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8. A. meaningless B. possible C. cruel D. expensive
山东省日照市2022-2023年新营中学九年级一模考试英语试卷
(考试时间:100分钟 满分:90分)
第I卷选择题(共45分)
一、完形填空(15分)
When George Dennehy was a young boy,he never dreamed he would serve others as a motivational(励志的)speaker and musician. But the armless teenager has spent the last couple of years sharing his story and 1 others.
Born with no 2 in Romania, Dennehy's condition was terrible, so his parents turned him over to a 3 in America.
Early on, he says his American parents 4 his musical abilities. When he was 8 years old, his mom took him to violin 5 and he started playing. However, he didn't really enjoy it at first. His first teacher, Shelley, helped him 6 with his feet.
Shelley actually learned to play the 7 with her feet and made up some foot exercises. She wanted to see if it was 8 to do it."I am really moved by what she has done for me." Dennehy says.
At the beginning of high school, when the violin became not so cool to play, Dennehy 9 playing the guitar and picked it up pretty fast.
" It was necessary, though, to learn the violin first, 10 it's the hardest of all to play," he says." The only 11 in the guitar is that I'm playing the cords(弦). But I play in the same tune(曲调) as everyone else does,"he notes.
Learning to play music hasn't been an easy road. He was shy at first. But every time he got on stage to 12 or play music, he could see how the audience 13 him for his abilities and that gave him confidence to realize his dream.
No matter what situation we' re in, 14 is possible. It is so easy to give up sometimes. But we shouldn't do that. There's more that is meant for 15 .
1. A. praising B. annoying C. encouraging D. fooling
2.A. legs B. eyes C. arms D. hair
3. A. hospital B. family C. company D. school