Module 4 Music
Ⅰ.完形填空导学号 58082641
From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _1.C__ I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _2.A__ ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he'd shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _3.D__ about building self－confidence and working towards a _4.A__.
So it was with really great _5.B__ that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and _6.C__ my 68－year－old father sweating in his shirt _7.D__ rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn't _8.B__ lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _9.A__ too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn't _10.C__ there. When he retired three years ago, he _11.D__ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he _12.B__ stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the _13.C__？ I worried, remembering those split seconds _14.A__ ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _15.B__. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _16.A__ fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I _17.B__ he had been doing what music teachers always stress: _18.D__ the music and pretend the others aren't there.
“I'm _19.D__ of him for starting something new at his age，” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so_20.C__，” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30－plus years ago.
文章大意：我从小学二年级的时候就对每年一次钢琴独奏会感到害怕，但是在父亲所谓的“树立自信心及朝着目标而努力”的督促之下，我一次也没有漏过。多年后，当68岁的父亲坐在钢琴前，成功地完成了他的第一次钢琴独奏会的时候，他用行动向我诠释了勇气和意志。
1．A.reflected C．meant
B．explained D．proved
[解析] 本句解释我不喜欢每年一次的钢琴独奏会的原因，是因为独奏会意味着要练习枯燥无味的曲子，并且还要在陌生人面前表演。mean“意味着”，符合语境。reflect“反映”；explain“解释”； prove“证明”。
2．A.would C．might
B．could D．should
[解析] 根据下一句中的“And each year he'd shake his head...”可知，此处表示每一年我都会向父亲提出这样的请求。would 可以表示“过去经常干某事”。
3．A.nothing C．anything
B．everything D．something
[解析] 每一次当我提出要开溜的时候，父亲总是说一些关于树立自信心的话。 4．A.goal
B．stage C．journey D．chance
[解析] 根据前面的building self－confidence可知，父亲认为参加每年一次的钢琴独奏会就是在朝着人生的目标努力。goal“目标”。
5．A.trouble C．strength
B．satisfaction D．disappointment
[解析] 根据上文语境可知，我小的时候每年都要在父亲的督促之下不得不参加钢琴独奏会，而现在父亲正在参加他的第一次钢琴独奏会，因为紧张而汗湿衣衫，所以我感到“幸灾乐祸”。satisfaction“满意”，符合语境。trouble“麻烦”；strength“力量；力气”；disappointment“失望”。
6．A.kept C．watched
B．sent D．felt
[解析] 根据video camera in hand 及下文语境可知，父亲要表演弹钢琴，而我手里拿着相机在观看父亲的表演。
7．A.through C．against
B．from D．before
[解析] 考查介词的辨析。根据下文的“For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard”及空格后的rise“站立”可知，父亲在表演前就已经汗湿衣衫了。
8．A.miss C．select
B．afford D．understand
[解析] 根据but his family was poor 可知，尽管父亲从小就渴望学习音乐，但是因为家里太穷了，根本负担不起学习的费用。afford“担负得起；买得起”，常与can 或could连用。miss“错过”； select“挑选”；understand“理解”。
9．A.as C．if
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B．once D．while
[解析] 根据下一句But...可知，他并没有像我们很多人那样对自己无法做到的事情感到遗憾。as“像……一样”，引导方式状语从句。
10．A.educated C．stuck
B．protected D．spoilt
[解析] 考查动词词义辨析。educate“教育”； protect“保护”； stick“陷(入)；困(于)”；spoil“惯坏；宠坏”。句意为：尽管他还是和过去一个老样子，但是他并没有陷在那儿(停滞不前)。be rooted in意为“根深蒂固的”。
11．A.allowed C．inspired
B．invited D．persuaded
[解析] 考查动词词义辨析。allow“允许”；invite“邀请”；inspire“激励；鼓励”；persuade“说服”。根据语境应该是父亲说服对方接受退休的他做学生。
12．A.roughly C．merrily
B．simply D．curiously
[解析] 根据下文中作者的担心可知，刚开始的时候父亲只是坐在那儿，低头看着自己的手指。simply“仅仅”。
13．A.words C．notes
B．videos D．lessons
[解析] 因为父亲要弹奏钢琴，所以作者担心父亲忘记音符了。note“音符；音调”。 14．A.decades C．hours
B．weeks D．moments
[解析] 根据文章第一句话及后问的I said to my son Jeff.可知，作者所回忆起的大脑一片空白的瞬间是小时候的事，而decade“十年”，正符合语境。
15．A.play C．click
B．freeze D．adjust
[解析] 几十年前我也曾经有过大脑一片空白，手指动不了的经历。freeze此处表示“停住；不动”。
16．A.same C．different
B．warm D．dirty
[解析] 耳边突然传来的优美的旋律正是来自于父亲那双曾经给我往线上装鱼饵的手。 17．A.predicted C．imagined
B．realized D．insisted
[解析] 我意识到父亲一直在用音乐老师所强调的方法。 18．A.pass over B．turn up C．bring in D．concentrate on
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