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题目内容：

Nicola’s Love for Her Violin

Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (绝配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old 36and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin, 37to China for the first time last weekend. She 38in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

Nicola is from Scotland and 39playing the violin when she was four years old. 40, it was not something her parents 41her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and 42it and improved very quickly.

“There are so many different things I am fond of about the43,” she said. “I can’t really 44it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the 45. I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”

However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an 46job. “I usually 47in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s 48outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the 49and I can see others having fun 50I’m on my own.”

Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola 51 felt she was lucky. “You can’t have52. I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her 53paid off (终有回报). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.

54her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an 55of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

小题1:

A．singer

B．writer

C．pianist

D．violinist小题2:

A．came

B．turned

C．ran

D．moved小题3:

A．checked

B．played

C．visited

D．remained小题4:

A．stopped

B．requested

C．started

D．ignored小题5:

A．So

B．And

C．But

D．However小题6:

A．made

B．persuaded

C．wanted

D．got小题7:

A．noticed

B．concerned

C．minded

D．loved小题8:

A．lessons

B．violin

C．performances

D．show小题9:

A．explain

B．imagine

C．determine

D．refuse小题10:

A．foreigners

B．friends

C．audience

D．teenagers小题11:

A．boring

B．easy

C．wonderful

D．tiring小题12:

A．work

B．rest

C．stay

D．practise小题13:

A．cool

B．sunny

C．windy

D．cloudy小题14:

A．river

B．hill

C．farm

D．beach小题15:

A．while

B．as

C．so

D．for小题16:

A．even

B．still

C．ever

D．almost小题17:

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing小题18:

A．time

B．music

C．efforts

D．action小题19:

A．Because of

B．Besides

C．Instead of

D．Thanks to小题20:

A．adviser

B．manager

C．organizer

D．supporter

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:C

小题5:D

小题6:A

小题7:D

小题8:B

小题9:A

小题10:C

小题11:B

小题12:D

小题13:B

小题14:D

小题15:A

小题16:B

小题17:C

小题18:C

小题19:B

小题20:D

答案解析：

略

小题1:D根据题目Nicola’s Love for Her Violin（Nicola对她的小提琴的爱）得知，她是一位小提琴家，故本题选D。

小题2:A 本题考察固定短语come to…(来某地)，根据意思是“上周首次来到中国”。故本题选A.

小题3:B audience动词的用法 play 在这儿是“演奏”之意。故本题选B.

小题4:C 本题考察动词的用法started“开始”。句意是：当她四岁时，开始弹小提琴。故本题选C.

小题5:D 根据句意是“它不是她父母让她做的事情”。表示转折However（然而）故本题选，故本题选D.

小题6:A本题考察固定短语make sb. do sth. 故本题选A.

小题7:D根据句意是“她非常喜欢它，提高很快。” 故本题选D.

小题8:B根据上下文是“关于小提琴”。故本题选B.

小题9:A根据句意是“我不能解释它但是我喜欢生动地表演。” 故本题选A.

小题10:C 本题考察audience（观众）.故本题选C.

小题11:B根据句意是“弹奏6个小时不是一件容易的事”。故本题选B.

小题12:D根据上文是“在楼上卧室休息”。故本题选D.

小题13:B 根据句意是“有时，当天好时，弹琴会让人沮丧。她家正好在沙滩上。能看到其他人在玩，而她只能独自呆着。” 故本题选B.

小题14:D本题考察固定短语“on the beach”, 故本题选D.

小题15:A考查while 词义“然而”，表示对比。故本题选A.

小题16:B 根据上下文still（仍然）。故本题选B.

小题17:C根据上下文，这句话是“我不可能得到一切”。everything（一切）。故本题选C.

小题18:C考查 efforts （努力）。故本题选C.

小题19:B 根据上下文，Besides（除……之外，还有）,故本题选B.

小题20:D根据本段应是“UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会)的支持者。supporter（支持者）。故本题选D.

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