答案 C [根据语境和空前的“Our hair was fried and falling out，nails broken”可知，此处在描述他们旅途的艰辛。故选择worn表示衣服破了。] 52.A.Doctors C.Lawyers

B.Hiking

D.Homelessness

答案 D [根据上文可知，无家可归的境况(Homelessness)使他们失去了一切物质上的东西。] 53.A.well C.neatly

B.partly D.originally

答案 B [根据上文中的“nature writer”和下文中的“leave that page __55__ or to keep writing the story”可知，此处表示这本书还未完成，即部分未完成的书。因此选择partly。] 54.A.choice C.promise

B.reward D.break

答案 A [根据本句中的“either...or...”可知，选choice。] 55.A.loose C.blank

B.full D.missing

答案 C [根据本句中的“or to keep writing the story with hope”可知，选择blank。表示一种选择是留着空白页，意思是停止旅行，还有一种选择是继续满怀希望地写作，即继续旅行。]

For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all.In his first years of high school，Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students，__36__across the campus with their heavy instrument cases，__37__at school for practice hours__38__ anyone else had to be there.He swore to himself to__39__music，as he hated getting to school extra early.

__40__，one day，in the music class that was __41__ of his school’s standard curriculum，he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it __42__ to pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling，he realized that he actually __43__ doing it.He tried to hide his __44__ pleasure from the music teacher，who had __45__ over to listen.He might not have done this particularly well，__46__ the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good __47__ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there __48__ him.There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a __49__.When he began practicing，he took it very __50__.But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument，and was __51__ to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This __52__，of course，that he arrived at school early in the morning，__53__ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the __54__ looks of the non-musicians he had left __55__. 36.A.travelling C.pacing

B.marching D.struggling

答案 D [根据“with their heavy instrument cases”可知，每天上学的时候，Gabriel总是同情地看着背着沉重乐器的同学们艰难地穿梭于校园中，struggle“努力，艰难地行进，斗争”，符合语境。] 37.A.rising up C.driving up

B.coming up D.turning up

答案 D [根据“__37__ at school for practice hours __38__ anyone else”可知，学习音乐的同学需要比不学音乐的早到学校几个小时，为了练习弹奏乐器。turn up“出现”，符合语境。] 38.A.before C.until

B.after D.since

答案 A [“anyone else”指不学音乐的学生，学习音乐的要比规定的到校时间早到几个小时，before anyone else had to be there比规定的到校时间早几个小时。这也是Gabriel不想学习音乐的原因之一。] 39.A.betray C.avoid

B.accept D.appreciate

答案 C [根据“as he hated getting to school extra early”可知，Gabriel讨厌过早到校，因此他对自己发誓“不学”音乐，A背叛；B接受；C避免，避开；D欣

赏。故选C。] 40.A.Therefore C.Thus

B.However D.Moreover

答案 B [此处是说，Gabriel在一次音乐课上意外发现自己很喜欢音乐，此处所表达的含义与上一段是转折关系，故选B。] 41.A.part C.basis

B.nature D.spirit

答案 A [that was __41__ of his school’s standard curriculum是定语从句，音乐课是学校标准课程的一部分，言外之意就是说，每个学生都得上这个音乐课。] 42.A.complicated C.confusing

B.safe D.easy

答案 D [根据下句“actually...tried to hide...pleasure”等词或词组可以看出，Gabriel在音乐中找到了乐趣，并试图隐藏这份愉悦，由此可知，此处是说，他发现演奏音乐很容易。故选D。] 43.A.missed C.enjoyed

B.disliked D.denied

答案 C [根据actually可知，Gabriel对音乐的看法有了变化，他实际上是喜欢音乐的，故选C。] 44.A.transparent C.false

B.obvious D.similar

答案 B [Gabriel不想让音乐老师看到自己表露出来的很明显的喜悦之情，transparent指(谎言、借口)易看穿的；obvious明显的，显然的；false假的；similar相似的。故选B。] 45.A.run C.jumped

B.jogged D.wandered

答案 D [音乐老师在教室里来回走动，听到Gabriel弹奏乐器的声音，就走过来聆听。run跑；jog慢跑；jump跳；wander徘徊，游荡。wander over漫步。] 46.A.because C.though

B.but D.so

答案 B [前句是说他弹得不是特别好，后句是说，老师告诉他他有良好的辨音能力，并且建议他去音乐商店选适合自己的乐器。前后句间为转折关系。] 47.A.ear C.heart

B.taste D.voice

答案 A [老师认为Gabriel有着很好辨音能力，并建议他去挑一件称心的乐器。ear辨音力，灵敏的听力；taste鉴赏力，欣赏力，指对作品的欣赏能力。由于Gabriel没有经过专业的训练，不能说他有很好的音乐鉴赏能力，taste不符合语境。]

48.A.occurred to C.appealed to

B.took to D.held to

答案 C [occur to sb某人突然想起；take to开始喜欢；appeal to有吸引力，引起兴趣；hold to抓住。老师让Gabriel找一件自己喜欢的乐器。] 49.A.change C.mission

B.chance D.function

答案 B [Gabriel准备试一下大提琴，给大提琴一次机会，即尝试演奏一下大提琴。change改变；chance机会；mission任务；function功能。故选B。] 50.A.seriously C.casually

B.proudly D.naturally

答案 C [根据But可知，前后是转折关系，下句说Gabriel发现自己很喜欢大提琴，说明前一句是说他只是随便拉一下。seriously认真地；proudly骄傲地；casually随便地；naturally自然地。故选C。] 51.A.committed C.limited

B.used D.admitted

答案 A [根据“so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well”可知，花了几个月的时间练习之后，Gabriel的大提琴已经拉得非常好了。be committed to sth/doing sth致力于。be used to doing sth“习惯于做某事”；be limited to“被局限于……”；be admitted to“被……录取”。故选A。] 52.A.proved C.stressed

B.showed D.meant