Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need __21__,” his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”

What made him sad was __22__ his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent. You will never be a pianist.” As a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly __23__. He decided that he didn’t want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. Wisely, his father didn’t push, but waited.

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he __24__ that he could show others that he had talent __25__. That day he told his father what he had been waiting to hear—that he wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

He started __26__ competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was __27__ that Lang Lang had won, he was too excited to hold back his tears. Soon __28__ was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang moved again, this time to Philadelphia, USA. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his __29__ performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs in Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall started __30__ in, Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him shine.

21. A. exercise                         B. fortune                     C. knowledge                D. wealth

22. A. whether                            B. why                         C. when                       D. that

23. A. hurt                           B. weakened                 C. ruined                      D. frightened

24. A. seemed                      B. admitted                   C. noticed                     D. realized

25. A. in all                         B. above all                  C. after all                    D. at all

26. A. receiving                   B. accepting                  C. winning                   D. beating

27. A. told                           B. mentioned                C. announced                D. recognized

28. A. this                           B. it                             C. that                          D. what

29. A. successful                  B. cheerful                   C. respectful                 D. meaningful

30. A. pulling                      B. breaking                   C. falling                      D. pouring

21. B。22. D。23. A。24. D 25. C 26. C。27. C。28. B。29. A。30. D。


解析:

21. fortune 運(yùn)氣，根據(jù)下文得知答案。

22.本句考查表語(yǔ)從句，從句中沒(méi)有缺少任何成分，所以應(yīng)該選擇連接代詞that。

23. badly hurt 指心靈上受到嚴(yán)重傷害。

24. seem 似乎；admit承認(rèn)；notice 注意到；realize意識(shí)到。本句的意思是：當(dāng)他把手指放在琴鍵上時(shí)，他意識(shí)到他可以向別人證明他有天分。

25. after all 盡管…還是，歸根結(jié)底；in all總計(jì)；above all最重要的是。本句的意思是：盡管老師說(shuō)過(guò)他永遠(yuǎn)不可能成為鋼琴家，但是他意識(shí)到他還是能向別人證明他是有天賦的。

26. win the competitions贏得比賽。

27. announce 宣布，It’s announced that…被宣布…。

28. it作形式主語(yǔ)，代替后面的主語(yǔ)從句。

29. successful performance成功的演出。

30. pour in 涌現(xiàn)，本句指的是：很多特約演出不斷涌向朗郎。

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