Ⅳ. Choose the best answers to complete the passage below.
Zhou Enbu is a 12-year-old Tujia boy from Hubei. He is the youngest inheritor of Nanqu, a traditional local folk music.
When he was little, he loved listening to his grandfather sing Nanqu. The beautiful music always made him 1. However, most teenagers know 2 about this old art. They think it is too 3 and prefer modern pop music. At one time, Zhou Enbu wanted to 4 learning it.
Later, he watched a master's wonderful Nanqu performance. He was deeply moved and realized it was his 5 to pass on the traditional art.
Learning Nanqu is never easy. The tunes are hard to remember, but he 6 gave up. When he performed at his school art festival, to his 7, his classmates loved it very much. He also shared shows online and received plenty of warm 8.
Now he keeps practising and learns from old masters. He creates new lyrics for young people, hoping more teens can 9 traditional folk music. He believes with young people's 10, old arts can 11.
He plans to start a Nanqu club at school. "It's our 12 to protect our traditional treasure," he says. He hopes to show the beauty of Nanqu to people 13 the country.
For him, passing on traditions is a special 14. He will keep going and never let the old art 15.
()1. A. excited B. bored C. upset D. tired
()2. A. much B. little C. many D. few
()3. A. modern B. popular C. old-fashioned D. fresh
()4. A. give up B. take up C. pick up D. put up
()5. A. dream B. hobby C. duty D. secret
()6. A. sometimes B. always C. often D. never
()7. A. surprise B. sadness C. worry D. fear
()8. A. complaints B. comments C. questions D. mistakes
()9. A. forget B. avoid C. discover D. refuse
()10. A. effort B. money C. time D. luck
()11. A. break down B. come alive
C. die out D. slow down
()12. A. mistake B. choice C. duty D. excuse
()13. A. out of B. far from C. all over D. away from
()14. A. responsibility B. pressure
C. trouble D. shame
()15. A. return B. die C. stay D. continue

1—5 ABCAC 6—10 DABCA 11—15 BCCAB

【分析】首先通读全文，明确主旨是土家族男孩周恩布传承传统民间音乐南曲的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配逐一分析：1. 结合“优美的音乐”选对应情绪的形容词；2. 修饰不可数名词“art”，结合“青少年不了解”选表否定的代词；3. 结合“青少年更喜欢流行音乐”选描述南曲特点的形容词；4. 结合后文“决定传承”选对应动词短语；5. 结合“传承传统艺术”选表责任的名词；6. 结合“学习不易但坚持”选表否定的副词；7. 结合“同学喜欢表演”选表惊讶的名词；8. 结合“分享到网上”选表反馈的名词；9. 结合“希望青少年接触传统音乐”选对应动词；10. 结合“年轻人助力传承”选表付出的名词；11. 结合“古老艺术传承”选对应动词短语；12. 结合“保护传统”选表责任的名词；13. 结合“全国范围”选对应介词短语；14. 结合“传承传统”选表责任的名词；15. 结合“不让艺术消失”选对应动词。
【解析】1. 考查形容词：根据“优美的音乐”，选表兴奋的excited，A正确；2. 考查代词：修饰不可数名词art，表否定含义，选little，B正确；3. 考查形容词：青少年认为南曲太老式，old-fashioned符合语境，C正确；4. 考查动词短语：结合后文转折“决定传承”，此处指曾想放弃，give up正确，A正确；5. 考查名词：传承传统艺术是他的责任，duty正确，C正确；6. 考查副词：学习不易但从不放弃，never正确，D正确；7. 考查名词：同学喜欢他的表演，令他惊讶，surprise正确，A正确；8. 考查名词：分享到网上收到温暖评论，comments正确，B正确；9. 考查动词：希望青少年发现传统民间音乐，discover正确，C正确；10. 考查名词：年轻人的努力助力传承，effort正确，A正确；11. 考查动词短语：古老艺术能焕发生机，come alive正确，B正确；12. 考查名词：保护传统是我们的责任，duty正确，C正确；13. 考查介词短语：全国的人，all over正确，C正确；14. 考查名词：传承传统是特殊的责任，responsibility正确，A正确；15. 考查动词：不让古老艺术消亡，die正确，B正确。
【答案】1—5 ABCAC 6—10 DABCA 11—15 BCCAB
【知识点】完形填空、词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】本题围绕传统文化传承展开，考查学生语篇理解与词汇运用能力，贴近学生生活，兼具知识性与教育意义，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】0.5