完形填空实战演练（二）
本文作者： 辽宁 李霞
3 I cheated on a final exam in college. It was spring semester of my junior year, the early ’70s, at 1 was then Rider College. I was between a B and a C in “Introduction to 2 ”, and the exam would determine my final 3 . Music was 4 my strongest subject. I had never studied an instrument and had had little 5 to classical music. But as a secondary education major, I needed two fine arts electives. I had chosen music as one of them. At two credits, how 6 could it be? I thought I could hold my own on the test 7 just before it began, when the professor announced that he would 8 a series of musical passages on a tape recorder for 15 minutes. We were to name the 9 we heard in each selection. We were 10 in that classroom like penguins on a chunk of floating sea 11 , so it was an effort to keep my eyes 12 on my own desk. I think the music was a Mozart symphony, 13 by Tchaikovsky and a piece by John Philip Sousa. During one selection, my 14 turned to the paper of the student on my right. I had 15 the instrument to be a violin; my neighbor had written viola. He had to be 16 – almost anyone would know more about music than I did. I changed my 17 . A few days later, looking at the answers to the exam and the final grades posted on the professor’s office 18 , I understood the meaning of poetic justice. The instrument had been a violin. That one answer had 19 my exam grade to a C, which 20 a C for the course. 1. A. it B. what C. where D. that 2. A. Science B. Literature C. Poetry D. Music 3. A. grade B. interest C. career D. choice 4. A. always B. never C. almost D. sometimes 5. A. exposure B. education C. explanation D. relation 6. A. interesting B. easy C. hard D. fantastic 7. A. after B. until C. while D. since 8. A. produce B. perform C. make D. play 9. A. composer B. instrument C. title D. singer 10. A. crowded B. separated C. thrown D. invited 11. A. wood B. floor C. ice D. boat 12. A. closed B. focused C. stuck D. extended 13. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 14. A. thoughts B. ears C. eyes D. hands 15. A. hoped B. imagined C. believed D. guessed 16. A. wrong B. right C. crazy D. perfect 17. A. seat B. subject C. answer D. paper 18. A. door B. cupboard C. window D. desk 19. A. improved B. suffered C. given D. dropped 20. A. declared B. said C. meant D. gained 4 On Nov.18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. For him 1 is no small achievement 2 he was stricken with polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child, and he walks with the aid of two crutches. The 3 , including me, sat and waited quietly while he walked across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly to his chair and began his play. Then, something went 4 . Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. The snap (突然折断) sounded like gunfire across the room. The only 5 for him seemed to be to get another violin or find another string for this one. 6 he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to 7 . The orchestra (管弦乐队) began and he played 8 such passion and such power and such purity 9 I had never heard before. Of course, anyone knows that it is 10 to play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman 11 to know that. When he finished, there was a brief 12 in the room. Then all the audience rose and 13 loud, lasting cheers. We tried to do everything we could to show how much we 14 what he had done. He smiled, wiped the sweat from his brow and then he said in a quiet, sacred tone – “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to 15 how much music you can still make with what you have left.” This powerful line has stayed 16 ever since I heard it. Who knows? Perhaps that is the 17 – not just for artists but for 18 . Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering (令人困惑的) world in which we live is to make music, 19 with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer 20 , to make music with what we have left. 1. A. making appearances B. getting on stage C. making music D. playing the violin 2. A. until B. though C. after D. because 3. A. orchestra B. critics C. reporters D. audience 4. A. wrong B. bad C. strange D. worse 5. A. idea B. solution C. way D. method 6. A. Thus B. Instead C. Meanwhile D. But 7. A. help out B. rest shortly C. begin again D. come over 8. A. in B. with C. out D. through 9. A. as B. so C. that D. and 10. A. unbelievable B. skilful C. impossible D. common 11. A. refused B. managed C. expected D. denied 12. A. embarrassment B. break C. pause D. silence 13. A. turned into B. went into C. broke into D. got into 14. A. understood B. appreciated C. praised D. fascinated 15. A. put out B. find out C. decide D. perform 16. A. in my mind B. in any case C. clear D. true 17. A. sound of music B. way of life C. meaning of work D. purpose of music 18. A. superstars B. audiences C. all of us D. common people 19. A. at first B. in fact C. at once D. after all 20. A. possible B. necessary C. satisfying D. easy |  |
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