《2025年初中英语拓展听力与阅读课堂突破九年级英语全一册译林版》

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阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.
One day， while I was 1 on the street， I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to 2 where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.
She was singing songs about love， 3 yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there 4， watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be 5 enough to perform in front of so many people.
She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her 6 sounded.
"Thank you，" she said.
"I have been going through a hard time recently， 7 you've made me hopeful again，" I said to her.
"I'm glad that I could help，" she replied. "Why are you so 8 ?"
"Well， my mum has lost her job， and I'm not so sure what to do ..."
"Did you notice the 9 you were walking? Your head was down，" she said. "Don't be upset， because 10 comes in different ways and if your head is down， you might not see it. You should 11 more ... lift your head up."
I looked 12 her， amazed at how she was encouraging me. " 13 are you playing the piano here?" I asked her with a smile.
She 14 that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer 15 up by playing music.
I smiled a little wider， realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.
（ ）1. A. driving B. riding C. running D. walking

答案： D
解析：下文提到“I walked more slowly”，说明此处是“walking on the street”，所以选D。

（ ）2. A. find out B. send out C. take out D. get out

答案： A
解析：听到音乐后，应该是想“查明”声音来自哪里，“find out”有查明、弄清楚之意，符合语境，所以选A。

（ ）3. A. dressing B. believing C. hurting D. losing

答案： B
解析：结合语境，歌曲内容关于爱、“相信”自己和不断尝试，“believing yourself”符合积极的主题，所以选B。

（ ）4. A. nervously B. rudely C. angrily D. quietly

答案： D
解析：她的歌声让人舒服，“我”应该是“静静地”站在那里，“quietly”符合，所以选D。

（ ）5. A. brave B. shy C. bored D. honest

答案： A
解析：在很多人面前表演需要“勇敢”，“brave enough”符合，所以选A。