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 __48__ 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. complicated 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】B

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【16】A

【17】D

【18】B

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】

【1】根據(jù)“with their heavy instrument cases”可知，每天上學的時候，Gabriel總是同情地看著背著沉重的樂器的同學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)“ ____at school for practice hours ____ anyone else”可知，學習音樂的同學需要比不學音樂的早到學校幾個小時，為了練習彈奏樂器，turn up原意“調高(音量)”，在此意為“出現(xiàn)”，符合語境。

【3】“anyone else”指不學音樂的學生，學習音樂的要比規(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不想學習音樂的原因之一。

【4】本題需要結合語境進行選擇。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”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，與上一段是轉折關系，故選B。

【6】考查名詞辨析和句意理解。that was ____of his school’s standard curriculurn是定語從句，音樂課是學校的標準課程的一部分，言外之意就是說，每個學生都得上這個音樂課。

【7】根據(jù)下句“actually... tried to hide... pleasure”等詞或詞組可以看出，Gabriel在音樂中找到了樂趣，并試圖隱藏這份愉悅，由此可知，第38空的意思是“演奏音樂很容易”。只有D項符合語境。

【8】根據(jù)actually可知，Gabriel對音樂的看法有了變化，他實際上是喜歡音樂的，A/B/D都是有否定傾向的詞，不符合語境。

【9】Gabriel不想讓音樂老師看到自己表露出來的很明顯的喜悅之情，transparent指(謊言、借口)易看穿的；obvious明顯的，顯然的，故選B。

【10】音樂老師在教室里來回走動，聽到Gabriel彈奏樂器的聲音，就走過來聆聽。Wander徘徊，游蕩。

【11】根據(jù)“and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments”可知，老師讓Gabriel挑選樂器，說明他彈得不夠好，鋼琴不太適合他，因此是因果關系。

【12】老師認為Gabriel有著很好辨音能力，并建議他去挑一件稱心的樂器。ear辨音力，靈敏的聽力；taste鑒賞力，欣賞力，指對作品的欣賞能力。由于Gabriel沒有經過專業(yè)的訓練，不能說他有很好的音樂鑒賞能力，taste不符合語境。

【13】考查詞組辨析。occur to sb某人突然想起；take to開始喜歡；appeal to有吸引力，引起興趣；hold to抓住。老師讓Gabriel找一件自己喜歡的樂器。

【14】Gabriel準備試一下大提琴，chance機會，給大提琴一次機會，即嘗試演奏一下大提琴，其余不符合語境。

【15】根據(jù)But可知，前后是轉折關系，下句說Gabriel發(fā)現(xiàn)自己很喜歡大提琴，說明前一句是說他只是隨便拉一下。

【16】根據(jù)“so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well”可知，花了幾個月的時間練習之后，Gabriel的大提琴已經拉得非常好了。be committed to sth/ doing sth致力于。

【17】本段與第一段呼應。學習音樂意味著早到學校，要把沉重的樂器背來背去，meant在此意為“意味著”。

【18】Gabriel也得早到學校練習拉琴，也要拖著沉重的樂器。drag指吃力地拖、拉某物，符合語境。

【19】根據(jù)“non-musicians”可知，這里指不學音樂的學生的表情，根據(jù)第一段可得出答案，應該是pitying。

【20】leave aside擱置一邊；leave sb/sth behind把......拋在后面，超過；leave out遺漏，不提及。學習音樂就意味著要被其他學生用同情的目光注視，這里指Gabriel走過去之后，身后的學生對他投來同情的目光。