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【題目】Marianne, a schoolgirl, was learning to play the piano and day after day her father stood behind her as she practiced. How and kind her father was，and how cleverly he showed Marianne how to play some particularly difficult pieces ！ She was making and that was excellent.

And there, almost in the big chair, sat Wolfgang, her 4-year-old brother, who never had to be told to keep when Marianne was practicing. One evening the father patted Marianne on the shoulder， she had done remarkably well. At the moment, Wolfgang climbed on his father's knee and to be allowed to play the pretty piece Marianne has now What a that was! his baby son, the father laughed，tapped the tiny nose and said, “ Look at your small . Why, you cannot reach the yet. You must , young man ！”

was no end of fun during dinner，and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang to play one of the classics. After dinner Marianne helped clear away the dishes when the father lit his pipe.

But the went out. He was on his feet. “ Listen！” he said in a( n) voice. ” Listen ！ Marianne is playing piece much better than ever,"he added. But Marianne was washing pots in the kitchen. His wife , he walked quietly upstairs. The lamp in one hand, his pipe in the other, he pushed the door open, and was little Wolfgang playing in the darkness. “ I love it so. ” the child. It was the beginning of Mozart's life of music.

【1】A. patient B. well C. good D. careful

【2】A. believe B. time C. progress D. sure

【3】A. disappeared B. seen C. found D. played

【4】A. warm B. clean C. quiet D. temper

【5】A. speaking B. saying C. telling D. finding

【6】A. begged B. asked C. requested D. demanded

【7】A. finished B. played C. mastered D. practiced

【8】A. fun B. good C. joke D. surprise

【9】A. Looked at B. Picking up C. Looking at D. Picked up

【10】A. baby B. nose C. fingers D. hands

【11】A. piano B. chair C. keys D. knee

【12】A. grow B. wait C. go D. leave

【13】A. It B. This C. There D. That

【14】A. wanting B. speaking C. dreaming D. thinking

【15】A. tea B. pipe C. song D. piece

【16】A. astonishing B. frightening C. embarrassing D. amusing

【17】A. a B. one C. that D. such

【18】A. entering B. coming C. going D. following

【19】A. it B. there C. here D. this

【20】A. shouting B. shouted C. whispered D. whispering

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】C

【8】C

【9】B

【10】D

【11】C

【12】B

【13】C

【14】A

【15】B

【16】A

【17】C

【18】D

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】

【1】根據(jù)父親天天陪她練琴和kind 一詞可知此處是在感嘆父親的耐心。

【2】根據(jù)后文信息that was excellent可知她不斷進步。make progress取得進步。

【3】此處意思是說小，幾乎消失在那把大椅子里。

【4】當姐姐練琴時，不需要告訴他要保持安靜，不要做聲。keep quiet保持安靜。

【5】say后接說話內(nèi)容，此處是說父親對姐姐的演奏大加表揚。

【6】用beg表示小莫扎特的懇求，他也要演奏姐姐的曲目。

【7】master特指掌握、精通。

【8】在父親眼里，小莫扎特的請求是莫大的玩笑。fun是不可數(shù)名詞，故用joke。

【9】pick up有很多含義，基本意思是拾起，在此處引申為“抱起”。Picking up. . . 作伴隨狀語。

【10】根據(jù)常識彈鋼琴要用手，而且由后面的reach可知。

【11】key在此處指琴鍵。

【12】由上下文語境可知，父親讓他等長大以后再說。

【13】there be結(jié)構(gòu)。在此期間充滿了無盡的歡樂。

【14】want to do sth. 想要干某事。此處指莫扎特要彈鋼琴這件事。

【15】根據(jù)前一段最后一句. . . when the father lit his pipe. 可知此處是說pipe。

【16】astonishing吃驚的。

【17】此處that特指上述彈的曲子，相當于the。

【18】獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)作狀語，follow跟隨。

【19】考查倒裝句而非強調(diào)句，there位于句首，且主語為名詞，因此要完全倒裝。

【20】whisper小聲說，shout叫嚷。