Once, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument. One day, a magic man  11  the king a harp(竖琴). 

The king took it to the palace, but  12　 he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many  13  people tried it. They agreed that the harp was  14 　and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish. 

A poor little girl  15　 found the harp, and even though she didn’t know how  16　 it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect,  17　 each time it sounded a little better. 

Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact  18  magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort. 

The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing his old harp, he was filled  19　 joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private  20　, giving her and her family many riches.

1.

A offer

B offers

C offered

D has offered

解析：选C。C 考查时态。根据上文one day提示以及searched，应用一般过去时。

2.

A when

B before

C if

D because

解析：选A。A 考查状语从句。根据句意“但是当他弹奏的时候，竖琴发出的声音很糟糕。”，故选when。

3.

A another

B other

C others

D the other

解析：选B。B 考查代词。根据句意“很多其他的人尝试过”且后有名词people，故选other。another表示三者或者三者以上的“另一个”；other表示“其他”，后可接名词；others表示“其他的…”，后不可接名词；the other表示两者中的“另一个”。

4.

A used

B using

C useless

D uselessness

解析：选C。C 考查词义辨析。根据后文as rubbish，得知句意应为“他们同意那把竖琴是没有用的”，故排除A、B，又根据be动词后加形容词，故选C。

5.

A late

B lately

C latest

D later

解析：选D。D 考查词义辨析。late表示“迟到，晚的”；lately表示“最近”；latest表示“最新的”；later表示“稍后”，根据文意“贫穷的小女孩之后发现了那把竖琴”，故选D。

6.

A played

B to play

C playing

D to playing

解析：选B。B 考查动词形式。特殊疑问词+to do可做宾语，故选B。

7.

A so

B and

C or

D but

解析：选D。D 考查连词。根据句意“每次弹奏的音乐都不完美，但每次听起来都有提升”可知前后句是转折关系，故选D。

8.

A a

B an

C the

D /

解析：选A。A 考查冠词。根据句意“实际上它是一把有魔力的竖琴”表示泛指，用在非元音发音的magic单词前，使用不定冠词a,故选A。

9.

A in

B of

C by

D with

解析：选D。D 考查介词。固定搭配，be filled with表示“充满…”。

10.

A music

B musical

C musician

D musically

解析：选C。C 考查词性。句意：“他让小女孩成为他的私人的音乐师”。这里缺名词，根据句意，故选C。