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【题目】

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my was more manageable , I ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. that was years ago and times have changed. I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my . I decided that I would consider to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of to get started. And you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can （12） use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ; he gave me a long thoughtful . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand on his treasure and said, “I have 800 araoke songs in here. You can take your and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose （19） that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

【1】A. loneliness B. sadness

C. tiredness D. sickness

【2】 A. set B. enjoyed

C. kept D. shared

【3】 A. Gladly B. Eventually

C. Unfortunately D. Surprisingly

【4】 A. Now B. Then

C. Sometime D. Meanwhile

【5】 A. add up to B. make up for

C. get rid of D. take advantage of

【6】 A. If B. As

C. Though D. Before

【7】 A. movement B. condition

C. choices D. positions

【8】 A. reaching out B. living up

C. getting on D. going back

【9】 A. recognized B. interviewed

C. found D. invited

【10】A. money B. time

C. energy D. knowledge

【11】 A. thus B. once

C. seldom D. often

【12】 A. actually B. hardly

C. nearly D. formerly

【13】 A. job B. family

C. idea D. offer

【14】 A. face B. view

C. look D. sight

【15】 A. over B. along

C. towards D. through

【16】A. unhappily B. lovingly

C. pitifully D. gratefully

【17】 A. pick B. turn

C. role D. step

【18】A. hd to cry B. ought to cry

C. should have cried D. could have cried

【19】 A. more B. the ones

C. few D. the rest

【20】 A. courage B. devotion

C. kindness D. trust

Answer 1

【答案】【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】A

【10】A

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】C

【15】D

【16】B

【17】A

【18】D

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】 我因病身体残疾，但热爱音乐。在经济困难需要挣钱补贴家用时，我还是想发挥自己的爱好和特长，去餐馆唱歌挣钱。我没有足够的钱买昂贵的音乐光盘时，音乐店的老板拿出自己视为珍宝的800首歌曲让我随便挑选。他的善行温暖了我的心，帮助我把握机会做好了这份额外的工作。

【1】 句意：当时我的病情还可以控制。sickness疾病；loneliness孤独的；sadness伤心；tiredness劳累。

【2】 注意上下文的暗示：我生病了28年。在我二十几岁疾病可以控制时，我享受了十年的时间在餐馆当专职歌手，玩耍、唱民歌。

【3】 句意：不幸的是一切都改变了。根据上下文，此处用不幸的是：unfortunately 。

【4】 长时间生病是很痛苦的，因此能在餐馆唱歌、玩耍是一种享受，，但下文的times have changed暗示这一切都成了过去，不幸(unfortunately)已经降临。和years ago照应，现在(now)我和母亲住在乡下农场里。

【5】 make up for补充、弥补；add up to总计达……；get d4 0f摆脱、除去；take advantage of利用，占……的便宜。句意：我需要做点零工来补贴我残疾抚恤金（的不足）。

【6】 句意：由于我需要在下午睡一会。as由于，因为。

【7】 句意：由于我需要下午睡觉，所以我的零工选择有限。as因为，引导原因状语从句；be limited in my choices我的选择有限。

【8】 我决定我还是考虑回到餐馆去演唱。go back to doing sth.回去做某事。reach out伸手去够；live up to不辜负；get on上车、有进展。

【9】 我的家人都是音乐家，所以当我走进当地的音乐商店时很快就被人认出来了。recognize认出；interview采访、面试；find发现；invite邀请。

【10】 我实在是没有很多钱（money）来买那些昂贵的( expensive)光盘来开始我的工作。所有我只是想用录好的卡拉OK音乐伴奏来唱歌。上句中的but是副词，相当于only的意思；另外，注意money与上文中的expensive的照应。

【11】 句意：并且人们经常( often)发现一张光盘上只十分之三、四的歌曲是你实际( actually)可以使用的。这是说的一种普遍现象，所以用often 一词。

【12】 句意同上。actually实际上，事实上；hardly几乎不；nearly几乎；formerly从前。

【13】 当我把我的想法( idea)告诉店主时，他深思地(thoughtful)看了我很长时间。

【14】 句意同上。此处thoughtful有想法的，深思的。look注视，表情；face指脸，脸色。view风景，观点；sight视力，景色，，

【15】 他领着我穿过（through）店里拥挤的人群来到一个工作台前，台上有一个大大的专业卡拉OK盒子over表示“翻越或越过一段时间”；along沿着；towards朝着；through穿过空间。

【16】 从下文的treasure可以看出，店主对这些唱片很钟情，故用lovingly。unhappily不高兴地；pitifully可怜地；gratefully感激地。

【17】 句意：你选择你最喜爱的音乐，我来给你录制。take one’s pick（从……中）挑选（自己最喜爱的东西）；take one’s tum轮流、依次；无take one’s role这一搭配；take a step迈出一步。

【18】 句意：我有可能（感动得）哭了。had to cry不得不哭；ought to cry应当哭；should have cried本来应当哭的（却没有哭）；could have cried有可能哭过，本来可以哭（却没有哭）。

【19】句意：挑选出我能唱的那鉴歌曲。the ones = the songs，作先行词。

【20】 kindness善良，善行；courage鼓励；devotion贡献；trust相信、信任。只有kindness可以更准确地概括出以上店主的行为。