三、完形填空(本题有15小题，每小题l分．共计l5分)

     I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.
     One day, while I was   26   on the street, I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to   27   where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.
     She was singing songs about love,   28   yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there   29   , watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be   30   enough to perform in front of so many people.
     She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her   31   sounded. "Thank you. " she said.
     "I have been going through a hard time recently,   32   you've made me hopeful again. " I said to her.
     "I’m glad that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so   33  ?”
     "Well, my mum has lost her job, and I’m not so sure what to do... "
     "Did you notice the   34   you were walking? Your head was down." she said. "Don’t be upset,because   35   comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should   36   more ... lift your head up. "
     I looked   37   her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. "  38   are you playing the piano here?"
I asked her with a smile.
     She  39   that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer  40   up by playing music.
      I smiled a little wider, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.
         26. A. driving          B. riding            C. running           D. walking
         27. A. find out         B. send out          C. take out           D. get out
         28. A. dressing         B. believing         C. hurting            D. losing
         29. A. nervously        B. rudely           C. angrily            D. quietly
         30. A. brave           B. shy              C. bored             D. honest
         31. A. advice           B. idea             C. music            D. interest
         32. A. or               B. but             C. so               D. and
         33. A. dirty            B. busy             C. sad              D. lazy
         34. A. way             B. time            C. reason            D. station
         35. A. opportunity       B. health           C. pain             D. life
         36. A. complain         B. rest             C. smile            D. pay
         37. A. like              B. after            C. for              D. at
         38. A. How             B. Why            C. When           D. Where
         39. A. dreamed          B. hoped           C. guessed         D.explained
         40. A. us               B. them            C. me             D. her
26、解析：本题考查动词辨析，句意为走在街上，故选D，本题易。
27、解析：本题考查动词词组。find out找到；send out发送，派遣；take out拿出，取出；get out离开，泄露，出版。句意为找到钢琴声的出处，故选A，本题稍难。
28、解析：本题考查动词辨析，句意，她正在唱关于爱的歌，相信你自己，然后去尝试，故选B，本题易。
29、解析：本题考查副词辨析。Nervously焦急地；rudely粗鲁地；angrily生气地；quietly安静地，根据前后文意，该选D，本题易
30、解析：本题考查形容词辨析。brave勇敢的，shy害羞的，bored无聊的，honest诚实的。句意为她要十分勇敢去站在这么多人面前表演，故选A，本题易
31、解析：本题考查名词辨析。Advice建议，idea想法，music音乐，interest兴趣。句意为我走过去，然后告诉她的音乐听起来真好，故选C，本题易
32、解析：本题考查连词辨析。根据上下文的文意，应选B，本题易。
33、解析：本题考查形容词辨析。Dirty肮脏的，busy忙碌的，sad悲伤的，lazy懒惰的，后文我的回答是我妈妈失去了工作，我不知道我该干什么，根据文意，本题应选C，本题稍难
34、解析：本题考查名词辨析。Way路，方法；time时间；reason理由；station车站，情况。句意为你注意到你该走的路了吗？故选A，本题易
35、解析：本题考查名词辨析。Opportunity机会，health健康，pain疼痛，life生命，根据前后文意思，应选A，本题易
36、解析：本题考查动词辨析。Complain抱怨，rest休息，smile微笑，pay付钱，句意为你应该抬起头多微笑，故选C，本题易
37、解析：本题考查介词辨析。Look like看起来像；look after照顾；look for寻找；look at看着，根据句意，应选D，本题稍难
38、解析：本题考查疑问代词。“你为什么在这里弹钢琴？”故选B，本题易
39、解析：本题考查动词辨析。Dream梦想，hope希望，guess猜想，explain解释。前文由我提出疑问，这边进行回答解释，故选D，本题稍难
40、解析：本题考查人称代词。句意为鼓励他们，故选B，本题易。