Question

My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I ____ up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was ________. Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to ____ whether I had done perfectly. Then, ____ , the applause (掌声) came.

“Thank you… so much,” I said, _____ to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me. “You’ve been an ____ student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop ______.”

I leaned forward, ____ I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.

As it ______, the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped. Right after the_____, I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day. ____, it began slipping away from me. The reason I had stopped taking ____ was because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was ____ not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was ______ inside of me I was empty inside.

One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.

“Are you ____ taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.

“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.

“That’s a ____,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was ____.”

Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a ____ what to do. I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew ____ what I was doing.

As the music ____, a familiar feeling rose inside me.

1.A. showed    B. sat    C. stood    D. looked

2.A. light    B. quiet    C. colorful    D. nervous

3.A. expect    B. remind    C. know    D. doubt

4.A. immediately    B. successfully    C. hopefully    D. suddenly

5.A. turning    B. waving    C. running    D. pointing

6.A. easy-going    B. imaginative    C. amazing    D. honest

7.A. practicing    B. learning    C. competing    D. gaining

8.A. telling    B. promising    C. admitting    D. speaking

9.A. carried on    B. brought up    C. turned out    D. taken in

10.A. performance    B. final    C. presentation    D. play

11.A. Soon    B. Besides    C. Thus    D. Instead

12.A. lectures    B. parts    C. lessons    D. pieces

13.A. disappointing    B. pleasing    C. inspiring    D. puzzling

14.A. beating    B. rising    C. changing    D. shinning

15.A. still    B. even    C. much    D. yet

16.A. shame    B. relief    C. pleasure    D. deal

17.A. challenging    B. breathtaking    C. demanding    D. embarrassing

18.A. time    B. heart    C. dream     D. loss

19.A. normally    B. exactly    C. unclearly    D. badly

20.A. ended    B. hit    C. covered    D. spread

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。写了我由一个表演开始，答应老师好好练习钢琴，可最后却因为课业繁重而放弃，最后又捡起这种感觉来。

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5. to the person standing on my other side．谢谢你，我对指向我旁边的人，因为我是在表演，所以只能指向我的老师，选D。

6. student all these years你是我学生中最令人吃惊的，所以选C。

7. .”我希望不管做什么你不会停止练习，因为我是弹钢琴，所以需要练习，所以选A。

8. I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.我承诺我会一直弹琴，因为我爱钢琴，然后拥抱她，因为老师希望她继续练习，所以我是承诺，所以选B。

9. , the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped随着这个承诺的产生，它不像我想象的那么有意义，所以选C。

10. , I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day.在表演以后，我严格按照时间表，每天练习，选A。

11. , it began slipping away from me.很快，我就渐渐松弛了，所以选A。

12. was because of my busy schedule with homework我停止课程的原因是我繁重的作业，所以选C。

13. not to have to stress about piano anymore.不在有钢琴的压力，是非常愉快的，所以选B。

14. inside of me．I was empty inside.但是有些东西在我体内改变了，我变得空虚了，因为她不再练钢琴，所以应该是改变了，所以选C。

15. taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.你还在上课吗？由时态可知是现在时，所以选A。

16. ,” she responded, 真遗憾，由后文可知这是遗憾的，故选A。

17. .我记得你一年前的表演，是令人激动的，所以选B。

18. what to do．我感觉失去了想要做的事，故选D。

19. what I was doing但是事实上我十分清楚我做了什么，故选B。

20. , a familiar feeling rose inside me.随着音乐的散布开来，一种熟悉的感觉在我体内产生，选D。