Question

Eight days before I turned 18, I stepped on to the stage at Brixton Academy （布里克斯顿学院）. My family had travelled miles to _______. Perhaps now they understood why I had _______ out of school after GCSHs（普通中等教育证书）.

At 15, I started a _______ with three mates. To our great joy, many people liked our performance and slowly things began to _______. Two years later, we _______ a record deal with Independiente, a famous record company. We toured with them and built up a small but _______ group of fans. At the end of 2002, a well-known rock band _______ us to play with them. My teenage dream came true: the band I looked up to seemed to _______ us.

Our first album _______ in 2003. The Observer declared it “a snapshot（快照） of one of the most important bands of their generation”. ____________, no one bought the awful thing.

Looking back, I think that was ____________. Though I’m incredibly proud of the music we ____________, we were riding a wave of hype（大肆宣传）we could never ____________. Our label quietly dropped us and play time in a band was ____________.

After I left the band, I asked my old school if I could ____________. They pleasantly welcomed me back, though I was ____________ than the other students. I worked harder than ever and ended up at Oxford University.

The band had ____________ everything. It took me out of Bolton and around the world. I ____________ that with a little luck and a lot of hard work, anything can happen. Now 1 often tell my ____________ life to my students. And when they tell me their dreams, I will ____________ them. After all, if I managed to make it that far, why shouldn’t they?

1.A. stop    B. watch    C. loneliness    D. misery

2.A. taken    B. let    C. run    D. dropped

3.A. band    B. company    C. tour    D. school

4.A. take place    B. go wrong    C. pick up    D. show up

5.A. cancelled    B. signed    C. broke    D. shared

6.A. devoted    B. ambitious    C. honest    D. optimistic

7.A. caused    B. applied    C. invited    D. ordered

8.A. know of    B. approve of    C. hear of    D. talk of

9.A. published    B. failed    C. struggled    D. released

10.A. Eventually    B. Exactly    C. Unfortunately    D. Actually

11.A. right    B. responsible    C. cruel    D. foolish

12.A. produced    B. wrote    C. enjoyed    D. shared

13.A. dream about    B. live up to    C. think about    D. put up with

14.A. on    B. back    C. over    D. up

15.A. succeed    B. return    C. resign    D. help

16.A. younger    B. cleverer    C. older    D. slower

17.A. changed    B. took    C. ruined    D. made

18.A. promised    B. doubted    C. hoped    D. learned

19.A. present    B. intelligent    C. easy    D. previous

20.A. congratulate    B. encourage    C. forgive    D. praise

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己辍学，组建乐队，重返学校，考上大学的亲身经历，告诉我们只要运气好，工作努力，任何事情都有可能发生。

1.考查名词。A. stop停止；B. watch看望；C. loneliness孤独；D. misery痛苦。我去了布里克斯顿学院，家人们去很远的地方看我。因为离家远，故选B。

2.考查动词。A. taken拿，带；B. let让；C. run跑；D. dropped辍学。此处指家人们可能现在才明白我辍学的原因。drop out of school辍学，失学，故选D。

3.考查名词。A. band乐队；B. company公司；C. tour旅游；D. school学校。15岁时我和三个伙伴组建了一个乐队，下文our performance, Our first album, one of the most important bands等信息给了提示，故选A。

4.考查动词短语。A. take place发生；B. go wrong出毛病；C. pick up获得，好转；D. show up揭露。此处指许多人喜欢我们的表演，事情开始好转。此处指“好转”，故选C。

5.考查动词。A. cancelled取消；B. signed签约，署名；C. broke打破；D. shared共享。此处指和著名唱片公司签约，故选B。

6.考查形容词。A. devoted忠诚的；B. ambitious有雄心的；C. honest诚实的；D. optimistic乐观的。此处指和唱片公司巡回演出后，我们拥有了一小批忠诚的粉丝。指忠诚的粉丝，故选A。

7.考查动词。A. caused引起；B. applied应用；C. invited邀请；D. ordered命令。2002年一个著名的摇滚乐队邀请我们一起去演出。表示邀请，故选C。

8.考查动词短语。A. know of了解；B. approve of赞成，认可；C. hear of听说；D. talk of谈论。此处指通过演出这个乐队似乎很认可我们。故选B。

9.考查动词。A. published出版；B. failed失败；C. struggled奋斗；D. released发布。2003年我们的第一张专辑发布。注意不能用publish，publish则一般指著作、小说等由出版商印刷成文，变为可阅读的纸面东西，汉语意思是“出版”。release可用于新专辑、新影片、新软件、新闻等的发表、发布，它的汉语意思也倾向于“发表、发布”，这里是唱片发布，故用release更合适。故选D。

10.考查副词。A. Eventually最后；B. Exactly恰好地；C. Unfortunately不幸地；D. Actually实际上。The Observer称这个专辑是这一代最重要的乐队的一个快照，不幸的是这个专辑卖得不好。表示前后意思转折，故选C。

11.考查形容词。A. right正确的；B. responsible负责的；C. cruel残忍的；D. foolish愚蠢的。现在回想起来我认为那是正确的，指卖得不好是对的。下文Our label quietly dropped us and ray time in a band was ___14___.是其原因，故选A。

12.考查动词。A. produced创作；B. wrote写；C. enjoyed享受；D. shared共享。我们对自己创作的音乐非常自豪，指创作的专辑，故选A。

13.考查动词短语。A. dream about梦想；B. live up to做到，实践；C. think about考虑；D. put up with忍受。我们大肆宣传了我们没有做到的事情，故选B。

14.考查副词。A. on向前地；B. back向后地；C. over结束；D. up向上。此处指我们在乐队表演的时间结束了，下文I left the band与之呼应，故选C。

15.考查动词。A. succeed成功；B. return返回；C. resign辞职；D. help帮助。根据my old school可知，是返回母校询问是否能重回学校，表示重新返回，故选B。

16.考查形容词。A. younger较年轻的；B. cleverer更聪明的；C. older年长的；D. slower较慢的。因为是2年前辍学，所以重返学校比其他学生年龄大，故选C。

17.考查动词。A. changed改变；B. took拿，取；C. ruined毁灭；D. made做。此处指乐队的经历改变了我的一切，它使我离开学校去世界各地。故选A。

18.考查动词。A. promised答应；B. doubted怀疑；C. hoped希望；D. learned得知，认识到。我认识到只要运气好，工作努力，任何事情都有可能发生。表示认识到，故选D。

19.考查形容词。A. present现在的；B. intelligent聪明的；C. easy容易的；D. previous以前的。我现在经常告诉学生们我以前的生活，以前的经历。故选D。

20.考查动词。A. congratulate祝贺；B. encourage鼓励；C. forgive原谅；D. praise赞扬。当学生们告诉我他们的梦想时，我会鼓励他们。指鼓励他们去实现梦想，故选B。