甘谷县第一中学2015届高三第一次检测考试英语试题试卷(4)

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   So it was with really great  31   that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and  32  my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt  33   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 
 34   lessons．He could have gone on regretting it，  35   too many of us do．But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn’t  36   there．When he retired three years ago，he  37   his
church music director to take him as a student．
   For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he  38  stared down at his fingers．
Has he forgotten the  39   ?  I worried，remembering those split seconds   40  ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would  41 ．But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the  42  fingers that once baited(装饵于)my fishing lines．And I  43  he had been doing what music teachers always stress：  44  the music and pretend the others aren’t there．
  “I'm  45  of him for starting something new at his age，”I said to my son Jeff．
  “Yeah，and doing it so   46 ，”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．
27．A．reflected  B．explained      C．meant        D．proved
28．A．would    B．could         C．might        D．should
29．A．nothing   B．everything     C．anything      D．something
30．A．goal      B．stage         C．journey       D．chance
31．A．trouble    B．satisfaction     C．strength      D．disappointment
32．A．kept     B．sent           C．watched       D．felt
33．A．through  B．from          C．against        D．before
34．A．miss     B．afford         C．select         D．understand
35．A．as       B．once          C．if            D．while
36．A．educated   B．protected     C．stuck         D. spoiled
37．A．allowed   B．invited        C．inspired      D．persuaded
38．A．roughly   B．simply        C．merrily        D．curiously
39．A．words    B．videos        C．notes          D．lessons
40．A．decades  B．weeks         C．hours         D．moments
41．A．play     B．freeze         C．click          D．adjust
42．A．same     B．warm         C．different      D．dirty
43．A．predicted   B．realized      C．imagined      D．insisted
44．A．pass over   B．turn up       C．concentrate on  D．bring in
45．A．ashamed   B．aware        C．tired           D．proud
46．A．casually   B．anxiously      C．nicely         D．frequently
                         B
   People in communities have slowly been pushed apart over the years，mostly because people simply aren’t taking the time to say a simple “hello”．After considering this phenomenon，I decided I was going to  47   the way I was doing things．
My  48  came one morning when I was in the community library . I passed by a girt who 
 49   her books out of her locker(夹子）．Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up，I continued my way．However，when I had to  50  because I stupidly forgot my book，I noticed she had just finished packing them up by herself．No one had stopped to   51   her．
    “OK，”I thought to myself，“this is where I should have changed．”
    My best opportunity came a few days later when I saw a man  52  by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a   53  ．It was difficult to get started，and even when I had to say goodbye，almost every  54  from my new friend had a tone(语气)of doubt in it．And who could blame him?
    People aren’t used to making an   55  chat with a stranger．But a change，no matter how  56  it is needed，doesn’t just happen．It takes people like us to make it possible．I  57  you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someone’s day a little brighter. Together，we can really make society come   58  as a whole．
47．A．change    B．explain    C．1earn    D．show
48．A．trouble       B．doubt        C．wish         D．opportunity
49．A．took         B．dropped      C．got          D．pulled
50．A．go back      B．stand by      C．come out     D．turn up
51．A．please       B．greet         C．help         D．praise