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【題目】When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or____a concert. It shows you may feel uncomfortable when you are called in by your leader to____why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that. If you “face the music”, you are sure to be less unhappy than that.

Every one of us has to “face the music” at some time or another, especially as_____We can all remember father’s____words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a(an)____thing it was!

In the middle or at the end of every____, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will____whether we will face the music or not. If we don’t get good____, that means parents’ cold faces and contempt (輕視) of the teachers and classmates.

“To face the music” is____to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really____that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.

【1】A. manage B. attend C. miss D. forget

【2】A. discover B. believe C. explain D. encourage

【3】A. friends B. teachers C. leaders D. children

【4】A. angry B. magical C. exciting D. honest

【5】A. terrible B. important C. interesting D. careful

【6】A. season B. term C. year D. month

【7】A. follow B. change C. decide D. realize

【8】A. chances B. marks C. tools D. choices

【9】A. known B. strange C. safe D. harmful

【10】A. discusses B. covers C. develops D. means

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】A

【10】D

【解析】試題分析：這篇短文介紹了一句美國(guó)英語(yǔ)的俚語(yǔ) “face the music”。它的意思是：面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)；承擔(dān)后果。

【1】B 考查動(dòng)詞。句意：這并非打算去聽(tīng)唱歌或參加約會(huì)。manage設(shè)法；attend參加；miss錯(cuò)過(guò)；forget忘記。故選B。

【2】C考查動(dòng)詞。句意：當(dāng)你被領(lǐng)導(dǎo)叫去問(wèn)：為什么做這事，為什么不做這事或那事時(shí)，你會(huì)感到不舒服。discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；believe相信；explain解釋；encourage鼓勵(lì)。 故選C。

【3】D考查語(yǔ)境。句意：我們每個(gè)人都會(huì)時(shí)不時(shí)的“承擔(dān)后果”，特別是小時(shí)候。friends朋友；teachers老師；leaders領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；children孩子。故選D。

【4】A 考查語(yǔ)境。句意：我們都記得父親發(fā)怒時(shí)說(shuō)的話，“我要說(shuō)說(shuō)你的事！”angry發(fā)怒的；magical魔術(shù)的；exciting興奮的；honest誠(chéng)實(shí)的。故選A。

【5】A考查形容詞辨析。句意：多可怕呀！terrible可怕的；important重要的；interesting有趣的；careful細(xì)心的，故選A。

【6】B考查語(yǔ)境。句意：期中或期末，學(xué)生們不得不面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)。season季節(jié)；term學(xué)期；year年；month月，故選B。

【7】C考查語(yǔ)境。句意：考試結(jié)果決定我們是否要面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)。follow遵從；change改變；decide決定；realize認(rèn)識(shí)，故選C。

【8】B 短語(yǔ)。句意： 如果得不到好成績(jī)，那意味著父母的冷臉，老師和同學(xué)的輕視。chances機(jī)會(huì)；marks分?jǐn)?shù)；tools工具；choices選項(xiàng)，故選B。

【9】A考查形容詞辨析。句意：“To face the music” （一詞的意思）已被美國(guó)人所熟知，無(wú)論長(zhǎng)幼。be known被了解；strange奇怪的；safe安全的；harmful有害的，故選A。

【10】D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意： 它意味著，你不得不去做某事，無(wú)論那事情多可怕，因?yàn)槟銢](méi)得選。discusses討論；cover蓋��；develop發(fā)展；mean意味著，故選D。