2024年云南成人高考高起点《英语》备考习题兼答案（13）
II.Cloze(20 Points)
Choose the most appropriate answer to complete the following passage.
Mr.Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his spare time.He is often carried away by his own 46.But it is a 47 time for his neighbors when Mr.Adamson plays as he 48 so badly.
One day Mr.Adamson sat by a 49 and began to play the violin as usual.Mr.Adamson seemed to be making 50 instead of music,but he was so 51 that he almost forgot what he was doing.Just then,some stones were thrown out of the window under 52 Mr.Adamson was sitting,but he did not pay any attention to it.The'music'53.After a little while,an empty bottle and a worn-out shoe were thrown out of the window,54.Only then did Mr.Adamson know that this was not the 55 for him to play in.Mr.Adamson was very 56.He thought,'57 no living people can understand my music,I should go to a place where people may appreciate my works.'So he decided to go to a graveyard(墓地).
He came to a graveyard where there is no other 58 except the church toll(钟声).Mr.Adamson sat at a grave and thought 59.'I must do my best to 60 that my music is outstanding(出色的).'The more he thought,the more inspired he was,and 61 he began to play his violin.Suddenly a bare foot stretched(伸)out from the 62 and gave Mr.Adamson a heavy 63 which sent him flying.His violin also dropped from his hand.Mr.Adamson felt very sad 64 his work was not accepted by anyone,not even the 65.
46.A.violin B.music C.noise D.sound
47.A.terrible B.useless C.wonderful D.long
48.A.sings B.shouted C.played D.does
49.A.house B.door C.window D.wall
50.A.sound B.something C.noise D.voice
II.Cloze(20 Points)
46.Adamson喜欢拉小提琴达到了自我欣赏的地步，陶醉在自己“美妙”的音乐之中，答案为B。
47.“But”的转折说明事实远非如此，不是拉得好，而是很糟，对邻居来说是一种痛苦，37题答案为A。
48.指拉小提琴，前后已经出现，应用代动词，即C。
49.从下文“the window under…Mr.Adamson was sitting”可以判断他是坐在窗子旁边，即C。
50.与music相对的应是noise，所以答案为C。
51.A.angry B.excited C.comfortable D.disappointed
52.A.which B.it C.that D.where
53.A.stopped B.began C.played D.continued
54.A.together B.slowly C.too D.again
55.A.room B.music C.violin D.place
51.正如前段所述，他自我陶醉，拉得应是“特别兴奋”，答案应是B。
52.很明显这里是定语从句，一般应用(under)which，which指window，Adamson不会坐在窗子的下面。所以答案为where，where指扔出石子的窗子，即在Adamson上面，对着他坐着拉琴的地方上面窗子里有石子扔出。所以答案为D。
53.从下文来看，Adamson并没注意到这些，还是继续拉小提琴，所以答案应是D。
54.刚才有石头扔出，现在是瓶子和旧鞋，说明答案为too，即C。
55.Adamson这时知道这不是他拉琴的地方，答案应为D。
56.A.happy B.sad C.glad D.tearful
57.A.Perhaps B.Though C.If D.Even
58.A.person B.building C.thing D.sound
59.A.anything B.his music C.a lot D.hardly
60.A.show B.tell C.announce D.mean
56.不能自娱，当然感到沮丧，所以答案应为B。
57.Adamson并不知道自己拉得很糟糕，所以他只能从另一方面去解释，猜测可能人们不能理解他的音乐。此题答案为A。
58.从“except the church toll”说明58应填D。
59.从句法结构来看，此题应选C。后面“The more he thought the more…”也说明此题答案为C。
60.他决定尽最大努力让死人听听他的音乐是出色的，所以应填A。
61.A.first B.again C.finally D.later
62.A.graveyard B.window C.tree D.church
63.A.kick B.beating C.wing D.shoe
64.A.when B.and C.because D.so
65.A.graveyard B.children C.people D.dead
61.上文提到了拉小提琴，这次又拉起，所以用again，即B。
62.Adamson身处墓地，一只脚只能从坟墓中伸出，故答案应是A。
63.用脚自然是踢了他一脚，答案为A。
64.该空后说的是Adamson沮丧的原因，所以答案应是C。
65.Adamson在楼里拉琴，人扔石子、瓶子，他认为活着的人不能接受、很沮丧，现在在坟地里拉琴，死人踢他一脚，他认为“死人”也不能接受他的音乐，很是难过。从上下对照来看答案应是D。
