The famous composer, Albert Roussel, didn’t have a good start in this career. However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a ______.
Roussel’s parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his ______. As a little boy, he fell in love with music and ______ himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept, _____ which there were a lot of related books. Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother’s sister decided to _____ him. Her husband was a kind man and______for young Roussel’s music lessons. One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second ______to his life—the sea. Then he studied to be a naval cadet(海军学员), but still took time to study _____.
In the French Navy, he and two friends found the time to _____a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other ____. Roussel also began composing. On Christmas day 1892, he had his first chance to _____as a composer, which turned out to be a success.
That success ______ Roussel to write a wedding march(婚礼进行曲), and one of his navy friends _____to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend _____with the manuscript(手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to _____his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long, ______, at the age of 25, Roussel decided to ______Edouard Colonne’s advice. He gave his heart and soul to his composing and ______ a major force in twentieth century French music. Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring _____, Roussel devoted his life to music, but Rousssel’s _____friend later admitted that he had made it up. He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor.
1.A. lie B. guess C. hope D. joke
2.A. aunt B. teacher C. grandfather D. neighbor
3.A. consulted B. reminded C. asked D. taught
4.A. between B. within C. before D. among
5.A. catch B. raise C. leave D. miss
6.A. paid B. looked C. waited D. applied
7.A. love B. wish C. job D. page
8.A. opera B. biology C. music D. art
9.A. make for B. deal with C. take away D. set up
10.A. professors B. teachers C. singers D. composers
11.A. produce B. study C. publish D. perform
12.A. inspired B. forbade C. wanted D. required
13.A. brought B. refused C. offered D. came
14.A. returned B. left C. ran D. went
15.A. keep to B. give up C. focus on D. begin with
16.A. therefore B. afterwards C. then D. however
17.A. change B. correct C. follow D. repeat
18.A. replaced B. improved C. grasped D. became
19.A. request B. order C. advice D. will
20.A. navy B. music C. work D. school
Can you _______ the time in English?
A. tell B. announce
C. declare D. spell
Any boy and any girl as well as the teachers who _______ to lead their class _______ asked to meet at the school gate before 6:30 in the morning.
A. is; is B. are; is
C. are; are D. is; are
A new trading agreement _______ between Holland and Denmark.
A. was drawn in B. was drawn up
C. has been made up D. had been drawn up
A government, which is responsible for society, must _______ its people how important the environmental preservation is.
A. get through B. get it over
C. get across to D. get down to
Located between the 16th and the 18th floor, ______ I call my “home” is more like a “bird’s nest”.
A. which B. that
C. what D. where
