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完形填空 For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all

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 the music students,____76____ across the campus with their heavy instrument cases,____77____at school for practice hours ____78____ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to ____79____ music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

However, one day, in the music class that was ____80____ of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly (随意地) on the piano and found it ____81____ to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ____82____ doing it. He tried to hide his ____83____ pleasure from the music teacher, who had wandered over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, because the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good ____84____ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ____85____ him. There he decided to give the cello (大提琴) a chance. When he began practicing, he took it very ____86____ . But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ____87____ to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This ____88____ , of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning,____89____ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the pitying looks of the non-musicians he had left ____90____ .

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

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

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

79.A.betray B.accept C.avoid D.remove

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

81.A.complicated B.secure C.confusing D.easy

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

83.A.transparent B.apparent C.false D.similar

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

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

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

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

88.A.proved B.demonstrated C.emphasized D.meant

89.A.pushing B.dragging C.lifting D.taking

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

76.D

77.D

78.A

79.C

80.A

81.D

82.C

83.B

84.A

85.C

86.C

87.A

88.D

89.B

90.C

【解析】

【导语】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了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。

76.

考查动词词义辨析。句意:在高中的头几年,Gabriel会可怜地看着那些学音乐的学生,他们拿着沉重的乐器盒艰难地穿过校园,在其他人必须到校之前就出现在学校练习了好几个小时。A. travelling旅行;B. marching进行,快步走;C. pacing踱步;D. struggling艰难地行进。根据本句中的“look pityingly at the music students”以及“their heavy instrument cases”可推断,音乐生们拿着沉重的乐器盒艰难地穿过校园。struggle“艰难地行进”,符合语境。故选D。

77.

考查动词短语辨析。句意:在高中的头几年,Gabriel会可怜地看着那些学音乐的学生,他们拿着沉重的乐器盒艰难地穿过校园,在其他人必须到校之前就出现在学校练习了好几个小时。A. rising up上升;B. coming up走近,发生;C. driving up抬高,开车赶到;D. turning up出现,发生,调大。根据后一句中的“as he hated getting to school extra early”可知,此处指在规定的到校时间之前,音乐生们就已经为了练习而出现在校园里了。turn up“出现,到来”,符合语境。故选D。

78.

考查连接词词义辨析。句意:在高中的头几年,Gabriel会可怜地看着那些学音乐的学生,他们拿着沉重的乐器盒艰难地穿过校园,在其他人必须到校之前就出现在学校练习了好几个小时。A. before在……之前;B. after在……之后;C. until到……时,直到……为止;D. since自……以来,因为,由于,既然。根据语境以及下文“as he hated getting to school extra early”可知,此处表示学音乐的学生比其他学生到校早。故选A。

79.

考查动词词义辨析。句意:他发誓不学音乐,因为他讨厌早到学校。A. betray背叛,违背;B. accept接受;C. avoid避开,避免;D. remove去除。根据本句中的“as he hated getting to school extra early”可知,他发誓避开音乐。故选C。

80.

考查名词词义辨析。句意:然而,有一天,在作为学校标准课程一部分的音乐课上,他随意地弹了一下钢琴,发现很容易就能辨认出曲调。A. part部分;B. nature自然;C. basis基础,根据;D. spirit精神,情绪。根据常识可知,音乐课是学校标准课程的一部分。故选A。

81.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意:然而,有一天,在学校标准课程一部分的音乐课上,他随意地弹了一下钢琴,发现很容易就能辨认出曲调。A. complicated复杂的;B. secure安全的;C. confusing令人困惑的;D. easy容易的。根据“he was playing idly (随意地) on the piano”和语境可知,他随意地弹了一下钢琴,发现辨认出曲调很容易。故选D。

82.

考查动词词义辨析。句意:带着一种低落的感觉,他意识到他其实很喜欢弹钢琴。A. missed错过,思念;B. disliked不喜欢,厌恶;C. enjoyed欣赏,喜欢;D. denied否认,拒绝。根据后句中的“pleasure”可知,他意识到他其实喜欢弹钢琴。enjoy“喜爱”,符合语境。故选C。

83.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他试图在音乐老师面前隐藏自己明显的快乐,而音乐老师正徘徊在一旁听着。A. transparent透明的,清楚易懂的;B. apparent明显的;C. false错误的,不真实的;D. similar相似的。根据上句和hide可知,他意识到自己其实喜欢弹钢琴;由此可推断,他试图在音乐老师面前把他明显的喜悦之情隐藏起来。故选B。

84.

考查名词词义辨析。句意:他可能做得不是特别好,因为老师告诉Gabriel他的辨音能力很好,并建议他到乐器室去看看有没有喜欢的乐器。A. ear耳朵,听力;B. taste味道,品味;C. heart心;D. voice嗓音,声音。根据上文叙述的Gabriel认为辨认曲调很容易,而辨认曲调是通过耳朵做到的,此处指老师夸他辨音能力好。ear“辨音能力,听力”,符合语境。故选A。

85.

考查动词短语辨析。句意:他可能做得不是特别好,因为老师告诉Gabriel他的辨音能力很好,并建议他到乐器室去看看有没有喜欢的乐器。A. occurred to想起,发生;B. took to开始从事;C. appealed to吸引,上诉,要求;D. held to坚持。根据上下文语境可推知,老师认为他的辨音能力很好,所以建议Gabriel去乐器室看看有没有什么乐器能吸引他。appeal to“吸引”,符合语境。故选C。

86.

考查副词词义辨析。句意:当他开始练习时,他非常随意。A. seriously严肃地,认真地;B. proudly骄傲地;C. casually随意地;D. naturally自然地。根据后句中的“But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument”可推知, Gabriel一开始并没有很认真,只是很随意地练习拉琴。casually“随意地”,符合语境。故选C。

87.

考查动词词义辨析。句意:但他很快发现自己喜欢演奏这种乐器,并致力于练习它,所以几个月后他就弹得相当好了。A. committed投入,承诺,委托;B. used使用,利用;C. limited限制;D. admitted承认。根据本句中的“so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well”可知, Gabriel应该是练习得很投入,才能在几个月内演奏得非常好。be committed to“致力于”,符合语境。be used to“习惯于”;be limited to“局限于”;be admitted to“获准”,均不符合语境。故选A。

88.

考查动词词义辨析。句意:当然,这意味着他一大早就赶到学校,拖着沉重的乐器盒穿过校园,看到了那些不学音乐的学生们露出的他以前也曾经有过的同情。A. proved证明;B. demonstrated表明;C. emphasized强调;D. meant意味,打算。根据语境可知,Gabriel选择学习音乐,这意味着他早上要很早到学校。mean“意味着”,符合语境。故选D。

89.

考查动词词义辨析。句意:当然,这意味着他一大早就赶到学校,拖着沉重的乐器盒穿过校园,看到了那些不学音乐的学生们露出的他以前也曾经有过的同情。A. pushing推;B. dragging拖,拽;C. lifting举起,抬起;D. taking带走。根据第一段中的"with their heavy instrument"并结合语境可知,Gabriel选择学音乐就得拖着沉重的乐器盒穿过校园。drag“拖(拉)某物,拖拽”,符合语境。故选B。

90.

考查副词词义辨析。句意:当然,这意味着他一大早就赶到学校,拖着沉重的乐器盒穿过校园,看到了那些不学音乐的学生们露出的他以前也曾经有过的同情。A. over倒下,翻转;B. aside在旁边;C. behind落在后面;D. out向外。根据全文内容可知,Gabriel由一开始同情学音乐的学生,到自己开始学音乐,也看到了其他不学音乐的学生对自己的同情,由此可知,这种同情是Gabriel以前有过的。leave behind意为“留下,遗留”,符合语境。leave over意为“剩 下”,leave aside意为“搁置”,leave out意为“遗漏,忽略”,均不符合语境。故选C。

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