1 . From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______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 _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.1.

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

2.

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

3.

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

4.

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

5.

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

6.

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

7.

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

8.

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

9.

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

10.

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

11.

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

12.

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

13.

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

14.

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

15.

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

16.

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

17.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

18.

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

19.

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

20.

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

2 . 完型填空（共20小题；                       
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
     A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to _______. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but _______ appeared.
     Her father, a cook, took her into the _______. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some_______ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes _______ any words.
     The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and _______ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father _______ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he _______ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his _______, he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
     “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
     Her father asked her to ________ the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ________
______ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
     Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
     She asked, “What does this ________, Father?”
     He ________ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ________, but with a ________ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became ________ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.

“________ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity(不幸的事) ________ on your door, what will your ________ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”

1.

A．give in

B．give up

C．go on

D．carry on

2.

A．the other

B．the rest

C．another

D．the second

3.

A．kitchen

B．storeroom

C．backyard

D．bedroom

4.

A．potatoes

B．carrots

C．tomatoes

D．apples

5.

A．with

B．over

C．beyond

D．without

6.

A．confused

B．excited

C．surprised

D．relaxed

7.

A．turned on

B．turned down

C．turned off

D．turned out

8.

A．put

B．poured

C．flew

D．picked

9.

A．son

B．pot

C．kitchen

D．daughter

10.

A．touch

B．eat

C．smell

D．taste

11.

A．strong

B．heavy

C．light

D．soft

12.

A．Now that

B．Since then

C．After that

D．Once again

13.

A．mean

B．say

C．refer

D．think

14.

A．questioned

B．explained

C．required

D．suggested

15.

A．water

B．pot

C．stove

D．fire

16.

A．similar

B．same

C．different

D．wonderful

17.

A．hard

B．calm

C．delicious

D．broken

18.

A．What

B．Whichever

C．Whose

D．Which

19.

A．looks

B．touches

C．knocks

D．waits

20.

A．reaction

B．responsibility

C．answer

D．impression

3 . Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _______ was more manageable, I _______ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. _______ that was years ago and times have changed. _______ I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to _______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). _______ I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my _______. I decided that I would consider _______ to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was _______ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ________ to get started. And ________ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ________ use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ________, he gave me a long, thoughtful ________. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ________ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ________ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ________ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started. ”

I ________. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ________ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His ________ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.

A．loneliness

B．sadness

C．tiredness

D．sickness

2.

A．set

B．enjoyed

C．kept

D．shared

3.

A．Gladly

B．Eventually

C．Unfortunately

D．Surprisingly

4.

A．Now

B．Then

C．Sometime

D．Meanwhile

5.

A．add up to

B．make up for

C．get rid of

D．take advantage of

6.

A．If

B．As

C．Though

D．Before

7.

A．movement

B．condition

C．choices

D．positions

8.

A．reaching out

B．living up

C．getting on

D．going back

9.

A．recognized

B．interviewed

C．found

D．invited

10.

A．money

B．time

C．energy

D．knowledge

11.

A．thus

B．once

C．seldom

D．often

12.

A．actually

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．formerly

13.

A．job

B．family

C．idea

D．offer

14.

A．face

B．view

C．look

D．sight

15.

A．over

B．along

C．towards

D．through

16.

A．unhappily

B．lovingly

C．pitifully

D．gratefully

17.

A．pick

B．turn

C．role

D．step

18.

A．had to cry

B．ought to cry

C．should have cried

D．could have cried

19.

A．more

B．the ones

C．few

D．the rest

20.

A．courage

B．devotion

C．kindness

D．trust