10】bigger

【解析】一個年輕人一直在酒吧里彈鋼琴，但是有一天客人要求他唱首歌。他從來沒有唱過歌，但唱歌之后才知道自己在唱歌方面很有天賦。最后他成為了美國最著名的歌手之一。

【1】句意：但是，有一天晚上，一個顧客突然告訴他，他不想聽他的演奏了。缺乏一個副詞來修飾動詞，故填suddenly。

【2】句意：他被顧客要求唱首歌。使用被動語態(tài)（be done），填過去分詞asked.

【3】句意：我厭倦了聽鋼琴。故填tired

【4】句意：老板通過房間喊……。文章使用過去式，故填shouted

【5】句意：并且其他顧客也在等待看會發(fā)生什么。此處使用過去進行時，故填waiting.

【6】句意：一個從來沒有在公開場合唱過歌的鋼琴家第一次這么做。此處需填名詞，painist.

【7】句意：這是這首歌第一次聽起來是這樣。需要填序數(shù)詞, first

【8】句意：但是因為那個人要求他唱歌。此處填賓格，him。

【9】句意：他繼續(xù)，成為了美國最著名的的歌手之一。考查one of + 名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故填singers.

【10】句意：你可能不會感覺到你的天分多好，但是它可能比你想象中的大。后文是than，表示比較，故填比較級bigger.