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高一英语其中模拟测试卷
第一部分 完形填空(2×15=30)
Robin was 12 years old when his mother sent him to me for his first piano lesson. I preferred that students begin at an earlier ____1____. I explained it to Robin that he was too old, but he said it had always been his mother’s ____2____ to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Although Robin tried very hard he didn’t seem to have the basic sense of music. However, he ____3____ and at the end of each lesson he never forgot to say, “My mom’s going to hear me play someday.” But it seemed impossible, and I was ____4____ by his slow progress. One day, he ____5____ me that his mother was sick and he couldn’t come to my class any longer. I was glad that he stopped coming, since he was really a bad ____6____ for my teaching!
Several months later when I was preparing my students for a music show, Robin came to my home and said he had to ____7____ the show. I don’t know what led me to ____8____ him to do that. Maybe it was the ____9____ in his eyes or maybe it was something inside of me saying that it would be all right.
I was even more _____10_____ when Robin announced that he had chosen one of the most difficult pieces of Mozart. I was not prepared for what happened next.
However, on the show his fingers danced _____11_____ on the keys. He played so well that everyone _____12_____ excitedly when he was leaving the stage. In excitement, I _____13_____ up to stage to congratulate him.
“How could you do it?” I could not help asking him a few days later.
“Well I kept practicing at home. My mom had cancer and just passed away the day I went to your _____14_____ to ask for your permission to take part in the show. It was always her dream that she could hear me play on the stage. I wanted to make it _____15_____.”
1. A. level B. convenience C. age D. moment
2. A. task B. plan C. dream D. hobby
3. A. acted B. continued C. commanded D. proved
4. A. encouraged B. disappointed C. touched D. guided
5. A. told B. showed C. convinced D