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【題目】 Imagine this. You write music, but you can't hear it. It would seem ________ for most people, but not for one of the greatest composers in history. This deaf man's name was Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Beethoven was born in Germany on December 16, 1770. At the age of four, he started to learn piano and violin. He had such amazing musical ________ that he began performing in front of people when he was just nine years old. He ________ his idol（偶像）, Mozart, when he was just a boy. This encouraged him to become a great piano player and a writer of music.

He was known ________ a composer around his country. ________ his life changed when he was 26 years old. He began to ________ his hearing during playing. He heard the loud ringing in his ears but he couldn't hear the music.

He went to see many ________ and tied many treatments, but nothing worked well. As he lost more and more of his hearing, he began to use "talking books". This man ________ could not hear, wrote hundreds of pieces of music during his lifetime. Most people think that the Ninth Symphony is one of the ______compositions of his works. Unfortunately, he ________ alone on March 26, 1827.His music will live on forever.

【1】A.impatientB.impoliteC.impossibleD.important

【2】A.presentB.talentC.beautyD.treasure

【3】A.metB.spoke toC.askedD.invited

【4】A.ofB.asC.forD.with

【5】A.SoB.SinceC.AlthoughD.However

【6】A.getB.loseC.giveD.achieve

【7】A.friendsB.helpersC.doctorsD.relatives

【8】A.whoB.whomC.whoseD.which

【9】A.leastB.worstC.mostD.best

【10】A.passed byB.passed alongC.passed awayD.passed around

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

本文介紹了貝多芬。他是一位最偉大的作曲家之一。他有著驚人的音樂(lè)天賦，9歲時(shí)就開(kāi)始在人們面前表演。但是當(dāng)他26歲時(shí)，他的生活發(fā)生了變化。他開(kāi)始失聰。他去看了很多醫(yī)生，做了很多治療，但效果都不好。他一生寫(xiě)了幾百首音樂(lè)。第九交響曲是他作品中最好的作品之一。他于1827年3月26日孤獨(dú)地去世。但是他的音樂(lè)將永存。

【1】句意：對(duì)大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)這似乎是不可能的，但對(duì)歷史上最偉大的作曲家之一來(lái)說(shuō)卻是可能的。

考查形容詞辨析。impatient沒(méi)有耐心的；impolite不禮貌的；impossible不可能的；important重要的。根據(jù)“You write music, but you can't hear it.”你寫(xiě)音樂(lè)，但聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)�？芍�，對(duì)于這樣的人來(lái)說(shuō)，成為一位作曲家應(yīng)該是不可能的，因此應(yīng)該選擇impossible不可能的；符合語(yǔ)境。故選C。

【2】句意：他有著驚人的音樂(lè)天賦，9歲時(shí)就開(kāi)始在人們面前表演。

考查名詞辨析。present禮物；talent天賦；beauty美麗；treasure金銀財(cái)寶。根據(jù)“he began performing in front of people when he was just nine years old.”9歲時(shí)就開(kāi)始在人們面前表演�？芍�，他應(yīng)該是有著驚人的音樂(lè)天賦。故選B。

【3】句意：他小時(shí)候遇到了他的偶像莫扎特。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。met遇見(jiàn)；spoke to交談；asked詢問(wèn)；invited邀請(qǐng)。根據(jù)“He 3 his idol（偶像）, Mozart, when he was just a boy.”他小時(shí)候 _______ 他的偶像莫扎特�？芍�，應(yīng)該選擇met遇見(jiàn)；符合語(yǔ)境。故選A。

【4】句意：他是全國(guó)聞名的作曲家。

本題考查介詞。of……的；as作為；for為了；with和……在一起。be known as 意思是：作為……而出名，它的后面可以跟表示某種職業(yè)或某物的名詞；be known for：后面加的是原因，可以是因……而著名的事或者人或者物；本題是指：作為一名作曲家，他在全國(guó)是聞名的。因此用介詞as。故選B。

【5】句意：然而，當(dāng)他26歲時(shí)，他的生活發(fā)生了變化。

考查連詞。So因此；Since從…以后；Although盡管；However然而。根據(jù)“He began to 6 his hearing during playing.”他在演奏時(shí)開(kāi)始失聰�？芍�，26歲是他生活的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)，因此用However然而。表示轉(zhuǎn)折。故選D。

【6】句意：他在演奏時(shí)開(kāi)始失聰。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。get得到；lose喪失；give提供；achieve完成。根據(jù)“He heard the loud ringing in his ears but he couldn't hear the music.”他聽(tīng)到耳朵里的響聲，但聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)音樂(lè)�？芍�，他在演奏時(shí)開(kāi)始失聰。lose his hearing：失去聽(tīng)覺(jué)。故選B。

【7】句意：他去看了很多醫(yī)生，做了很多治療，但效果都不好。

考查名詞辨析。friends朋友；helpers幫手；doctors醫(yī)生；relatives親戚。根據(jù)“He heard the loud ringing in his ears but he couldn't hear the music.”他聽(tīng)到耳朵里的響聲，但聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)音樂(lè)�？芍�，下文他應(yīng)該是去看醫(yī)生。故選C。

【8】句意：這個(gè)聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)的人一生寫(xiě)了幾百首音樂(lè)。

考查定語(yǔ)從句。who誰(shuí)，做主語(yǔ)；whom誰(shuí)，做賓語(yǔ)；whose誰(shuí)的，做定語(yǔ)；which哪一個(gè)。本題定語(yǔ)從句的先行詞是This man，后面的定語(yǔ)從句中缺少主語(yǔ)，所以使用關(guān)系代詞who指代先行詞在句中做主語(yǔ)，不能省略。whom通常在句中做賓語(yǔ)，whose通常在句中做定語(yǔ)，which所指代的先行詞不能是人。故選A。

【9】句意：大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為第九交響曲是他作品中最好的作品之一。

考查形容詞的最高級(jí)。least最少的；worst最差的；most最多；best最優(yōu)秀的。根據(jù)“His music will live on forever.”他的音樂(lè)將永存。可知，第九交響曲應(yīng)該是他作品中最好的作品之一。故選D。

【10】句意：不幸的是，他于1827年3月26日孤獨(dú)地去世。

考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。passed by通過(guò)；passed along傳遞；passed away去世了；passed around到處轉(zhuǎn)悠。根據(jù)“His music will live on forever.”他的音樂(lè)將永存。以及“Unfortunately”不幸的是。可知，1827年3月26日貝多芬應(yīng)該是去世了。故選C。