Question

【題目】 Mr. Fogarty slowly looks over the rows of boys, each holding his breath and praying(祈禱) it’s not his turn. Mr. Fogarty’s eyes pass over them and they can_________again. His eyes land on me and my heart jumps.

This is what I ___________every Tuesday during jazz practice. I’m fine during practice until it’s time for each of us to stand and play our instrument, alone, with everyone else watching. I always pray for Mr. Fogarty to _________me, but he never does. However, he calls me out in front of everyone, every time.

Mr. Fogarty mouths, “You’re_________.”

My partner smiles. He knows how much I_______this moment each week and in some way it gives him pleasure to see me sweat.

I pray that the kid before me will never stop when he finishes his solo(獨奏曲). My heart beats so hard that I can hardly breathe as I stand up.

I start to breathe out the first notes( 音 符 ). I hold them as long as I can and then I look at the music, hoping to _______the safe pattern of musical notes that tell me what to do. But no, I have to trust myself.

Suddenly the notes on the page start jumping at me, each coming so fast I’m not___________which to play first. So I play them all. All my thoughts are musical notes, and they’re moving so fast that I don’t have time to_______what to play next. I just let my hands go. I’m so caught up in my solo that I don’t_______how long I’ve been playing.

Mr. Fogarty gives me a signal and, suddenly, I stop, and free my hands from the saxophone(薩克斯管) which is still warm from my________________fingers.

My band teacher is smiling at me satisfyingly.

【1】A.talkB.playC.practiceD.breathe

【2】A.think aboutB.show offC.go throughD.look forward to

【3】A.rememberB.forgetC.helpD.guide

【4】A.aloneB.lastC.firstD.next

【5】A.expectB.hateC.fearD.enjoy

【6】A.followB.formC.practiceD.show

【7】A.afraidB.worriedC.amazedD.sure

【8】A.look upB.think aboutC.pick outD.find out

【9】A.understandB.mindC.noticeD.discover

【10】A.unskilledB.strongC.helplessD.dancing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

講述了每周二的例行獨奏提問，學(xué)生們都很害怕被提問到，作者內(nèi)心中充滿了恐懼，但是每次都沒有逃掉。在一次被提問獨奏時，獨奏很成功，得到了老師的滿意。

【1】句意：當(dāng)老師把目光掠過他們時，他們才敢再次呼吸。

talk談?wù)摚?/span>play玩；practice練習(xí)；breathe呼吸；根據(jù)句意理解及前句each holding his breath and praying(祈禱) it’s not his turn. 每個男孩都屏住呼吸，祈禱著不要輪到他了�？芍�這里表達(dá)的是“再次呼吸”，英語是breathe，故選D。

【2】句意：這就是我每周二在爵士樂練習(xí)中所經(jīng)歷的。

think about考慮；show off炫耀；go through經(jīng)歷；look forward to盼望；根據(jù)句意理解及前句His eyes land on me and my heart jumps. 他的眼睛落在我身上，我的心跳了起來。可知這里表達(dá)的是“經(jīng)歷”，英語是go through，故選C。

【3】句意：我總是祈禱福格蒂老師忘記我，但他從來沒有。

remember記得；forget忘記；help幫助；guide指導(dǎo)；根據(jù)句意理解及后文However, he calls me out in front of everyone但是，他每次都在大家面前叫我�？芍�這里表達(dá)的是“祈禱老師忘記我”，故選B。

【4】句意：你是下一個。

alone獨自；last最后；first第一；next下一個；根據(jù)句意理解及后文I pray that the kid before me will never stop when he finishes his solo(獨奏曲). 我祈禱在我面前的孩子在獨奏結(jié)束后永不停手�？芍�這里指的是“你是下一個”，英語是next，故選D。

【5】句意：他知道我每周都有多么害怕這一刻。

expect期待；hate討厭；fear恐懼；enjoy喜歡；根據(jù)句意理解及上文This is what I _____2_____every Tuesday during jazz practice. I’m fine during practice until it’s time for each of us to stand and play our instrument, alone, with everyone else watching. 這就是我每周二在爵士樂練習(xí)中所經(jīng)歷的。我在練習(xí)的時候很好，直到我們每個人都可以單獨站著演奏樂器，其他人都在一旁觀看�？芍�這里表達(dá)的是“我的搭檔也知道我有多么害怕”，故選C。

【6】句意：希望能遵循安全的音符模式。

follow遵循；form形成；practice練習(xí)；show展示；根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里表達(dá)的是作者想遵循安全模式的音符來彈奏，故選A。

【7】句意：我不知道該先彈哪一個。

afraid害怕；worried擔(dān)心的；amazed驚人的；sure確定的；根據(jù)句意理解及前句Suddenly the notes on the page start jumping at me, each coming so fast. 突然，紙上的音符開始向我撲來，每一個音符都來得那么快。可知這里表達(dá)的是“不知道，不確定”，故選D。

【8】句意：它們移動得太快，以至于我沒有時間考慮下一步要演奏什么。

look up查閱；think about考慮；pick out挑出；find out調(diào)查；根據(jù)句意理解及后句I just let my hands go. 我只能是放手�？芍�這里表達(dá)的是“沒有時間考慮”，故選B。

【9】句意：我太沉迷于獨奏了，以至于沒注意到自己演奏了多久。

understand理解；mind介意；notice注意；discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；根據(jù)句意理解及前句I’m so caught up in my solo that我太沉迷于獨奏了，可知這里表達(dá)的是“沒有注意到”，故選C。

【10】句意：薩克斯管在我舞動的手指上仍然很溫暖。

Unskilled不熟練的；strong強壯的； helpless無助的；dancing舞動的；根據(jù)句意理解可知，樂器熱呼呼的，是作者在極其緊張的情況下彈奏，手指的舞動造成的，所以這里表達(dá)的“舞動的”，故選D。