From my second grade on, there was one eve

题目内容：

From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.

With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

小题1:

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved小题2:

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should小题3:

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something小题4:

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance小题5:

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment小题6:

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt小题7:

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before小题8:

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand小题9:

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while小题10:

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt小题11:

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded小题12:

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously小题13:

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons小题14:

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments小题15:

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust小题16:

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty小题17:

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted小题18:

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on小题19:

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud小题20:

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:D

小题4:A

小题5:B

小题6:C

小题7:D

小题8:B

小题9:A

小题10:C

小题11:D

小题12:B

小题13:C

小题14:A

小题15:B

小题16:A

小题17:B

小题18:D

小题19:D

小题20:C

答案解析：

本文是记叙题材。主要讲了作者本来很反感练琴，但是父亲的行为感动了自己。父亲一直渴望弹钢琴，但是由于家庭贫穷，没有学成琴，而68岁的他，并没有放弃自己的梦想，成功演奏出了美妙的乐曲，在他那个年龄，还能开始新的东西，我为此感到骄傲。作者认为他的实际行动比30多年以前说的话更有感染力。

小题1:C。考查动语 ：根据I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.可知这里意思是独奏会意味着我必须练习一首无聊的乐曲。reflected 反射；explained 解释；Meant意味着；proved证明。

小题2:A。考查时态 ：根据And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________. 表示从过去某一时间看将要发生的动作或存在的状态，用过去将来时。

小题3:D。考查代词 ：根据下文about building self-confidence and working towards a可知父亲嘴里嘀咕了一些事情。Nothing没有事情；everything每件事物；anything任何东西；something有些事情。

小题4:A。考查名词 ：根据build self-confidence and working toward a ________.可知这里意思是建立自信，朝着一个目标努力。Goal目标；stage舞台；journey旅行；chance机会。

小题5:B。考查名词 ：根据下文我的父亲开始他的第一次独奏，所以这是很令人满意的。Trouble麻烦；satisfaction满意；strength力量；disappointment失望。

小题6:C。考查动词 ：根据my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt可知我是看到我的父亲直流汗。kept 保持；sent 送；Watch看到；felt感觉。

小题7:D。考查连词 ：父亲是在第一次演奏之前，直流汗。through通过；from从……；against 反对；Before在……之前。

小题8:B。考查动词 ：根据My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor可知他的家庭很贫穷，付不起学费。miss错过；Afford付得起；select选择；understand明白。

小题9:A。考查连词 ：句意，他可以像我们大多数人一样去后悔。As像；once一旦；if如果；while然而。

小题10:C。考查动词 ：根据But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there.可知这里意思是尽管他生根于过去，却没有被粘在那里。educated 教育；protected保护；Stuck粘贴；spoilt变质。

小题11:D。考查句型 ：他说服教堂音乐主管收他为学生。Persuade sb. to do sth.说服某人做某事。Allowed允许；invited邀请；inspired鼓舞；persuaded说服。

小题12:B。考查副词 ：根据Has he forgotten the ______?可知父亲坐在琴键前，仅仅向下盯着自己的手指。roughly粗略地；Simply仅仅；merrily快乐地；curiously好奇地。

小题13:C。考查名词 ：根据I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______.可知这里意思是他忘记音符了吗？words话；videos录像；notes音符；lessons功课。

小题14:A。考查名词 ：根据最后一句话作者认为他的行动比30多年以前说的话更有感染力。可知作者想起了自己十多年前，我的思想一片空白。Decades十年；weeks几星期；hours几小时；moments片刻。

小题15:B。考查动词 ：头脑一片空白，手指就会像结冰一样。play演奏；Freeze使结冰；click极成功；adjust调整。

小题16:A。考查形容词 ：但是，那个时候，传出了优美的旋律，来自于曾经装鱼线的相同的手。Same相同的；warm温暖的；different不同的；dirty脏的。

小题17:B。考查动词 ：根据________the music and pretend the others aren’t there. 我意识到了他做了音乐老师总是强调的事情。predicted预测；Realized意识到；imagined想象；insisted坚持。

小题18:D。考查短语 ：根据and pretend the others aren’t there.可知专注于音乐，假装其他人不存在。pass over 忽视；turn up 出现；bring in 带进来；Concentrate on专心于。

小题19:D。考查短语 ：根据With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.可知在他那个年龄，还能开始新的东西，我为此感到骄傲。ashamed惭愧的；aware意识到；tired疲倦的；Be proud of为……骄傲。

小题20:C。考查副词 ：根据But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines.可知完成的是那样漂亮。casually偶然地；anxiously担忧地；Nicely漂亮地；frequently频繁地。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。