Question

【題目】For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all.In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, ______ across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, ______ at school for practice hours ______ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to______music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

______, one day, in the music class that was ______ of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly（隨意地） on the piano and found it ______ to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ______ doing it. He tried to hide his ______ pleasure from the music teacher, who had ______ over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ______ the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good______ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ______ him. There he decided to give the cello（大提琴） a ______. When he began practicing, he took it very ______. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ______ to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This ______, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ______ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ______ looks of the non-musicians he had left______.

【1】A. travelling B. marching C. pacing D. struggling

【2】A. rising up B. coming up C. driving up D. turning up

【3】A. before B. after C. until D. since

【4】A. betray B. accept C. avoid D. appreciate

【5】A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Moreover

【6】A. part B. nature C. basis D. spirit

【7】A. complicate B. safe C. confusing D. easy

【8】A. missed B. disliked C. enjoyed D. denied

【9】A. transparent B. obvious C. false D. similar

【10】A. run B. jogged C. jumped D. wandered

【11】A. because B. but C. though D. so

【12】A. ear B. taste C. heart D. voice

【13】A. occurred to B. took to C. appealed to D. held to

【14】A. change B. chance C. mission D. function

【15】A. seriously B. proudly C. casually D. naturally

【16】A. committed B. used C. limited D. admitted

【17】A. proved B. showed C. stressed D. meant

【18】A. pushing B. dragging C. lifting D. rushing

【19】A. admiring B. pitying C. annoying D. teasing

【20】A. over B. aside C. behind D. out

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】D

【8】C

【9】B

【10】D

【11】A

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【16】A

【17】D

【18】B

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要敘述Gabriel看到學(xué)音樂的學(xué)生拿著重重的音樂器材穿過校園，早上早練好幾個小時，便不想學(xué)習(xí)音樂；然而，一天他不經(jīng)意地彈奏，發(fā)現(xiàn)他喜歡彈奏。因此他開始經(jīng)歷了那些學(xué)音樂的學(xué)生的歷程。

【1】根據(jù)“with their heavy instrument cases”可知，每天上學(xué)的時候，Gabriel總是同情地看著背著沉重的樂器的同學(xué)們艱難地穿梭于校園中，struggle努力，艱難地行進，斗爭，符合語境。

【2】根據(jù)“ __37__at school for practice hours __38__ anyone else”可知，學(xué)習(xí)音樂的同學(xué)需要比不學(xué)音樂的早到學(xué)校幾個小時，為了練習(xí)彈奏樂器，turn up原意“調(diào)高(音量)”，在此意為“出現(xiàn)”，符合語境。

【3】“anyone else”指不學(xué)音樂的學(xué)生，學(xué)習(xí)音樂的要比規(guī)定的到校時間早到幾個小時，before anyone else had to be there比規(guī)定的到校時間早幾個小時。這也是Gabriel不想學(xué)習(xí)音樂的原因之一。

【4】本題需要結(jié)合語境進行選擇。根據(jù)“as he hated getting to school extra early”可知，Gabriel討厭過早到校，因此他對自己發(fā)誓“不學(xué)”音樂，A背叛；B接受；C避免，避開；D欣賞。注意單詞在文章中的靈活翻譯，只有C項符合語境。

【5】考查段落的銜接。本段講Gabriel在一次音樂課上意外發(fā)現(xiàn)自己很喜歡音樂，與上一段是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選B。

【6】考查名詞辨析和句意理解。that was __41__of his school’s standard curriculum是定語從句，音樂課是學(xué)校的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)課程的一部分，言外之意就是說，每個學(xué)生都得上這個音樂課。

【7】D根據(jù)語境可知，他正在隨意地彈鋼琴，發(fā)現(xiàn)很容易辨認(rèn)出曲調(diào)。easy容易的，符合語境。complicated復(fù)雜的；safe安全的；confusing迷惑的。

【8】C根據(jù)后面一句中的“pleasure”可知，他意識到他事實上喜歡彈鋼琴。enjoy喜愛，符合語境。miss錯過，想念；dislike厭惡；deny否認(rèn)。

【9】B根據(jù)前面一句可知，他意識到他事實上喜歡彈鋼琴。由此而推斷，“tried”一詞說明這種喜悅是很明顯被發(fā)現(xiàn)的。obvious明顯的，符合語境。transparent透明的，坦率的；false錯誤的；similar相似的。

【10】D根據(jù)上文中的“he was playing idly on the piano and found it easy to pick out tunes”可推斷，老師走過來聽。wander漫步，符合語境。run跑；jog慢跑；jump跳。

【11】A根據(jù)語境可知，他可能沒那么好，因為老師告訴過他，雖然有很好的品味，但還是建議他去音樂室看看是否有他適合的樂器。前后句表示因果。because因為，符合語境，故選A項；but但是；though盡管；so因此。

【12】A根據(jù)上文可知，他隨意彈奏就能成曲子，說明他有樂感。a good ear有好的鑒賞力，符合語境。taste味道，品味；heart心；voice聲音。

【13】C根據(jù)語境可知，他建議蓋伯爾走進音樂商店看看有沒有什么樂器能吸引他。appeal有吸引力，符合語境。occur發(fā)生；take to喜歡，開始從事；hold to堅持。

【14】B根據(jù)語境可知，他決定給大提琴一個機會。chance機會，符合語境。change改變；mission任務(wù)；function功能。

【15】C根據(jù)后面一句中的“But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument”可推斷，開始練習(xí)時，他很隨意地對待。casually隨意地，符合語境。seriously嚴(yán)肅地，認(rèn)真地；proudly自豪地；naturally自然地。

【16】A根據(jù)本句中的“so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well”可知，他致力于練習(xí)，因此幾個月內(nèi)，他演奏得相當(dāng)好。be committed to致力于，符合語境。use使用；limit限制；admit承認(rèn)，允許進入。

【17】D根據(jù)語境可知，這意味著他早上要早到學(xué)校，拖曳這沉重的樂器穿過校園。mean意味著，符合語境。prove證明；show顯示；stress強調(diào)，使緊張。

【18】B根據(jù)上題解析可知，這意味著他早上要早到學(xué)校，拖曳這沉重的樂器穿過校園。drag拖曳，符合語境。push推；lift舉起；rush沖。

【19】B根據(jù)文章第一段可知，他很長時間不想從事音樂，他同情地看著學(xué)音樂的學(xué)生。由此可推斷，他現(xiàn)在看到他曾留下的非音樂學(xué)生的同情的表情。pity憐憫，同情，符合語境。admire欽佩；annoy惹惱；tease取笑。

【20】C根據(jù)上題解析可知，他現(xiàn)在看到他曾留下的非音樂學(xué)生的同情的表情。leave behind留下，符合語境。leave over剩下；leave aside擱置；leave out遺漏，省去。