广东省东莞市2014届高三高考中心组系列模拟英语试题（三）.docVIP

广东省东莞市2014届高三高考中心组系列模拟英语试题（三） 满分135分 考试时间120分钟 I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert today. She played so that I could not help cheering her. The very scene reminded me of her tough __2__ of piano practicing. When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great __3__, she began learning it. However, when she was no longer curious, she became __4__ of it. After all, it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily __5__ of practice. When her first teacher left, my friend __6__ me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some __7__ comments on the excellent part, and then point out what should be ___8___. Every time she came, instead of beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some ___9___. She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the skills of playing, but more ___10___, to feel the music and love it.” After some time, my daughter became __11__ of her lessons. Sometimes she even would like to show off a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level. Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was __12__ that you didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like ___13___ a mountain. You’ll feel ___14___ when you are on the way. When you look down from where you are, you will realize that you have been making progress. But if you ___15___, you’ll never take one more step.” Hearing these inspiring words, I could not hold my tears, thinking that is the very thing I want to teach her, something that is more important than learning piano. 1. A. smoothly B. patiently C. carefully D. happily 2. A. impressions B. experiences C. memory D. feelings 3. A. confidence B. pressure C. commitment D. excitement 4. A. proud B. skeptical C. sick D. aware 5. A. routin