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【阅读格言】
冬天已经到来，春天还会远吗？同学们，为美好的明天加油。
【语篇导读】
被老师认为缺乏音乐天赋的男孩为刚去世的母亲演奏了优美的钢琴曲，博得了观众的喝彩，赢得了老师的惊叹。欲知背后详情如何，请欣赏下文。
文章来源: 精品文摘
难度星级 ★★★ 建议做题时间 18 分钟 正确数_____
Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I__1__that students especially boys begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s__2__to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Well，Robby began with his piano lessons and from the beginning I thought it was a hopeless effort. Hard though Robby tried， he__3__the sense of tone and basic rhythm needed to excel (杰出). However, he persisted (坚持) and at the end of each weekly __4__, he would always say,“ My mum is going to hear me play some day. ”But it seemed__5__. He just didn’t have any inborn ability.
I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or __6__in her aged car to pick him up. She always __7__and smiled but never stepped in. Then one day Robby__8__coming to our lessons. He telephoned me saying his mother was__9__.
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the coming concert__10__Robby came and asked me if he could be in the concert. “Miss Hondorf ... I have just got to__11__!” he insisted.
The night for the concert came. The high school gymnasium was__12__with parents, friends and relatives. The concert went off well. __13__Robby came up on stage. I was__14__when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. I was not__15__what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so__16__that everyone rose to applaud（为……鼓掌）him. In tears I ran up on__17__. “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on__18__at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and__19__away this morning. And well... she was born deaf, so tonight was the__20__time she ever heard me play...”
1. A hope B. prefer
C. imagine D. suppose
2. A. belief B. need
C. plan D. dream
3. A. lacked B. held
C. hid D. showed
4. A. show B. meeting
C. lesson D. test
5. A. wonderful B. hopeless
C. successful D. senseless
6. A. sat B. sent
C. drove D. waited
7. A. waved B. left
C. jumped C. sang
8. A. completed B. continued
C. stopped D. broke
9. A. deaf B. sick
C. tired D. unhappy
10. A. since B. as
C. while D. when
11. A. play B. learn
C. listen D. succeed
12. A. mixed B. surrounded
C. crowded D. seated
13. A. Suddenly B. Finally
C. Later D. Then
14. A. disappointed B. certain
C. angry D. surprised
15. A. pleased with B. interested in
C. prepared for D. eager for
16. A. well B. hard
C. badly D. differently
17. A. platform B. stage
C. stairs D. floor
18. A. performing B. training
C. listening D. practicing
19. A. gave B. flied
C. passed D. walked
20. A. first B. best
C. last D. worst
答案速查：BDACB DACBD ACBDC ABDCA
【阅读格言】
冬天已经到来，春天还会远吗？同学们，为美好的明天加油。
【语篇导读】
被老师认为缺乏音乐天赋的男孩为刚去世的母亲演奏了优美的钢琴曲，博得了观众的喝彩，赢得了老师的惊叹。欲知背后详情如何，请欣赏下文。
文章来源: 精品文摘
难度星级 ★★★ 建议做题时间 18 分钟 正确数_____
Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I__1__that students especially boys begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s__2__to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Well，Robby began with his piano lessons and from the beginning I thought it was a hopeless effort. Hard though Robby tried， he__3__the sense of tone and basic rhythm needed to excel (杰出). However, he persisted (坚持) and at the end of each weekly __4__, he would always say,“ My mum is going to hear me play some day. ”But it seemed__5__. He just didn’t have any inborn ability.
I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or __6__in her aged car to pick him up. She always __7__and smiled but never stepped in. Then one day Robby__8__coming to our lessons. He telephoned me saying his mother was__9__.
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the coming concert__10__Robby came and asked me if he could be in the concert. “Miss Hondorf ... I have just got to__11__!” he insisted.
The night for the concert came. The high school gymnasium was__12__with parents, friends and relatives. The concert went off well. __13__Robby came up on stage. I was__14__when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. I was not__15__what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so__16__that everyone rose to applaud（为……鼓掌）him. In tears I ran up on__17__. “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on__18__at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and__19__away this morning. And well... she was born deaf, so tonight was the__20__time she ever heard me play...”
1. A hope B. prefer
C. imagine D. suppose
2. A. belief B. need
C. plan D. dream
3. A. lacked B. held
C. hid D. showed
4. A. show B. meeting
C. lesson D. test
5. A. wonderful B. hopeless
C. successful D. senseless
6. A. sat B. sent
C. drove D. waited
7. A. waved B. left
C. jumped C. sang
8. A. completed B. continued
C. stopped D. broke
9. A. deaf B. sick
C. tired D. unhappy
10. A. since B. as
C. while D. when
11. A. play B. learn
C. listen D. succeed
12. A. mixed B. surrounded
C. crowded D. seated
13. A. Suddenly B. Finally
C. Later D. Then
14. A. disappointed B. certain
C. angry D. surprised
15. A. pleased with B. interested in
C. prepared for D. eager for
16. A. well B. hard
C. badly D. differently
17. A. platform B. stage
C. stairs D. floor
18. A. performing B. training
C. listening D. practicing
19. A. gave B. flied
C. passed D. walked
20. A. first B. best
C. last D. worst
答案速查：BDACB DACBD ACBDC ABDCA