Question

【題目】任務(wù)型閱讀

George Dennehy was born with no arms. He never dreamed he would become a musician. But that is what he has become. He was born in Romania. And because of his poor condition, his parents sent him to an orphanage (孤兒院), where George was adopted (領(lǐng)養(yǎng)) by a family in America.

Early on, George’s parents saw musical abilities in him. “When I was 8 years old, my mum took me to have cello (大提琴) lessons,” he said. Though he didn’t really enjoy it, he seldom missed any lessons.

His first teacher helped him be able to play with his feet. Soon he was very good at it. At the beginning of high school, when the cello became “not so cool” to play, George began to play the guitar. “It was a lucky thing to learn the cello first,” he said. This made playing the guitar not so hard.

Playing music hasn’t been an easy road. He was shy at first. “I did face different challenges and didn’t know if I was going to make something of myself,” he said. But these doubts didn’t stop him. Every time he got on stage to play music, he could see how the audience (觀眾) admired his abilities. This gave him confidence and encouraged him to continue his career.

George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome (克服). “No matter what situation you’re in, anything is possible. It is so easy to give up sometimes, but we shouldn’t do that. We believe there is more that is meaningful for us,” he said.

Early years	George Dennehy was born【1】 arms. He was sent to an orphanage. A US family adopted him.
Learning to play the cello	His musical abilities were【2】 by his parents and they sent him to learn cello lessons. He seldom missed any lessons, 【3】 he didn’t really enjoy it. He learnt to play with his【4】 .
Learning to play the guitar	George started playing the guitar soon after he entered high school. His experience of learning the cello made learning the guitar 【5】 .
The【6】_ road of playing music	He used to be shy and had to face challenges and had many doubts. Being admired by the audience made him 【7】 in himself and encouraged him.
His thoughts of being 【8】_____	Being able to overcome is the 【9】 of his success. Nothing is 【10】 even if one is in bad situation.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】without

【2】discovered/seen

【3】though/although

【4】feet

【5】easier

【6】difficult/hard

【7】confident

【8】successful

【9】secret

【10】impossible

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：喬治丹尼希一出生就沒有手臂。早期，他從來沒有想到他會(huì)成為一個(gè)音樂家，喬治的父母看到他有音樂天賦。在他八歲時(shí)，媽媽帶他去學(xué)習(xí)大提琴，盡管他并不真的喜歡它，他很少耽誤一節(jié)課。在高中時(shí)，喬治開始彈吉他。每次他在舞臺(tái)上演奏音樂，他看到觀眾稱贊他的能力，這給了他信心和鼓勵(lì)他繼續(xù)他的職業(yè)生涯。喬治說他成功的秘訣是能夠克服困難。

【1】根據(jù)短文開頭George Dennehy was born with no arms.可知喬治一出生就沒有胳膊，所以填寫without，無。

【2】根據(jù)第二段中Early on, George’s parents saw musical abilities in him.可知喬治的父母發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的音樂天賦，所以填寫discovered/seen，發(fā)現(xiàn)。

【3】根據(jù)第二段中though he didn’t really enjoy it, he seldom missed any lessons.可知雖然喬治起初并沒有太大的興趣，但從未耽誤一節(jié)課，所以填寫though或although，雖然，盡管。

【4】根據(jù)第三段中His first teacher helped him be able to play with his feet.可知喬治開始用腳拉大提琴，所以填寫feet，腳。

【5】根據(jù)第三段中George began to play the guitar. “It was a lucky thing to learn the cello first,” he said. This made playing the guitar not so hard.可知由于喬治學(xué)過拉大提琴，所以彈吉他對(duì)他來說很簡單，所以填寫easier，較容易。

【6】根據(jù)第四段中Playing music hasn’t been an easy road.可知演奏這條路對(duì)喬治來說并不簡單，起初他很害羞，所以填寫hard或difficult，困難的。

【7】根據(jù)第四段中Every time he got on stage to play music, he could see how the audience (觀眾) admired his abilities. This gave him confidence and encouraged him to continue his career.可知觀眾的認(rèn)可對(duì)喬治是莫大的激勵(lì)，增強(qiáng)了他的自信心，所以填寫confiden，自信。

【8】根據(jù)第五段中George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome 可知這是喬治成功的秘訣，也是他的一些想法，所以填寫successful，成功的。

【9】根據(jù)第五段中George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome (克服).可知喬治的成功秘訣，所以填寫secret，秘訣。

【10】根據(jù)最后一段中No matter what situation you’re in, anything is possible.可知無論情況怎樣，沒有事情不可能，所以填寫impossible，不可能的。