Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   1  to hear him play the piano. So I   2  him as a student.
Although Robby worked very hard, he didn’t have a basic   3  of music. However, he never   4  up and continued. And at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say: “My mom is going to hear me   5  some day.” But it seemed   6 . He didn’t have a natural talent or ability for music.
One day Robby   7  to our lessons very late. He told me that his mom had been 8  and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still   9  in class. He asked if he could take part in my concert and I   10 .
The night of the concert came. The high school gym(體育館) was   11  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came up on stage. He announced (宣布) that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next.   
His   12  danced on the keys…
He played so   13  that everyone was on his feet, clapping excitedly. In tears, I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf... remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer(癌) and   14  away this morning. And well… she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play at the   15 . I wanted to make it special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”
小題1:
A．decisionB．conclusionC．adviceD．dream
小題2:
A．consideredB．acceptedC．knewD．protected
小題3:
A．senseB．education C．information D．thought
小題4:
A．gotB．gaveC．stoodD．put
小題5:
A．singB．speakC．playD．call
小題6:
A．cheerlessB．helplessC．hopelessD．meaningless
小題7:
A．listenedB．flewC．cameD．went
小題8:
A．asleepB．deafC．wellD．ill
小題9:
A．writingB．practicingC．singingD．talking
小題10:
A．agreedB．dislikedC．expectedD．decided
小題11:
A．satisfiedB．boredC．crowdedD．familiar
小題12:
A．fingersB．feetC．armsD．legs
小題13:
A．carefullyB．cheerfully C．meaningfullyD．wonderfully
小題14:
A．tookB．passedC．movedD．ran
小題15:
A．partyB．concertC．meetingD．show

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:A
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:B

試題分析：這篇文章講述了羅比是一個對音樂很沒有天賦的孩子，但是聽他彈鋼琴是他媽媽的夢想，所以，他一直都很努力的練習，最終他實現(xiàn)了他媽媽的夢想。
小題1:A. decision   決定  B. conclusion結論   C. advice建議    D. dream夢想 根據(jù)文章最后可知：聽他彈鋼琴是他媽媽的夢想。故選D
小題2: A. considered考慮過的    B. accepted接受 C. knew知道  D.protected保護的  根據(jù)句意：所以作者接受羅比做他的學生。故選B
小題3:A. sense感覺  B. education教育   C. information信息 D. thought 思想 根據(jù)句意：雖然羅比很努力，但是他沒有基本的音樂感的。故選A
小題4:根據(jù)句意：但是，他永遠都不會放棄。Gave up 放棄 故選B
小題5:A. sing   唱歌    B. speak講話        C. play玩耍     D. call打電話 根據(jù)句意：在每周末的鋼琴課上，他總是說“我的媽媽總有一天會聽我彈鋼琴的”故選C
小題6:A. cheerless慘淡的    B. helpless無助的   C. hopeless無望的   D. meaningless無意義的  根據(jù)句意：但是那看起來是無望的，因為他完全沒有音樂天賦。故選C
小題7:A. listened聽 B. flew飛   C. came來   D. went去 根據(jù)句意：一天，羅比很晚才來上課。故選C
小題8:A. asleep睡覺 B. deaf聾的 C. well好的 D. ill 生病的  根據(jù)句意：他告訴作者他的媽媽生病了，不能帶他來上課。故選D
小題9:A. writing寫  B. practicing練習       C. singing唱歌  D. talking講話 根據(jù)句意：但是他仍然在教室里練習。故選B
小題10: A. agreed同意   B. disliked不喜歡   C. expected預期 D. decided 決定 根據(jù)句意：他問作者是否能參加作者的音樂會，作者同意了。故選A
小題11:A. satisfied 感到滿意的  B. bored無聊的  C. crowded擁擠的     D. familiar熟悉的  根據(jù)句意：音樂會的那天晚上，學校大廳里擠滿了家長，朋友和親人。故選C
小題12:A. fingers手指頭 B. feet腳   C. arms胳膊     D. legs腿  根據(jù)句意：他的手指在鋼琴鍵上飛舞。故選A
小題13:A. carefully小心的   B. cheerfully 高高興興的    C. meaningfully有意義的D. wonderfully 精彩的  根據(jù)句意：他彈得如此的精彩。故選D
小題14: A. took拿   B. passed 通過    C. moved   移動    D. ran跑 根據(jù)句意：羅比說他的媽媽得了癌癥，今天早上去世了。passed away去世 故選B
小題15:A. party派對 B. concert音樂會    C. meeting會議  D. show展示  根據(jù)句意：羅比說今天晚上是媽媽第一次聽他在音樂會演奏。故選B
點評：記敘文的文體重在把握事情的起因，經過和結果，本文文章大多是以短句構成。對于初中的完型填空，重在理解上下文的意思，一般不會很難。首先花幾分鐘進行整體的閱讀。不提倡看一個做一個，平時的學習中要注意多積累固定句型，考試時才能判斷出相對應的知識點。
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