Question

For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, ______ across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, ______ at school for practice hours ______ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to______music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

______, one day, in the music class that was ______ of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly（随意地） on the piano and found it ______ to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ______ doing it. He tried to hide his ______ pleasure from the music teacher, who had ______ over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ______ the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good______ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ______ him. There he decided to give the cello（大提琴） a ______. When he began practicing, he took it very ______. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ______ to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This ______, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ______ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ______ looks of the non-musicians he had left______.

1.A. travelling    B. marching    C. pacing    D. struggling

2.A. rising up    B. coming up    C. driving up    D. turning up

3.A. before    B. after    C. until    D. since

4.A. betray    B. accept    C. avoid    D. appreciate

5.A. Therefore    B. However    C. Thus    D. Moreover

6.A. part    B. nature    C. basis    D. spirit

7.A. complicate    B. safe    C. confusing    D. easy

8.A. missed    B. disliked    C. enjoyed    D. denied

9.A. transparent    B. obvious    C. false    D. similar

10.A. run    B. jogged    C. jumped    D. wandered

11.A. because    B. but    C. though    D. so

12.A. ear    B. taste    C. heart    D. voice

13.A. occurred to    B. took to    C. appealed to    D. held to

14.A. change    B. chance    C. mission    D. function

15.A. seriously    B. proudly    C. casually    D. naturally

16.A. committed    B. used    C. limited    D. admitted

17.A. proved    B. showed    C. stressed    D. meant

18.A. pushing    B. dragging    C. lifting    D. rushing

19.A. admiring    B. pitying    C. annoying    D. teasing

20.A. over    B. aside    C. behind    D. out

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述Gabriel看到学音乐的学生拿着重重的音乐器材穿过校园，早上早练好几个小时，便不想学习音乐；然而，一天他不经意地弹奏，发现他喜欢弹奏。因此他开始经历了那些学音乐的学生的历程。

1.根据“with their heavy instrument cases”可知，每天上学的时候，Gabriel总是同情地看着背着沉重的乐器的同学们艰难地穿梭于校园中，struggle努力，艰难地行进，斗争，符合语境。

2.根据“ __37__at school for practice hours __38__ anyone else”可知，学习音乐的同学需要比不学音乐的早到学校几个小时，为了练习弹奏乐器，turn up原意“调高(音量)”，在此意为“出现”，符合语境。

3.“anyone else”指不学音乐的学生，学习音乐的要比规定的到校时间早到几个小时，before anyone else had to be there比规定的到校时间早几个小时。这也是Gabriel不想学习音乐的原因之一。

4.本题需要结合语境进行选择。根据“as he hated getting to school extra early”可知，Gabriel讨厌过早到校，因此他对自己发誓“不学”音乐，A背叛；B接受；C避免，避开；D欣赏。注意单词在文章中的灵活翻译，只有C项符合语境。

5.考查段落的衔接。本段讲Gabriel在一次音乐课上意外发现自己很喜欢音乐，与上一段是转折关系，故选B。

6.考查名词辨析和句意理解。that was __41__of his school’s standard curriculum是定语从句，音乐课是学校的标准课程的一部分，言外之意就是说，每个学生都得上这个音乐课。

7.D根据语境可知，他正在随意地弹钢琴，发现很容易辨认出曲调。easy容易的，符合语境。complicated复杂的；safe安全的；confusing迷惑的。

8.C根据后面一句中的“pleasure”可知，他意识到他事实上喜欢弹钢琴。enjoy喜爱，符合语境。miss错过，想念；dislike厌恶；deny否认。

9.B根据前面一句可知，他意识到他事实上喜欢弹钢琴。由此而推断，“tried”一词说明这种喜悦是很明显被发现的。obvious明显的，符合语境。transparent透明的，坦率的；false错误的；similar相似的。

10.D根据上文中的“he was playing idly on the piano and found it easy to pick out tunes”可推断，老师走过来听。wander漫步，符合语境。run跑；jog慢跑；jump跳。

11.A根据语境可知，他可能没那么好，因为老师告诉过他，虽然有很好的品味，但还是建议他去音乐室看看是否有他适合的乐器。前后句表示因果。because因为，符合语境，故选A项；but但是；though尽管；so因此。

12.A根据上文可知，他随意弹奏就能成曲子，说明他有乐感。a good ear有好的鉴赏力，符合语境。taste味道，品味；heart心；voice声音。

13.C根据语境可知，他建议盖伯尔走进音乐商店看看有没有什么乐器能吸引他。appeal有吸引力，符合语境。occur发生；take to喜欢，开始从事；hold to坚持。

14.B根据语境可知，他决定给大提琴一个机会。chance机会，符合语境。change改变；mission任务；function功能。

15.C根据后面一句中的“But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument”可推断，开始练习时，他很随意地对待。casually随意地，符合语境。seriously严肃地，认真地；proudly自豪地；naturally自然地。

16.A根据本句中的“so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well”可知，他致力于练习，因此几个月内，他演奏得相当好。be committed to致力于，符合语境。use使用；limit限制；admit承认，允许进入。

17.D根据语境可知，这意味着他早上要早到学校，拖曳这沉重的乐器穿过校园。mean意味着，符合语境。prove证明；show显示；stress强调，使紧张。

18.B根据上题解析可知，这意味着他早上要早到学校，拖曳这沉重的乐器穿过校园。drag拖曳，符合语境。push推；lift举起；rush冲。

19.B根据文章第一段可知，他很长时间不想从事音乐，他同情地看着学音乐的学生。由此可推断，他现在看到他曾留下的非音乐学生的同情的表情。pity怜悯，同情，符合语境。admire钦佩；annoy惹恼；tease取笑。

20.C根据上题解析可知，他现在看到他曾留下的非音乐学生的同情的表情。leave behind留下，符合语境。leave over剩下；leave aside搁置；leave out遗漏，省去。