Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need ,” his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent(天赋). You will never be a pianist.” nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly . He decided that he didn’t want to be a any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano. , his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano key, he that he could show others that he had talent____.That day he told his father he had been waiting to hear— that he wanted to study with a new teacher. that point on, everything turned around.
He started competitions(比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was that Lang Lang had won, he was too to hold back his tears. Soon was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big . In 1997 Lang Lang again, this time to Philadelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs(特邀演出 ) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started . Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(发现) him, and lets him .
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解析试题分析：本文讲述了著名的钢琴家郎朗的求学经历及成名的过程，先是受到老师的嘲讽，但是后来还是坚定信念，成为了著名的钢琴大师。
【小题1】B考查名词辨析及语境理解。fortune 意为“幸运”。根据下文中的“But if you don’t work hard,no fortune will come”可判断出他父亲说他需要幸运。exercise意为“练习,习题,训练,锻炼,演习”；knowledge意为“知识,学问,认识”；wealth意为“财富,财产,大量”。
【小题2】D考查名词性从句。that引导表语从句,在从句中只起连接作用,不作任何成分，表示“使他伤心的是他在北京的钢琴教师不喜欢他”。whether意为“是否”；why意为“为什么”；when意为“什么时候”
【小题3】D考查介词辨析as作介词的意思是“作为”,表示“作为一个九岁的孩子”。like 意为“像”；with意为“和……在一起”；to意为“对于”
【小题4】A考查动词辨析及语境理解。as作介词的意思是“作为”,表示“作为一个九岁的孩子”。like 意为“像”；with意为“和……在一起”；to意为“对于”
【小题5】B考查名词辨析及语境理解pianist意为“钢琴家”。根据上文中的“You will never be a pianist.”可判断出由于受到了伤害,他再也不想成为钢琴家了。singer意为“歌手”；conductor意为“指挥”；player意为“比赛者,演员,演奏者,表演者”。
【小题6】C考查副词辨析及语境理解。wisely意为“明智的,聪明地,精明地”,根据下文中的“...his father didn’t push,but wait”可判断出父亲的这种态度是明智的，故选C项。hopefully意为“有希望地,有前途地”；patiently意为“有耐性地,有毅力地”；painfully意为“痛苦地”
【小题7】A考查动词辨析play意为“演奏”。根据其宾语“some holiday songs”可判断出他老师让他演奏几首歌曲。sing意为“唱,演唱”；write意为“书写”；study意为“学习,攻读,研究”
【小题8】D考查动词辨析realize意为“认识到”,表示“他认识到他能够向其他人表现自己有天赋”。seem意为“像是,似乎”；admit意为“容许,承认,接纳”；notice意为“注意到”。
【小题9】C考查短语辨析at all意为“根本”,用于加强语气。in all意为“总共”；above all意为“最重要,首先”；after all意为“毕竟”
【小题10】B考查宾语从句。what引导宾语从句,并在从句中作hear的宾语,表示“那一天他告诉父亲他一直在等待想听的话”
【小题11】A考查固定短语及语境理解。from that point on表示“从那时起”
【小题12】C考查动词辨析及语境理解。win意为“(获)胜,赢得”。根据下文的“Lang Lang had won”可判断出他赢得多次竞赛。receive意为“收到,接到,接收,遭到,受到,接待,接见”；accept意为“接受,认可”；beat意为“打,打败”。
【小题13】C考查动词辨析。announce意为“宣布,通告”,指向公众宣布、通知大家；tell意为“告诉,说,吩咐”；mention意为“提及,说起”；recognize意为“认可,承认,公认,赏识”。
【小题14】A考查形容词辨析及语境理解。excited意为“激动,兴奋的”。根据下文中的“...to hold back his tears”可判断出他太激动了,以至于流下了眼泪。encouraged意为“被鼓励的”；shocked意为“震惊的,震撼的”；satisfied意为“感到满意的”
【小题15】B考查代词辨析及语境理解it作形式主语,真正的主语是“that he couldn’t stay in China forever”表示“这很清楚,他不能永远待在中国”。
【小题16】D考查名词辨析及语境理解stage意为“舞台”,the world’s big stage表示“世界大舞台”。根据下文的内容可判断出他将在世界各地演出。concert意为“音乐会”；tour意为“旅行,游历,旅游”；competition意为“竞争,竞赛”
【小题17】C考查动词辨析及语境理解move意为“移动,搬迁”。根据下文中的“this time to Philadelphia,U.S.”可判断出他又一次搬迁。start意为“出发,起程,开始,着手”；leave意为“离开,动身”；perform意为“履行,执行,表演,演出”
【小题18】A考查形容词辨析及语境理解。successful意为“成功的”。根据上下文的内容可判断出演出是成功的。cheerful意为“愉快的,高兴的”；respectful意为“恭敬的,尊敬的,尊重人的,有礼貌的”；meaningful意为“意味深长的”
【小题19】D考查动词辨析及语境理解。pour意为“灌注,倾泻”；pull意为“拉,拖,拔”；break意为“打破”；fall意为“倒下,落下”。根据句意当他成功表示以后，在Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall特邀演出开始打破，选D项
【小题20】B考查动词辨析及语境理解shine意为“照耀,发光”,表示“幸运发现了他,并使他闪闪发光”。brighten意为“(使)变亮,(使)愉快”；admire 意为“赞美,钦佩,羡慕”；develop意为“发展,发达,发扬,进步”
考点：人物类短文。
亮点激活精编提优100分大试卷系列答案科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____ to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____ at both of us—at me for being _____ of my elder and at my father for _____ my bad behavior. I ____ both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____ of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____ of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____ had any living heirs(继承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____ to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____ by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____ the recipe with anyone else. ____ my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____ made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____ and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____ this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____ for her. So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's ____ was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____ recipe. However, I keep them as ____ to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____ that anyone can build.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
My father and I disagreed about curfew (晚间在家的时间). He'd say I was to be in by 9：30 on weekdays, and 11：00 on weekends, no exceptions without my first asking. I told him it made me ____ like a juniorhigh kid. He explained that while a curfew ____ sound like a restriction, it's really about people looking out for one another.
The very next Friday after that pretty heated ___， my dad and I had tickets to see our town's professional football game. On that day he was ____ to a nearby city to meet with some major clients and ____ me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.
To make sure we could ____ off the moment he walked in, I got everything prepared. When a half hour had passed from the time he said he'd be home, I understood that he was a little ____. But then, nearly a whole hour passed. I was getting ____. We were going to miss the kickoff! And why hadn't he ____ me and let me know he was going to be really late? As I anxiously ____ the floor, another half hour passed. That's when I got really angry. How inconsiderate of my father! Now we were going to ____ the whole game! When yet another half hour passed, my anger turned to ____. What if something terrible had happened to my dad, like he had a heart attack or had been in an accident, or something? I began to really ____. I'd already called his cellphone about ten times, but no ____.
I was beside myself, assuming the worst had happened.
Finally, the phone rang, and my dad said ____， “Son, I'm so sorry about the game, but…there was a terrible accident…on the freeway coming home, and I ____ to help… and ended up going to the hospital. I ____ my cellphone in the car, so I couldn't call until now.”
I was so relieved to hear from my father and to ____ that he was safe that I actually cried. That was ____ I “got” the importance of a curfew: Checking in! It's about knowing that someone you love is ____. It was one more proof of my father's loving me as much as he does.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
I grew up poor-living with six brothers, three sisters and my mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still a dream.
My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per- hour baseball and anything that moved on the field. I was also : my high school coach was John, who not only me, but also taught me how to believe in myself. He me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction(信念). One particular incident with coach John changed my life forever.
A friend me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket — money for a new bike, new clothes and the of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,”he said,“Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”I stood before him with my head , trying to think of the that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his in me.
“Well,”he asked,“is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made to me the difference between something right now and having a goal. I myself in sports that summer and the year I was drafted(选拔) by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and a $ 20,000 contract. Later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of to where he was going. Pretty soon he that he was lost, but he to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to someone who could tell him how to get back to the .
It was a long road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost ，he saw in a a tall farmer ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer replied， ploughing.
“Where does the horse ？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It stays right where it is，”said the farmer， stopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little .
“Don’t know. I never it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I saw.”
stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, a bar of chocolate if given the choice, , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(脚尖), as high as he could, but even as his tallest he was unable to touch it. He began to up and down, as high as he could, at the of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he like this, the more unhappy he became.
, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself. This isn’t . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s more I can do to get the apple—that is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish was , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of unconsumed(没吃光的) food left. When we were the restaurant, we someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were about us wasting so much food.
“We for our food; it is none of your how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry and one of them made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro . The officer told us in a stern(严厉的) voice, “Order you can consume. Money is yours, the resources belong to the society. You have no wasting them.” Our faces turned red. We all agreed with him in our colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all it to remind us that we should never be .
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My First Day
I was still shy in the presence of a crowd.And my first day at the new made me a laughing stock of the classroom. I was sent to the blackboard to write my .I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the ____ of so many pupils on my back made me inside and I was unable to write a single letter.
"Write your name," the teacher called to me. I the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name, the first letter.
Somebody laughed and I became "Just forget us and write your name," the teacher called and walked to my side, at me to give me confidence.
"What’ s your name?" she asked. "Richard," I ____ . "Then write it."
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was again. I tried to ___ my senses but I could remember nothing.I realized how totally I was and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud and my muscles froze. I sat and myself.Why did I always appear so dumb I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no I could read better than any of them, and I could talk when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck __, hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes.Mary had them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting (照看) the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ,” she thought. “Sleep, " she considered, "if only I could!" But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a(n) way to make money obviously hadn't met the three boys, she thought.The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim.Mary's felt heavier and heavier.I mustn't sleep, she thought—which was whatshe did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon that she was a world-famous chef (主厨). She made a and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or reading—her favorite hobby. She took the leading role in her own TV show. Then she woke up, shocked and confused. was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three little faces and some very burnt bread.
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