Question

Nicola’s Love for Her Violin

     Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (絕配)? 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.”[來源:學_科_網]

     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 (終有回報). 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 (聯合國兒童基金會). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】略