Question

【題目】 I take after my mother. From her I took over a curious nature, a sense of adventure and bright red hair. However, I did not receive a talent(才能) for _______ from her.

My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart. She found a strict Russian woman to be my piano teacher when I was four. I did whatever the teacher told me in order to _______ her. “Feel the music,” she always told me, I “felt” it. But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with a(an) _______ expression.

Once, in order to _______ my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(練習(xí)). I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to _______ why I always missed the same note. She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.

Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn’t play any of them _______.

Then my mother hit on another idea. She took me to a drama(戲劇) teacher. However, the teacher put me into painting scenery(舞臺布景) instead of teaching to sing. Immediately I fell in love with this active and practical world, and I discovered that I had a skill for building and painting. I loved the _______ of taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful!

I’m a sculptor(雕刻家) now, and every day I _______ once again the pleasure of being fully involved in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful feeling. I realize that my mother was trying to give me this feeling. Perhaps she went about it in the wrong way, but her heart was in the right place.

【1】A.musicB.sportsC.cookingD.writing

【2】A.praiseB.pleaseC.believeD.help

【3】A.excitedB.happyC.angryD.shy

【4】A.stopB.continueC.beginD.escape

【5】A.requireB.argueC.wonderD.expect

【6】A.secretlyB.perfectlyC.quietlyD.politely

【7】A.challengeB.changeC.riskD.advice

【8】A.createB.considerC.shareD.experience

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述的是作者小時候被母親要求學(xué)習(xí)自己并不感興趣的樂器，一番掙扎之后還是幸運地找到了自己的興趣，成為了一名雕刻家。

【1】句意：然而，我沒有從她那里接收到音樂天賦。

考查名詞。A. music音樂；B. sports運動；C. cooking烹飪；D. writing寫作。根據(jù)下文Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn’t play any of them perfectly可知，“我”沒什么音樂天賦，故此處說的是“我”沒有從她那里接收到音樂天賦。A選項符合句意，故選A。

【2】句意：為了取悅她，我一切都按照著老師說的去做。

考查動詞。A. praise稱贊；B. please使愉快；C. believe相信；D. help幫助。根據(jù)上文My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart可知，母親對“我”在音樂方面有著很高的期待，而“我”一切都按照著老師說的去做是為了讓她滿意，讓她高興。B選項符合句意，故選B。

【3】句意：她也“感覺”到了我的音樂，這就是為什么她總是帶著憤怒的表情離開。

考查形容詞。A. excited興奮的；B. happy高興的；C. angry憤怒的；D. shy害羞的。根據(jù)上文But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously?可知，“我”在練習(xí)鋼琴的時候總是出錯，所以母親很生氣。C選項符合句意，故選C。

【4】句意：有一次，為了逃避練習(xí)，我設(shè)法錄下了我自己的一次排練。

考查動詞。A. stop停止；B. continue繼續(xù)；C. begin開始；D. escape逃避。根據(jù)下文I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished … She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on可知，“我”為了逃避練習(xí)而錄制了一段練習(xí)錄音，在練習(xí)時就放錄音，然后做其他的事。D選項符合句意，故選D。

【5】句意：這個方法奏效了一個星期，直到我母親開始琢磨為什么我總是漏掉同一個音符。

考查動詞。A. require要求；B. argue爭論；C. wonder想弄明白、琢磨；D. expect期望、期待。根據(jù)上文Once, in order to escape my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(練習(xí)). I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished可知，“我”為了逃避練習(xí)而錄制了一段練習(xí)錄音，在練習(xí)時就放錄音，一個禮拜后母親開始覺得不對勁了，想弄明白為什么“我”每次練習(xí)都犯了同樣的錯誤。C選項符合句意，故選C。

【6】句意：但是我仍然不能把它們演奏得完美無暇。

考查副詞。A. secretly秘密地；B. perfectly完美地；C. quietly安靜地；D. politely禮貌地。根據(jù)上文Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument可知，母親對“我”在音樂方面的期待很高，而“我”在放棄鋼琴后改練其它樂器，但“我”還是不能演奏得很完美。B選項符合句意，故選B。

【7】句意：我喜歡利用有限的供應(yīng)來做出一些美麗東西的挑戰(zhàn)！

考查名詞。A. challenge挑戰(zhàn)；B. change改變；C. risk冒險；D. advice建議。根據(jù)下文taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful可知，需要用有限的材料來做出漂亮的東西，這是一種挑戰(zhàn)，“我”喜歡這種挑戰(zhàn)。A選項符合句意，故選A。

【8】句意：每天我都能再次體驗到全身心參與藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作的樂趣。

考查動詞。A. create創(chuàng)造；B. consider考慮；C. share分享；D. experience體驗。根據(jù)下文It’s a wonderful feeling可知，這是一種很棒的感覺，故此處指的是“我”體驗到了全身心參與藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作的樂趣。D選項符合句意，故選D。