It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties,

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson. As an inexperienced teacher, I tried every means to get them to be   36  , but in vain. my panic was rising and I could feel my heart beating wildly. This was the   37   of my job as a music teacher, I thought -- teaching was not for me. Then I had an idea. Hoping that no one would notice that I was   38   inside, I threw my voice as far as it would reach: "Put your heads on the desks and close your   39  ! We are going on a journey."

  40  , the children fell silent. "Now what should I do?" I thought to myself. Reaching over to my collection of CDs, I blindly   41  , put it in the machine and played it.

Obediently (顺从地), my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes and   42 . When the music started, the room as filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have ever imagined. All the children were   43  . When the music finished, I asked them all to raise their   44   slowly so that we could share our musical journey.

At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences, I began to learn how to   45  . The music allow me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the
  46   and most of all, an understanding of each other. This was the power that   47   in the classroom could have.

36. A. glad                         B. safe                              C. kind                              D. quiet

37.A. end                           B. aim                               C. rule                               D. plan

38. A. guessing                   B. shaking                         C. responding                     D. laughing

39. A. eyes                         B. mouths                          C. books                            D. doors

40. A. Punctually                B. Importantly                    C. Amazingly                      D. Obviously

41. A. passed one on           B. gave one back                C. turned one in                  D. took one out

42. A. slept                        B. nodded                          C. waited                           D. continued

43. A. talking                      B. singing                          C. dancing                         D. listening

44. A. legs                         B. heads                            C. arms                             D. shoulders

45. A. teach                       B. imagine                         C. play                              D. understand

46. A. unprepared               B. unspoken                       C. unknown                       D. unforgotten

47. A. games                      B. music                            C. tears                             D. knowledge

36．D

37．A

38．B

39．A

40．C

41．D

42．C

43．D

44．B

45．A

46．C

47．B

42．C;考查动词。根据后文的：When the music started, the room was filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors.可知当作者将音乐放进机器里，学生们趴在自己的桌子上静静地等着音乐响起来，故选C

43．D;考查动词。老师在放音乐，当然学生们都在听，listening放在此较其他选项都比较合适。故选D

44．B;考查名词。Raise sb’s head(s)抬起头来。句意：当音乐放完的时候，我要求他们所有人慢慢地抬起头来，那样的话，我们就可以一起分享我们的音乐之旅。故选B

45．A;考查动词。根据前文：At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences,可知学生们从开始的不愿响应作者到最后跟着作者一起参与其中，这让作者开始知道怎么教书了，故选A

46．C;考查形容词。A. unprepared为准备好的 B. unspoken无言的 C. unknown未知的 D. unforegotten难忘的；根据前文有the knowing已知的，又有and连接，可知横向上填unknown未知的，构成像前文tears and smiles那样的对比，形成对仗，故选C

47．B;考查名词。根据前文：The music allowed me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the unknown and, most of all, an understanding of each other.可知这些都是音乐的好处，它让我们知道了分享和尊重，泪水和欢笑，已知与未知，最主要的是它让我们相互了解。所以最后一句作者旨在总结：这就是课堂音乐所拥有的力量