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　　(2014·福建)

　　From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(獨奏會).A recital__1__I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.Each year I__2__ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”.And each year he'd shake his head，muttering(嘀咕) __3__about building self­confidence and working towards a__4__.

　　So it was with really great__5__that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and __6__my 68­year­old father sweating in his shirt __7__rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

　　My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldn't __8__lessons.He could have gone on regretting it，__9__too many of us do.But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn't __10__there.When he retired three years ago，he__11__his church music director to take him as a student.

　　For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he __12__stared down at his fingers.Has he forgotten the __13__? I worried，remembering those split seconds__14__ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would __15__.But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the __16__fingers that once baited(裝餌于) my fishing lines.And I__17__he had been doing what music teachers always stress：__18__the music and pretend the others aren't there.

　　“I'm __19__of him for starting something new at his age，” I said to my son Jeff.

　　“Yeah，and doing it so__20__，” Jeff added.

　　With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30­plus years ago.

　　文章大意：父親退休后仍然學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴并參加鋼琴獨奏會的事情給了作者很大的鼓舞。

　　1.A.reflected B.explained

　　C.meant D.proved

　　答案：C　詞語辨析題。鋼琴獨奏會意味著我不得不練習(xí)一支無聊的音樂還要在陌生人面前演奏。根據(jù)句意可知是表達鋼琴獨奏會對我的意義，故用meant。

　　2.A.would B.could

　　C.might D.should

　　答案：A　邏輯推理題。此句表示我每年的一個習(xí)慣性動作，故用情態(tài)動詞would。

　　3.A.nothing B.everything

　　C.anything D.something

　　答案：D　邏輯推理題。每年他都搖頭，叫我建立自信。這里指嘀咕一些東西，故用something。

　　4.A.goal B.stage

　　C.journey D.chance

　　答案：A　詞語辨析題。父親搖頭的同時還說我要朝著一個目標去工作。goal目標;stage舞臺，時期，階段;journey旅行;chance機會，可能性。根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)選A。

　　5.A.trouble B.satisfaction

　　C.strength D.disappointment

　　答案：B　固定搭配題。with satisfaction滿意地。

　　6.A.kept B.sent

　　C.watched D.felt

　　答案：C　推理判斷題。由下文可知作者是在看父親演出，故用watched。

　　7.A.through B.from

　　C.against D.before

　　答案：D　背景常識題。作者的父親應(yīng)該是在站起來演奏之前汗流浹背，此處寫出了父親演奏之前的緊張，故用before。

　　8.A.miss B.afford

　　C.select D.understand

　　答案：B　邏輯推理題。前面說父親家里窮，因此是上不起學(xué)，故用afford負擔得起。

　　9.A.as B.once

　　C.if D.while

　　答案：A　詞語辨析題。他本來能夠像我們中很多人一樣繼續(xù)感到遺憾的。as像，按照;once作為連詞是“一旦”的意思;if如果;while當……的時候，然而。

　　10.A.educated B.protected

　　C.stuck D.spoilt

　　答案：C　詞語辨析題。盡管他老是回憶過去，卻沒有止步不前。stick粘貼，卡住;educate教育;protect保護;spoil損壞，毀掉。

　　11.A.allowed B.invited

　　C.inspired D.persuaded

　　答案：D　邏輯推理題。父親已經(jīng)退休了，年齡大了，要想成為一名學(xué)生當然是要說服老師接納他，故用persuade說服。

　　12.A.roughly B.simply

　　C.merrily D.curiously

　　答案：B　邏輯推理題。由下文可知作者懷疑父親忘了音符，由此可以推出父親坐在鋼琴前的那一刻僅僅(simply)向下注視著手指，顯示出他的緊張。

　　13.A.words B.videos

　　C.notes D.lessons

　　答案：C　背景常識題。演奏音樂當然是與音符(notes)有關(guān)，故選C。

　　14.A.decades B.weeks

　　C.hours D.moments

　　答案：A　邏輯推理題。根據(jù)第一段可知作者從二年級開始害怕鋼琴獨奏會，而現(xiàn)在父親都退休了，故這些事情至少應(yīng)發(fā)生在幾十年以前，故選decades。

　　15.A.play B.freeze

　　C.click D.adjust

　　答案：B　邏輯推理題。作者回憶當時演出時緊張的情形——頭腦空白，手指僵硬，故選B。

　　16.A.same B.warm

　　C.different D.dirty

　　答案：A　邏輯推理題。彈出優(yōu)美的旋律和給釣線裝誘餌都是來自同一雙手，故選A。

　　17.A.predicted B.realized

　　C.imagined D.insisted

　　答案：B　詞語辨析題。我意識到他一直在做音樂老師總是強調(diào)的事情：專心于音樂，假裝沒有其他人在那兒。realize意識到;predict預(yù)測;imagine想象;insist堅持。

　　18.A.pass over B.turn up

　　C.bring in D.concentrate on

　　答案：D　詞語辨析題。concentrate on專心于;pass over避免提及;turn up出現(xiàn)，將音量調(diào)大;bring in引進，賺得。根據(jù)上題解析可知選D。

　　19.A.ashamed B.aware

　　C.tired D.proud

　　答案：D　固定搭配題。be proud of對……感到自豪。

　　20.A.casually B.anxiously

　　C.nicely D.frequently

　　答案：C　邏輯推理題。作者為父親感到驕傲，告訴兒子，兒子稱贊爺爺做得如此好，故選C。

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