第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Albert Roussel is one of the most famous French musicians. The composing  36  of Albert Roussel got off with a (n)  37    start, but received one of its biggest successes from a lie.

At the age of eight, Roussel lost his parents and he had to live with his grandfather. He built on the music learned from his mother by reading through the family music 38  and playing classics and popular songs on the   39  .

Three years later, Roussel was taken in by his mother’s sister. She helped young Albert to continue to  40  the professional piano courses. The summer vacations at their beach house added a second love to Rouseel’s life—the sea. He studied to be a navel (海军)man, 41  still spared much time to study music.

In the French Navy, while he was  42   at a training base, he and two of his friends found the time to play the piano trios （三重奏）of Beethoven and other  43   . Roussel also began composing . At a church nearby on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first performance  44    as a composer with a beautiful piano trio. Everyone in church was pleased with the new piece.

That   45    encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march. One of his fellow naval officers offered to show  46    to an influential conductor, Edourad Colonne. When Roussel’s friend  47   with the composition , he reported to Roussel and other people that Colonne advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.

Then at the age of 25, Roussel did just that  48   he had spent seven years in the navy.  He  49     the self-discipline and his sense  50      responsibility that he had developed in the  51    to his composing and became a 52    force in the 20th century French music. As for Edourad Colonne’s  53  advice that Roussel devote his life to music —Roussel’s navy friend later admitted that he had  54    that advice and he had never even shown Roussel’s  55    to the conductor.

36．A．sound  B．career C．failure D．courage

37．A．difficult B．ideal C．direct D．normal

38．A．collection B．tradition C．contribution D．communication

39．A．DVD B．piano C．stage D．concert

40．A．take B．write C．make D．teach

41．A．and B．or C．but D．so

42．A．relaxing B．fighting C．driving D．serving

43．A．friends B．composers C．soldiers D．officers

44．A．historically B．successfully C．rapidly D．informally

45．A．day B．church C．success D．audience

46．A．it B．that C．him D．them

47．A．left B．brought C．returned D．arrived

48．A．before B．unless C．after D．until

49．A．applied B．received C．refused D．enjoyed

50．A．of  B．for C．in D．with

51．A．future B．navy C．childhood D．church

52．A．peaceful B．military C．meaningful D．major

53．A．threatening B．inspiring C．criticizing D．satisfying

54．A．set out B．picked up C．come out D．made up

55．A．idea  B．interest C．composition D．talent
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