Question

What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right?Perhaps you don’t even try any more because you think what you do is not_______enough.

Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time,_______whatever it is that we work so hard doing.it seems that there is_______someone else who can do it much better.

I have always enjoyed music and it is_______to me that every musician has a_______of their own.My father_______several instruments and when he played with other people，it was not difficult to_______his sound in a group.Whether it was guitar or another instrument,he had his own_______sound.

I_______read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student,“____________ else can make the sound that you make.”“The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is to say which is____________?It is said that，“____________is in the eye of the beholder(观看者).”Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is“in the ear of the____________”.

Every person has a different tone of voice that____________ only to them,____________ we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of____________that is unique to them.Perhaps it is not the sound of your music or your voice at all.It ____________be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.

Each person has a(an)____________on the world in some way.Someone else can do what you do，but they cannot do it____________ the same way that you do it.The next time you feel____________, remember Nobody else can make the sound that you make.”

1.A. easy    B. good    C. simple    D. hard

2.A. because    B. although    C. when    D. if

3.A. seldom    B. always    C. never    D. merely

4.A. satisfying    B. frustration    C. worrying    D. interesting

5.A. taste    B. sound    C. life    D. song

6.A. play    B. designed    C. created    D. checked

7.A. turn down    B. let out    C. pick out    D. give off

8.A. loud    B. powerful    C. pick out    D. special

9.A. once    B. yet    C. even    D. still

10.A. Anybody    B. Somebody    C. Nobody    D. Everybody

11.A. bigger    B. better    C. deeper    D. lower

12.A. Beauty    B. better    C. deeper    D. lower

13.A. speaker    B. receiver    C. listener    D. looker

14.A. devotes    B. adds    C. adapts    D. belongs

15.A. but    B. yet    C. and    D. for

16.A. hesitating    B. spreading    C. jumping    D. speaking

17.A. must    B. might    C. would    D. should

18.A. choice    B. opinion    C. advantage    D. effect

19.A. exactly    B. skillfully    C. cautiously    D. seriously

20.A. annoyed    B. puzzled    C. discouraged    D. bothered

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇哲理感悟类阅读。文章主要讲了也许你气馁了，因为无论我们多么辛苦地工作，好像总有别人比我们做得更好。其实，我们每个人都有自己独特的声音，与众不同之处，正如我的父亲能演奏出特别的音乐一样。

1.考查形容词辨析。句意：也许你不再努力，因为你认为你做的不够好。A. easy容易的；B. good好的；C. simple简单的；D. hard困难的，故选B。

2.考查连词辨析。句意：气馁似乎跟随着我们很长时间，因为无论我们多么辛苦地工作，好像总是有别人比我们做得更好。A. because因为；B. although尽管；C. when当…时；D. if如果，故选A。

3.考查副词辨析。句意：气馁似乎跟随着我们很长时间，因为无论我们多么辛苦地工作，好像总是有别人比我们做得更好。A. seldom很少；B. always总是；C. never决不；D. merely仅仅，故选B。

4.考查形容词辨析。根据I have always enjoyed music可知每个音乐人都有自己独特的声音，我觉得很有意思。A. satisfying令人满意的；B. frustration挫折；C. worrying担心；D. interesting有趣的，故选D。

5.考查名词辨析。句意：每个音乐人都有自己独特的声音，我觉得很有意思。A. taste品味； B. sound声音；C. life生活；D. song歌曲，故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。根据and when he played with other people可知我父亲演奏过几个乐器。A. play演奏；B. designed设计；C. created创造；D. checked检查，故选A。

7.考查动词短语辨析。上文说每个音乐家都有自己独特的声音，由此推断出在一片音乐声中不难辨别出他的声音。A. turn down调低；B. let out放出；C. pick out辨认出；D. give off发出，故选C。

8.考查形容词辨析。句意：无论是吉他还是其他乐器，它都有自己独特的声音。A. loud大声的；B. powerful强大的；C. pick out挑选出；D. special特殊的，故选D。

9.考查副词辨析。句意：我曾经读过一篇关于一位音乐教师评价一个气馁的学生的文章。A. once曾经；B. yet然而；C. even甚至；D. still仍然，故选A。

10.考查代词。句意：没有人能制造出你创造出的声音。A. Anybody任何人；B. Somebody有人；C. Nobody没有人；D. Everybody每个人，故选C。

11.考查形容词辨析。句意：你创造的声音可能和某人创造的声音不同，但是谁能说谁的更好呢。A．bigger更大；B．better更好；C．deeper更深；D．lower更低，故选B。

12.考查名词辨析。句意：据说，美在观看者的眼里。A. Beauty美丽；B. better更好；C. deeper更深；D. lower更低，故选A。

13.考查名词辨析。句意：也许可以说，令人愉快的声音是在听众的耳朵里了。A. speaker演讲者；B. receiver接受者；C. listener听众；D. looker观看者，故选C。

14.考查动词辨析。句意：每个人都有只是属于他们自己的不同音调。A. devotes致力于； B. adds增加；C. adapts适应；D. belongs属于，故选D。

15.考查连词辨析。句意：并且，我们知道每个人都有着令人难忘的笑声或者独特的说话方式。A. but但是；B. yet 然而；C. and并且；D. for为了，故选C。

16.考查动名词辨析。句意：并且，我们知道每个人都有着令人难忘的笑声或者独特的说话方式。A. hesitating犹豫；B. spreading传播；C. jumping跳；D. speaking说话，故选D。

17.考查情态动词辨析。句意：它可能是你吹口哨的声音或者脚步声。A. must必须；B. might可能；C. would将会；D. should应该，故选B。

18.考查名词辨析。句意：每个人在某一方面对这个世界都有着影响。A. choice选择；B. opinion观点；C. advantage优势；D. effect影响，故选D。

19.考查副词辨析。句意：别人能做你做的事，但是他们做事的方式和你不完全相同。A. exactly完全地；B. skillfully巧妙地；C. cautiously小心地；D. seriously认真地，故选A。

20.考查形容词辨析。句意：下一次，当你感到气馁时，记住没人可以制造你制造的声音。A. annoyed恼怒的；B. puzzled困惑的；C. discouraged气馁的；D. bothered烦恼的，故选C。