Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were   1 , the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the passage to greet her.

Seizing the   2  to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and 3__ explored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.” When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and 4  that the child was missing.

Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In __5  , the mother saw her little boy sitting at the key-board, 6__ picking out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

At that moment, the great piano master made his 7 , quickly moved to the piano, and __8  in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

Then 9 over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young novice (beginner) transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully 10 experience. The audience was strongly 11  .

That’s the way it is in life. What we can accomplish on our own is hardly 12 . We try our best, but the 13  aren’t exactly graceful flowing music. But when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life’s work 14 can be beautiful.

Next time you set out to 15 great achievements, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

1.                A．seated         B．sat             C．dressed  D．rested

 

2.                A．fact            B．difficulty        C．opportunity   D．risk

 

3.                A．a(chǎn)ctually         B．occasionally     C．fortunately    D．eventually

 

4.                A．discovered      B．told            C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．offered

 

5.                A．joy            B．trust           C．horror   D．pleasure

 

6.                A．quickly         B．personally       C．generally D．innocently

 

7.                A．entrance       B．disappearance   C．a(chǎn)rrangement   D．opening

 

8.                A．shouted        B．repeated        C．promised D．whispered

 

9.                A．turning         B．bending        C．rising D．handing

 

10.               A．creative        B．effective        C．a(chǎn)nnoying  D．fearing

 

11.               A．a(chǎn)ddicted        B．invited         C．a(chǎn)ttacked   D．a(chǎn)ttracted

 

12.               A．a(chǎn)bnormal       B．remarkable      C．unimportant    D．ordinary

 

13.               A．goals          B．intentions       C．results    D．purposes

 

14.               A．luckily         B．truly           C．slightly    D．fortunately

 

15.               A．overcome      B．enjoy          C．a(chǎn)ccomplish D．become

 

 

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是一個小男孩無意中走上了舞臺，在鋼琴家的鼓勵下和鋼琴家一起演奏了曲子，而使音樂會獲得異常的成功。從中作者總結(jié)出人的一生中需結(jié)合鼓勵和合作才能成功。

1.考查動詞：這是短語“be seated”的固定搭配。表示“就坐”。選A。

2.考查名詞：A. fact事實(shí)B. difficulty困難C. opportunity機(jī)會D. risk冒險，這里要表達(dá)的是“把握機(jī)會”的意思。選C。

3.考查副詞：A. actually實(shí)際上B. occasionally偶然地C. fortunately  幸運(yùn)地，D. eventually最終地，根據(jù)上文的“…explore the wonders..”和下文的“..explored his way through a door”可知這里是說他最終探索的結(jié)果。選D。

4.根據(jù)上下文，我們可知這句話的意思是：母親回到座位后發(fā)現(xiàn)他的兒子不見了。選A。

5.考查名詞：A. joy快樂B. trust信任C. horror害怕D. pleasure快樂，根據(jù)下文可知，這位母親是驚嚇地看到她兒子坐在鋼琴鍵盤旁邊。

6.考查副詞：A. quickly快地B. personally 個人的C. generally一般的D. innocently 無辜的，天真地，孩子在天真地彈Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.選D

7.考查名詞：根據(jù)短語“make one's way（走, 前進(jìn)）”可知“make his entrance”是出場的意思。

8.考查動詞：A. shouted叫喊B. repeated重復(fù)C. promised允諾D. whispered耳語，可知這位大師是低聲鼓勵這小孩不要放棄。選D。

9.考查動詞：A. turning轉(zhuǎn)彎B. bending彎腰C. rising升起D. handing 遞交，彎下腰，Paderewski用填補(bǔ)一段低音，選B

10.考查形容詞：A. creative有創(chuàng)造力的B. effective有效的C. annoying惱人的，D. fearing令人害怕的，根據(jù)上下文可知這個小孩上臺演奏是令人驚嚇的事情現(xiàn)在變成有創(chuàng)造力的經(jīng)歷，選 A

11.考查動詞：A. addicted 對…有癮B. invited邀請C. attacked進(jìn)攻D. attracted吸引，觀眾都被吸引了。選D

12.考查動詞：A. abnormal 不正常的B. remarkable重要的C. unimportant不重要的D. ordinary普通的，這里的意思是：我們所能完成的不一定是很重要的。選 B

13.考查名詞：這里的意思是：我們盡了力，但結(jié)果不一定是通暢的音樂。選C

14.考查副詞：A. luckily幸運(yùn)地B. truly真實(shí)的C. slightly稍微地  D. fortunately幸運(yùn)地，這里的意思是：通過大師的手指點(diǎn)，我們的生活一定會更精彩。選B

15.考查動詞：A. overcome克服    B. enjoy享受C. accomplish完成D. become變成，下次你要完成一個偉大的任務(wù)，要仔細(xì)聽。選C

考點(diǎn)：考查故事類短文

點(diǎn)評：文章故事線條清晰通過對話展現(xiàn)故事情節(jié)，側(cè)重通過上下文信息考查考生的綜合運(yùn)用英語的能力，注重語篇的理解，學(xué)生平時要培養(yǎng)自己駕馭語篇的能力，培養(yǎng)自己根據(jù)語篇綜合運(yùn)用英語的能力，也注重對詞義的辨析和語法的正確使用。

 

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