Question

【题目】短文填空

A Disappointing Performance

Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f 【1】 in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened. He had p 【2】 for weeks that seemed like months. He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 【3】 of him. He spent all his time with the piano. His teacher had said he was q 【4】 to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l 【5】 , another way to talk to people. His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s 【6】 them that he was the best in the whole class. But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w 【7】 . He looked into the audience and saw his f 【8】 smiling back at him. At this time, he felt n 【9】. His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold. He sat down at the piano. He took a deep b 【10】 . He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He started over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. His bright musical life seemed to end.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】failed

【2】practiced/ practised

【3】proud

【4】quick

【5】language

【6】show

【7】weak

【8】family

【9】nervous

【10】breath

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了一次失败的演出。汤姆由于上台后很紧张，尽管准备的很充分，但是这次演出效果也不是很好。

【1】考查动词。本句意思为“然而他在独奏表演中失败了”，本题需要注意到“however”前面的“success”，再观察时态为一般过去时，故答案为“failed”考查动词。

【2】句意：他已经练习了好几周，那似乎像是几个月。根据题意可知用过去完成时。故填practiced/ practised。

【3】 考查形容词。本句意思为“他想要使他的家长为他感到自豪”。考查固定搭配“be proud of”“对……感到自豪”。故填proud。

【4】考查形容词。本句意思为“他的老师说他学得很快。” “be quick to do”表示“做某事很快”。故填quick 。

【5】考查名词。本句意思为“事实上是他看待音乐如另一门语言，另一种同人们谈话的方式。”重点关注another这个词，表示 “另一……”，所以“language”用单数，当然通过句意，也可知道此处应用单数。故填language。

【6】考查名词。本句意思为“他急于向他们展示他是全班最好的。”通过句意，得知此处填“show”，“展示，显示”的意思。另外，“be anxious to do sth. 急于做某事”，故用动词原形show。故填show。

【7】考查形容词。首先通过felt得知此处应填入形容词。通过下一段的“tremble 颤抖”，得知此时Tom很紧张，所以他的膝盖感到虚弱，即紧张得腿发软的意思。故填“weak”。

【8】考查名词。本句意思为“他观察着台下的观众，看到他的家人对着他微笑。”本题需看到前文的“他的爷爷，阿姨和叔叔都前来听他的演奏”得知此空填“家人family”一词。故填family。

【9】考查形容词。首先通过felt得知此处应填入形容词, 第82题提到，他的腿发软了，同时后文有“tremble 颤抖”，都可以说明他很紧张，故填nervous。

【10】 句意：他做了一个深呼吸。根据句意及所给首字母提示故填breath。