Question

【题目】

big, wait, ask, shout, one, sudden, piano, singer, he, tired

There once was a man who played the piano in a bar. He was a good pianist People went there just to hear him play.But one night,a customer【1】told him he didn’t want to hear him just play any more.He was【2】to sing a song by the customer.

“I don’t sing,”the man said.The customer said to the boss;“I’m【3】of just listening to the piano .I want that guy to sing!”

“Hey,buddy!”the boss 【4】across the room.“If you want to get paid,sing a song!The customer is asking you to sing!” And the other customers were 【5】to see what would happen.

So he did.He sang a song.A【6】who never sang in public did so for the very first time. What’s more,Nat King Cloe sang the song,Mona Lisa,in a very special way.That was the 【7】time the song ever sounded that.

He was so talented!He could have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar.But because that man made 【8】sing,he went on to become one of the best-known 【9】in America.

You,too,have talent and abilities.You may not feel as if your talent is great,but it may be 【10】than you think!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】suddenly

【2】asked

【3】tired

【4】shouted

【5】waiting

【6】pianist

【7】first

【8】him

【9】singers

【10】bigger

【解析】一个年轻人一直在酒吧里弹钢琴，但是有一天客人要求他唱首歌。他从来没有唱过歌，但唱歌之后才知道自己在唱歌方面很有天赋。最后他成为了美国最著名的歌手之一。

【1】句意：但是，有一天晚上，一个顾客突然告诉他，他不想听他的演奏了。缺乏一个副词来修饰动词，故填suddenly。

【2】句意：他被顾客要求唱首歌。使用被动语态（be done），填过去分词asked.

【3】句意：我厌倦了听钢琴。故填tired

【4】句意：老板通过房间喊……。文章使用过去式，故填shouted

【5】句意：并且其他顾客也在等待看会发生什么。此处使用过去进行时，故填waiting.

【6】句意：一个从来没有在公开场合唱过歌的钢琴家第一次这么做。此处需填名词，painist.

【7】句意：这是这首歌第一次听起来是这样。需要填序数词, first

【8】句意：但是因为那个人要求他唱歌。此处填宾格，him。

【9】句意：他继续，成为了美国最著名的的歌手之一。考查one of + 名词复数，故填singers.

【10】句意：你可能不会感觉到你的天分多好，但是它可能比你想象中的大。后文是than，表示比较，故填比较级bigger.