依常识，定答案
(2014·福建)
From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏会).A recital__1__I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers.Each year I__2__ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”.And each year he'd shake his head，muttering(嘀咕) __3__about building selfconfidence and working towards a__4__.
So it was with really great__5__that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and __6__my 68yearold father sweating in his shirt __7__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 __8__lessons.He could have gone on regretting it，__9__too many of us do.But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn't __10__there.When he retired three years ago，he__11__his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he __12__stared down at his fingers.Has he forgotten the __13__? I worried，remembering those split seconds__14__ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would __15__.But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the __16__fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines.And I__17__he had been doing what music teachers always stress：__18__the music and pretend the others aren't there.
“I'm __19__of him for starting something new at his age，” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah，and doing it so__20__，” Jeff added.
With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30plus years ago.
文章大意：父亲退休后仍然学习钢琴并参加钢琴独奏会的事情给了作者很大的鼓舞。
1.A.reflected B.explained
C.meant D.proved
答案：C 词语辨析题。钢琴独奏会意味着我不得不练习一支无聊的音乐还要在陌生人面前演奏。根据句意可知是表达钢琴独奏会对我的意义，故用meant。
2.A.would B.could
C.might D.should
答案：A 逻辑推理题。此句表示我每年的一个习惯性动作，故用情态动词would。
3.A.nothing B.everything
C.anything D.something
答案：D 逻辑推理题。每年他都摇头，叫我建立自信。这里指嘀咕一些东西，故用something。
4.A.goal B.stage
C.journey D.chance
答案：A 词语辨析题。父亲摇头的同时还说我要朝着一个目标去工作。goal目标;stage舞台，时期，阶段;journey旅行;chance机会，可能性。根据句意可知应选A。
5.A.trouble B.satisfaction
C.strength D.disappointment
答案：B 固定搭配题。with satisfaction满意地。
6.A.kept B.sent
C.watched D.felt
答案：C 推理判断题。由下文可知作者是在看父亲演出，故用watched。
7.A.through B.from
C.against D.before
答案：D 背景常识题。作者的父亲应该是在站起来演奏之前汗流浃背，此处写出了父亲演奏之前的紧张，故用before。
8.A.miss B.afford
C.select D.understand
答案：B 逻辑推理题。前面说父亲家里穷，因此是上不起学，故用afford负担得起。
9.A.as B.once
C.if D.while
答案：A 词语辨析题。他本来能够像我们中很多人一样继续感到遗憾的。as像，按照;once作为连词是“一旦”的意思;if如果;while当……的时候，然而。
10.A.educated B.protected
C.stuck D.spoilt
答案：C 词语辨析题。尽管他老是回忆过去，却没有止步不前。stick粘贴，卡住;educate教育;protect保护;spoil损坏，毁掉。
11.A.allowed B.invited
C.inspired D.persuaded
答案：D 逻辑推理题。父亲已经退休了，年龄大了，要想成为一名学生当然是要说服老师接纳他，故用persuade说服。
12.A.roughly B.simply
C.merrily D.curiously
答案：B 逻辑推理题。由下文可知作者怀疑父亲忘了音符，由此可以推出父亲坐在钢琴前的那一刻仅仅(simply)向下注视着手指，显示出他的紧张。
13.A.words B.videos
C.notes D.lessons
答案：C 背景常识题。演奏音乐当然是与音符(notes)有关，故选C。
14.A.decades B.weeks
C.hours D.moments
答案：A 逻辑推理题。根据第一段可知作者从二年级开始害怕钢琴独奏会，而现在父亲都退休了，故这些事情至少应发生在几十年以前，故选decades。
15.A.play B.freeze
C.click D.adjust
答案：B 逻辑推理题。作者回忆当时演出时紧张的情形——头脑空白，手指僵硬，故选B。
16.A.same B.warm
C.different D.dirty
答案：A 逻辑推理题。弹出优美的旋律和给钓线装诱饵都是来自同一双手，故选A。
17.A.predicted B.realized
C.imagined D.insisted
答案：B 词语辨析题。我意识到他一直在做音乐老师总是强调的事情：专心于音乐，假装没有其他人在那儿。realize意识到;predict预测;imagine想象;insist坚持。
18.A.pass over B.turn up
C.bring in D.concentrate on
答案：D 词语辨析题。concentrate on专心于;pass over避免提及;turn up出现，将音量调大;bring in引进，赚得。根据上题解析可知选D。
19.A.ashamed B.aware
C.tired D.proud
答案：D 固定搭配题。be proud of对……感到自豪。
20.A.casually B.anxiously
C.nicely D.frequently
答案：C 逻辑推理题。作者为父亲感到骄傲，告诉儿子，儿子称赞爷爷做得如此好，故选C。
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