Question

(2016江苏盐城) One night in November, Itzhak Perlman gave a concert in a theatre. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that becoming a violinist is not a small _________ for him. He had to walk _________ the help of two walking sticks as a result of the disease he caught as a child.

People sat _______while he made his way to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went_________. Just as he finished the first few parts of the music, one of the wrings(弦) on his violin________. We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn’t. __________, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then ________ the conductor(指挥) to begin again. The orchestra(管弦乐队) began and he played with such strong feeling and purity as they had ________ heard before.

Of course, everyone knows that it is__________for a violinist to play a pleasant work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, ________ that night Itzhak Perlman didn’t want to accept that.

When he finished, there was a terrible_________in the room. And then people rose and_________from every corner of the theatre.

Perlman was excited. He smiled and said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to ________how much music you can still make with what you have left.”

So, suppose our task in this fast-changing world is to make ___________, at first we should try out best with all that we have. And then,____________ it is no longer possible, try to play it with what we have left.

1.A. achievement B. advantage C. accident D. application

2.A. for B. by C. to D. with

3.A. widely B. closely C. quietly D. noisily

4.A. wrong B. well C. smoothly D. slowly

5.A. fixed B. broke C. burned D. lost

6.A. Instead B. Anyway C. Indeed D. Otherwise

7.A. followed B. asked C. directed D. forced

8.A. often B. usually C. already D. never

9.A. comfortable B. possible C. uncomfortable D. impossible

10.A. so B. and C. but D. or

11.A. fear B. silence C. thought D. thunder

12.A. cheered B. left C. smiled D. whispered

13.A. hand out B. carry out C. find out D. put out

14.A. fun B. music C. progress D. money

15.A. unless B. before C. until D. when

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.D 10.C 11.B 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.D 【解析】这篇短文讲述的是小提琴家帕尔曼在一次演出中突然出了一个小叉子，他的小提琴的一根弦断了，但是他沉着应对，用三根弦演奏出了美妙的乐曲。 1.句意：如果你曾经去过帕尔曼的...

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