Question

Marianne, a schoolgirl, was learning to play the piano, and day after day her father stood behind as she played. How patient and loving her father was, and how cleverly he   1__  Marianne how to play the difficult piece! And there, almost lost in the big chair, sat Wolfgang. Nobody told him to   2  when Marianne was playing.

One evening the father said to Marianne that she had done very well. At the moment Wolfgang climbed onto his father’s leg and said to his father that he wanted to   3  the wonderful piece.

What a joke that was! He picked up his baby son, laughed, and said, “Look at your   4          hands. Why, you cannot span (橫跨) the keys yet, you must wait, little man. You must wait!”

There was no end of fun during tea, and Marianne told her mother about Wolfgang   5  to play one of the pieces.   6  a while, the father stood up. “Listen!” said he. “Listen! Marianne is playing that piece   7  than ever!" But Marianne was washing plates in the kitchen.

His wife following, he moved upstairs quietly, pushed the door, and saw little Wolfgang __8__  in the darkness (黑暗). “I love it   9 !” said the child. It was the   10  of Mozart’s life of music.

1.	A．found B．a(chǎn)sked C．showed D．hoped

 

2.	A．make noises B．study hard C．sit still D．keep quiet

 

3.	A．learn B．teach C．play D．hear

 

4.	A．clever B．small C．dirty D．big

 

5.	A．a(chǎn)sking B．learning C．wanting D．waiting

 

6.	A．In B．For C．During D．After

 

7.	A．louder B．better C．longer D．worse

 

8.	A．playing B．sitting C．sleeping D．singing

 

9.	A．so B．too C．a(chǎn)gain D．a(chǎn)ll

 

10.	A．turn B．start C．change D．end

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.B

【解析】

1.此題考查動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知父親讓瑪麗展示怎樣演奏難度較高的樂曲是非常聰明的。故選showed。

2.此題考查四個(gè)短語(yǔ)的含義。根據(jù)上下文可知Wolfgang在他姐姐學(xué)鋼琴時(shí)，他也在學(xué)習(xí)，故選D。

3.此題考查動(dòng)詞，Wolfgang也像彈鋼琴。故用play。

4.此題考查形容詞，Wolfgang還是個(gè)小孩，手掌比較小故選small。

5.此題考查介詞about ，其后更動(dòng)詞時(shí)要用動(dòng)名詞。Wolfgang想但鋼琴。

6.此題考查介詞短語(yǔ)after a while表示過了一會(huì)兒。

7.此題考查副詞，更好，故用better。

8.此題考查固定短語(yǔ)see sb doing sth表示看到 某人正在干什么。

9.此題考查副詞。

10.此題考查名詞，這就是莫扎特的音樂歷程的開始。