The composing career of Albert Roussel got off to a changeable start, and received one of its biggest successes from a lie.
Roussel became an orphan (孤儿) at the age of eight and went to live with his __1__. He built on the __2__ he had learned from his mother, __3__ himself by reading through the family music collections and playing popular songs on the piano. Three years later Roussel's grandfather __4__， and his mother's sister took him in. Her husband arranged (安排) for young Albert to __5__ piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian __6__ added a second love to his life — the sea. He studied to be a soldier in the navy, __7__ still made time to study music.
In the French Navy, he and two __8__ found time to play the music of Beethoven and other composers. Roussel also began __9__. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first public __10__ as a composer. That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow naval friends __11__ to show it to a __12__ conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel's friend __13__ with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had __14__ Roussel to give up his naval career and __15__ his life to music.
Not long __16__， at the age of 25, Roussel did just that. He applied the qualities that he had __17__ in the navy to his composing and became a major force in the twentieth century French music. As for Edouard Colonne's __18__ advice that Roussel should devote his life to music, Roussel's naval friend later __19__ that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the __20__.
语篇解读：无论生活中发生什么，都无法改变阿尔贝·罗素对音乐的挚爱。好友一个美丽的谎言，愈发坚定了阿尔贝·罗素追求音乐的信念，并使其最终成为20世纪法国乐坛的重要人物。
1．A.grandfather B．sister
C．aunt D．uncle
解析：选A 根据第二段中的“Three years later Roussel's grandfather”可知选A。
2．A.story B．melody
C．music D．poem
解析：选C 根据全文的主题及下文中的“reading through the family music collections”可知，此处应选“music”。
3．A.reminding B．entertaining
C．controlling D．understanding
解析：选B 通过阅读家庭音乐作品集以及在钢琴上演奏流行歌曲，Roussel非常快乐。entertain“使快乐”，符合语境。
4．A.turned away B．passed away
C．got away D．went away
解析：选B 下文提到Roussel的姨妈把他接走了，所以这应该是指Roussel的祖父去世了。pass away“亡故”。
5．A.take B．give
C．share D. contribute
解析：选A take piano lessons“上钢琴课”，give piano lessons“教钢琴”。由语境可知，这里应选“take”。
6．A.hillside B．countryside
C．seaside D．mountainside
解析：选C 由下文提到的“the sea”可知，选C。
7．A.but B．and
C．so D．or
解析：选A Roussel加入了海军，但是(but)他仍然找时间学音乐。
8．A.brothers B．friends
C．workmates D．relatives
解析：选B 一起演奏乐曲的应该是志同道合的朋友。另外，下文提到他的朋友主动提出把Roussel的作品推荐给指挥家Colonne也是提示。
9．A.writing B．studying
C．composing D．drawing
解析：选C 根据第10题空后的“as a composer”可知，这里表示Roussel也开始作曲，故选C。
10．A.speech B．explanation
C．impression D．appearance
解析：选D 这里指Roussel首次以作曲家的身份亮相。appearance“演出，公开露面”，符合语境。
11．A.offered B．refused
C．wished D．decided
解析：选A 由下文内容可知，Roussel的一个朋友“主动提出(offered)”把他的作品推荐给指挥家Colonne。
12．A.serious B．familiar
C．similar D．famous
解析：选D Roussel当时名不见经传，但是Roussel的朋友既然向Colonne推荐他的曲子，因此可推知Colonne应该是位著名的指挥家。
13．A.arrived B．left
C．laughed D．returned
解析：选D Roussel的朋友回来后才能告诉他Colonne有什么回应。 return“回来，返回”，符合语境。
14．A.persuaded B．ordered
C．advised D．requested
解析：选C 根据常识和上下文可知，这里只能是“建议”。
15．A.devote B．add
C．declare D．contribute
解析：选A 这里是说让Roussel投身于音乐事业。下文第18题空后的“Roussel should devote his life to music”也是提示。
16．A.upward B．forward
C．afterward D．backward
解析：选C not long afterward“不久之后”。afterward“后来，以后”。
17．A.expected B．developed
C．loved D．formed
解析：选B 由上文中的“qualities”可知，这里应选develop“发展”与之搭配。
18．A.worrying B．surprising
C．inspiring D．boring
解析：选C 根据语境可知，让Roussel投身于音乐的建议暗示Roussel有音乐才能，这是鼓舞人心的(inspiring)。
19．A.considered B．admitted
C．agreed D．regretted
解析：选B 后来Roussel的朋友承认(admitted)自己说了谎。
20．A.conductor B．soldier
C．officer D．composer
解析：选A 通读文章可知，Roussel的朋友承认没有把他的手稿给那个指挥家。这里与第12题空后的conductor对应。
