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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

Nicola’s Love for Her Violin

   Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (绝配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so.The 18-year-old  36   and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin,  37   to China for the first time last weekend.She  38   in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

   Nicola is from Scotland and  39   playing the violin when she was four years old.  40  , it was not something her parents  41   her do.She went with her sister to violin lessons and  42   it and improved very quickly.

   “There are so many different things I am fond of about the  43  ,” she said.“I can’t really  44   it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the  45  .I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”

   However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an  46   job.“I usually  47   in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said.“But sometimes, when it’s  48   outside, it can be upset.The house is right on the  49   and I can see others having fun  50   I’m on my own.”

   Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola  51   felt she was lucky.“You can’t have   52  .I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said.Her  53   paid off (终有回报).Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.

    54   her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an  55  of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会).She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

36.A.singer        B.writer         C.pianist       D.violinist

37.A.came       B.turned       C.ran          D.moved

38.A.checked      B.played        C.visited     D.remained

39.A.stopped      B.requested     C.started        D.ignored

40.A.So           B.And           C.But           D.However

41.A.made       B.persuaded    C.wanted       D.got

42.A.noticed     B.concerned    C.minded       D.loved

43.A.lessons     B.violin      C.performances             D.show

44.A.explain      B.imagine      C.determine   D.refuse

45.A.foreigners     B.friends        C.audience     D.teenagers

46.A.boring       B.easy       C.wonderful     D.tiring

47.A.work      B.rest        C.stay          D.practise

48.A.cool                       B.sunny                  C.windy      D.cloudy

49.A.river        B.hill          C.farm          D.beach

50.A.while        B.as       C.so          D.for

51.A.even       B.still         C.ever        D.almost

52.A.anything   B.something                   C.everything    D.nothing

53.A.time        B.music       C.efforts         D.action

54.A.Because of  B.Besides                     C.Instead of   D.Thanks to

55.A.adviser       B.manager                    C.organizer D.supporter

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35.Have you made up your mind ________ abroad? I advise you to consider it carefully.

  A.study         B.to study      C.studying     D.studied

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34.________ get a complete picture, more information is needed.

  A.So as to       B.So as not to    C.In order not to              D.In order to

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33.The USA is a large country in ________ many different dialects are spoken.

  A.that         B.which         C.where        D.it

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32.Look at this! It’s broken now! You ________ have been careful!

  A.could                      B.must      C.would         D.should

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31.It was my sister ________ first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River.

  A.who       B.whom        C./             D.which

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30.I’m surprised to hear from my school teacher again.________, it is ten years since we met last.

    A.In a word      B.Believe it or not  C.That’s to say              D.Of course

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