Have you ever heard of the story about Yu Boya and ZhongZiqi? Their friendship is a typical 1 of the ideal（理想的）Chinese friendship. Here is the story.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there lived a great musician named Yu Boya. He played the musical instrument guqin very well. Unluckily, few people could 2 his music.

One day, Boya went traveling by boat. On his way, he met with a big 3 and stopped the boat by the riverside. When the rain stopped, seeing the beautiful scenery（景色）, he was very 4 . So he took out his guqin and began to play. As he was throwing himself into playing music, he 5 noticed thatsomebody was listening to him by the riverside. Boya came out the of the boat and saw a person enjoying his music. That person was ZhongZiqi. Boya 6 him to his boat and played for him. He played one tune（曲子）that described the high mountain and another that described the running water. Zhong understood both of them and admired Boya for his musical 7 . Boya was very excited, and said, “Dear friend! Only you can understand my music!”

They 8 that they would meet again in the same place the next year. The following year, Boya arrived on time, ____9_____he didn’t see Zhong. He visited the village where Zhong lived and heard that his friend had died of an illness. Yu felt very sad. He thought no one in the world could understand his music any more. He took out his qin and once again played the music of High Mountains and Flowing Water for his friends, and then broke his qin and never played it again.

From then on, people use “High Mountains and Flowing Water” to____10_____ valuable friendship between people. True friendship isn’t about who the people are, or how long they’ve known each other, instead, it is about people who can truly understand each other.

1. A. rule B. part C. example D. character

2. A. forget B. believe C. realize D. understand

3. A. rain B. boat C. instrument D. fish

4. A. bored B. excited C. proud D. sad

5. A. suddenly B. luckily C. carefully D. separately

6. A. sent B. invited C. refused D. threw

7. A. rule B. talent C. journey D. score

8. A. agreed B. doubted C. minded D. wondered

9. A. if B. so C. but D. because

10. A. describe B. feel C. learn D. believe

【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. A

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是俞伯牙和钟子期知音难求的感人故事。

1. 句意：他们的友谊是理想的中国友谊的典型例子。

rule规则；part部分；example例子；character性格。根据“Have you ever heard of the story about Yu Boya and ZhongZiqi? Their friendship is a typical…of the ideal（理想的）Chinese friendship. Here is the story.”可知，此处是用俞伯牙和钟子期举了一个例子。故选C。

2. 句意：不幸的是，很少有人能听懂他的音乐。

forget忘记；believe相信；realize意识到；understand理解。根据“Zhong understood both of them and admired Boya”可知，此处没人能听懂他的音乐。故选D。

3. 句意：在路上，他遇到了一场大雨，把船停在河边。

rain雨；boat船；instrument仪器；fish鱼。根据“When the rain stopped”可知，遇到了一场大雨。故选A。

4. 句意：雨停了，看到美丽的景色，他非常激动。

bored乏味的；excited兴奋的；proud自豪的；sad悲伤的。根据“When the rain stopped, seeing the beautiful scenery（景色）”“和So he took out his guqin and began to play.”可知，此处他应该非常激动。故选B。

5. 句意：当他全神贯注地演奏音乐时，他突然注意到河边有人在听他演奏。

.A. suddenly突然地 B. luckily幸运地 C. carefully仔细地 D. separately 单独地从语境知。故选A。

6. 句意：伯牙邀请他到他的船上为他演奏。

sent寄送；invited邀请；refused拒绝；threw扔。根据“Zhong understood both of them and admired Boya”可知，伯牙邀请他到他的船上。故选B。

7. 句意：钟子期听懂了这两首曲子，并钦佩伯牙的音乐才能。

rule规则；talent才能；journey旅行；score分数。根据“Zhong understood both of them and admired Boya”和“Boya was very excited, and said, ‘Dear friend! Only you can understand my music!’”可知，子期钦佩伯牙的音乐才能。故选B。

8. 句意：他们约定明年再在同一个地方见面。

agreed同意，约定；doubted怀疑；minded介意；wondered想知道。根据“ they would meet again in the same place the next year”可知，此处表两个人的约定。故选A。

9. 句意：第二年，伯牙准时到达，但他没有见到钟子期。

if如果；so因此；but但是；because因为。前后句之间为转折关系，使用连词but。故选C。

10. 句意：从那时起，人们用高山流水描述人们之间有价值的友谊。

A. describe 描述 B. feel 感到 C. learn 学习 D. believe相信故选A