Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___2___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”

The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___14___ of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.

1. A. sorry      B. successful   C. first    D. wonderful

2. A. dance     B. moment     C. show   D. party

3. A. voice      B. face    C. dress   D. life

4. A. think of  B. bring back  C. go back      D. come back

5. A. age B. friend C. mother       D. teacher

6. A. musician B. pop star      C. lady    D. girl

7. A. French   B. music  C. piano  D. dance

8. A. actress    B. student       C. singer D. dancer

9. A. prepared B. learning     C. driven D. waiting

10. A. some    B. any     C. no     D. enough

11. A. eight     B. eighteen     C. eighty D. eighty-eight

12. A. lucky    B. sure    C. afraid  D. fond

13. A. fill       B. live     C. lead    D. take

14. A. heard    B. knew  C. talked D. thought

15. A. saw off        B. learned from      C. heard of     D. met with

16. A. love     B. feeling       C. music  D. touch

17. A. assistant       B. teacher       C. wife    D. student

18. A. him      B. engineering       C. herself       D. music

19. A. certainly      B. possibly     C. only    D. mainly

20. A. thought                 B. hope       C. purpose      D. will

1-5CBACA 6-10DBCAC 11-15BBADD 16-20ACDBB


解析:

本文使用倒敘的形式述說了 Dorothy 學(xué)習(xí)音樂的故事。一開始說小女兒舉辦音樂會(huì)，由女兒美麗的歌聲想到自己年輕時(shí)候?qū)W習(xí)音樂的情況。Dorothy 年輕時(shí)很有音樂天賦，先后在法國(guó)、意大利和美國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)音樂。不過由于偶遇 David 并相愛，為了愛情而放棄了音樂的學(xué)習(xí)。不過讓她可以感到欣慰的是女兒已成為歌唱家，完成了她的心愿。

1. C。由下文的“這一時(shí)刻她等了好多年了”來(lái)看，這里說的是女兒第一次演出。由于演唱會(huì)還沒有開始，結(jié)果未知，因此可排除選項(xiàng) A、B 和D。

2. B。由下文知道，Dorothy Brown 也曾學(xué)習(xí)過音樂，但由于認(rèn)識(shí) David 并結(jié)婚而影響了自己在音樂方面的發(fā)展，現(xiàn)在正好讓女兒來(lái)完成自己的心愿。由此可知，她“盼望這一時(shí)刻好多年了”。

3. A。由“今天小女兒 Lauren 將舉辦演唱會(huì)”來(lái)看，此處說的是“她的聲音真美”。

4. C。女兒的演出使她想到了和女兒一般大的時(shí)候的事情。下面是回憶自己以往學(xué)習(xí)音樂的情況。go back to the days… 意為“回憶起……的日子”。

5. A。從下面的“當(dāng)還是一個(gè)年輕姑娘時(shí)，Dorothy 想成為一名歌唱演員”來(lái)看，Dorothy 在和女兒差不多大的時(shí)候也曾學(xué)習(xí)過音樂。

6. D。當(dāng) Dorothy 還是個(gè)小女孩時(shí)，她想成為一名歌唱演員。

7. B。由上下文可知“她曾在法國(guó)、意大利和美國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)過音樂”。

8. C。由上下文可知，此處是老師告訴她以后有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家。

9. A。前面說“你有能力成為一名出色的歌唱家”，現(xiàn)在話鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，“但是你必須愿意努力學(xué)習(xí)、刻苦勤奮很多年”。be prepared to do sth 表示“有能力并且愿意做某事”。

10. C。這是老師繼續(xù)說的話：在你一生中要把全部時(shí)間用于音樂，不能用在其他方面。

11. B。由 Dorothy 遇到了 David 并與他結(jié)婚等來(lái)看，當(dāng)時(shí)她的年齡不可能是 8 歲、80 歲或 88 歲，當(dāng)時(shí) Dorothy 為 18 歲比較合理。

12. B。／13. A。聽了老師的話，再加上當(dāng)時(shí)她只有 18 歲，“她確信音樂是充實(shí)她生活的全部?jī)?nèi)容”。fill one’s life 為“填充生活，充實(shí)生活”。

14. D。有接近一年的時(shí)間，Dorothy 什么也不想，這里說的是她一心撲在學(xué)習(xí)音樂上。

15. D。前面說她有一年的時(shí)間把心思全撲在學(xué)習(xí)音樂上，這里說的是“接著她遇到了在歐洲旅游的 David”，這動(dòng)搖了她學(xué)習(xí)音樂的念頭。meet with 意為“遇到，偶然碰到”。

16. A。從下文 David 要她做他的妻子及 Dorothy 也想嫁給他等來(lái)看，這里說的是他們見面后不久就相愛了。fall in love (with sb / sth) 意為“愛上某人或某物”。

17. C。從上文“他們相愛”可推測(cè)，此處說的是“David 要她做他的妻子”。

18. D。Dorothy 也想嫁給 David，“但是她也愛音樂”，她不知道怎么辦，這就在嫁人與學(xué)習(xí)音樂方面產(chǎn)生了矛盾。

19. B。下文 David 說學(xué)習(xí)音樂和結(jié)婚，“你二者不可能兼得”。possibly可以與 can’t 連用，表示“不可能”。

20. B。從上下文特別是 Now Lauren became a singer instead of her 可推測(cè)，Dorothy 想成為歌唱家的愿望由女兒來(lái)完成了，故此處用 hope。will往往含有“遺囑，遺愿”的意思，在此不太合乎情理。

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