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.
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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
题目分析：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。