2018届高考英语一轮复习 Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe A Lesson in a Lab课时作业提升练 外研版必修1.docVIP

Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe A Lesson in a Lab (建议用时35分钟) Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A 　　My heart beat with that feeling, pumping it like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I stood up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was quiet. Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to doubt whether I had done everything perfectly. Then, suddenly, the applause came. “Thank you. . . so much, ”I said, turning to Olga, my piano teacher for six years. “You’ve been an amazing student all these years, ”she said, “and I hope that whatever you do, you never stop practising. ” I leaned forward, promising I would always keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her. It turned out to be that promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped for them to be. Right after quitting, I kept up my strict practicing schedule. Soon, it began slipping away from me. After all, the reason I had stopped taking lessons was that my schedule was busy with homework. Not long after, I stopped practising altogether. It was pleasing not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was shifting inside of me. I was empty inside. One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga for quite a while. “So, are you still taking lessons from Olga? ”She asked. “Um, no, actually I just quit a while ago, ”I replied quickly. “Oh, that’s a shame, ”she responded, “You used to be so good—I remember your performance a year ago; it was breathtaking. ” Two days after talking to Michelle, I subconsciously(潜意识地)sat down on the bench and started playing. I wasn’t even trying to make the notes sound musically correct. . . I was simply doing what I should have been this entire time, playing, just to be playing. As the music spread, a familiar feeling rose inside me. 【文章大意】一年前作者成功地弹奏钢琴, 并向老师承诺会坚持练下去, 然而由于课业的繁重, 作者停止练习, 心里感觉很失落, 偶然地和钢琴老师现在的学生的相遇, 勾起了作者对钢琴的那种熟悉的感觉。 1. According to the passage, the quiet room made the writer doubt______. A. whe