Question

    When four-year-old Derek Paravicini heard the sound of the piano, he ran towards it. Although he was blind, he___________________ to reach the instrument. He pushed the piano player off her chair, _____________________and started to play. Adam Ockelford, a piano teacher, said, “It was_____________________. He was hitting the notes ( 音 键 ) with  his hands, his feet, his nose, even his elbows.”Paravicini _____________________ play the music he had just heard and at that  moment Ockelford___________________the boy was a genius (天才).

Paravicini was born blind and autistic (自闭症的) on July 26, 1979. He had great learning difficulties as a child._______________________today, he can’t count to ten, and he isn’t able to dress or feed   himself. But Paravicini has a great___________________for music.  Like Mozart, he can remember every piece of music he hears.

It_____________________when his parents gave him a plastic organ ( 风 琴 ) when he was eighteen months old. He couldn’t see the notes,___________________ he could play music on it. By the time he was four, he could play many pieces on the piano. With Ockelford’s  help, Paravicini developed  his____________________ and played his first big concert at the Barbican Hall in London, aged nine. He has performed all over Europe and the US and in 2006 he recorded his first CD.

1.A.refused B.stopped C.managed

2.A.sat down B.tried on C.put up

3.A.boring B.amazing C.relaxing

4.A.would B.could C.should

5.A.imagined B.wondered C.realized

6.A.Only B.Even C.Also

7.A.talent B.dream C.wish

8.A.grew B.failed C.started

9.A.but B.if C.or

10.A.plans B.ideas C.skills

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.C

【解析】

本文讲述了帕拉维奇尼出生在1979年7月26日，他生下来就有自闭症，小时候很多事情不能自己做，但是他像莫扎特一样，他能记住他听到的每一首音乐。他看不见音符，但他可以在上面演奏音乐。到他四岁的时候，他已经能弹很多首曲子了。在奥克福德的帮助下，九岁的帕拉维奇尼提高了自己的演奏技巧，并在伦敦巴比肯音乐厅举办了他的第一场大型音乐会。他在欧洲和美国各地都有演出，2006年他录制了自己的第一张CD。

1.句意：虽然他双目失明，他还是设法拿到了乐器。

refused拒绝；stopped停止；managed设法做到；根据“He pushed the piano player off her chair, sat down and started to play.”可知他把钢琴演奏者从椅子上推开，坐了下来，开始演奏，所以可推测出此处是他设法拿到了乐器，故选C。

2.句意：他把钢琴演奏者从椅子上推开，坐了下来，开始演奏。

sat down坐下；tried on耍弄；put up张贴；根据“He pushed the piano player off her chair”可知他把钢琴演奏者从椅子上推开，可推测出此处是他自己坐下来演奏，故选A。

3.句意：这是不可思议。

boring无聊的；amazing令人吃惊的；relaxing放松的；根据“He was hitting the notes ( 音 键 ) with his hands, his feet, his nose, even his elbows”及“Paravicini could play the music he had just heard ”可知帕拉维奇尼虽然眼盲，但是可以弹琴，让奥克福德觉得不可思议，故选B。

4.句意：帕拉维奇尼能够演奏他刚才听到的音乐。

would将；could能；should应该；根据后文“Like Mozart, he can remember every piece of music he hears.”可知此处表示帕拉维奇尼能够演奏他刚才听到的音乐，所以此处用“could”，故选B。

5.句意：那一刻奥克福德意识到这个男孩是个天才。

imagined想象；wondered想知道；realized意识到；根据“Paravicini play the music he had just heard ”可知帕拉维奇尼能够演奏他刚才听到的音乐，可推测出此处是奥克福德意识到这个男孩是个天才，故选C。

6.句意：即使在今天，他也不能数到十，也不能自己穿衣吃饭。

Only仅仅；Even甚至；Also也；根据“He had great learning difficulties as a child.”及“ he can’t count to ten, and he isn’t able to dress or feed himself.”可知他有很大的学习困难及到现在他也不能数到十，也不能自己穿衣吃饭，可推测出此处是“甚至”，故选B。

7.句意：但是帕拉维奇尼在音乐方面有很大的天赋。

talent天赋；dream梦想；wish祝愿；has a great talent for表示“在……父母有巨大天赋”，根据“Like Mozart, he can remember every piece of music he hears.”可知他像莫扎特一样，他能记住他听到的每一首音乐，所以是有天赋，故选A。

8.句意：当他18个月大的时候，他的父母开始给了他一个塑料风琴。

grew成长；failed失败；started开始；根据后面说18个月，4岁，九岁等可知此段是讲接触音乐的过程，可推测出此处是填“开始”，故选C。

9.句意：他看不见音符，但他可以在上面演奏音乐。

but但是；if如果；or或者；根据“He couldn’t see the notes,____9_____ he could play music on it.”可知两句话之间是转折关系，所以此处用“but”，故选A。

10.句意：在奥克福德的帮助下，九岁的帕拉维奇尼提高了自己的演奏技巧。

plans计划；ideas主意；skills技能；根据“played his first big concert at the Barbican Hall in London”可知在伦敦巴比肯音乐厅举办了他的第一场大型音乐会，可推测出此处是提高技能，故选C。