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牛栏山一中2024-2025学年度第二学期期中考试
英语试卷
2025.5
本试卷共三部分，满分100分，考试时长90分钟。
考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。
在答题卡上，选择题用2B铅笔作答，其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。
第一部分知识运用（共二节，25分）
第一节完形填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择
最佳选项。
I was 11 when I asked my mum for piano lessons.As we were in an economic crisis,she said
a polite "no”.
That didn't discourage me.Idrew a keyboard onto a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk.I
would 1 notes on an online keyboard and"play"them back on my paper one-keeping
the sound they made on the computer in my head.I spent six months playing withouta
real piano.As my mum found I was serious about it,she bought me 10 lessons with borrowed
money.
I3my grade one after eight lessons and got distinction.By the time I started
secondary school,we couldn't afford lessons again,so I retumed to my paper keyboard.I passed
grade three,then grade five,practising only on my piece of paper.
For the grades above that,there's an4 that you should add a certain sensitivity into
your playing.The music teacher at my school said I could practise on the school's grand piano:I
would wake up at 5:30 am to get there in time and play until lessons started.I'd 5 lunch
and then practice after school until the caretaker kicked me out.At home,I'd have dinner,do three
hours of revision,and then 6 practice until 1:00 am.
My school didn't offer music A-level.I found the Purcell School for young musicians.The
audition (was extremely challenging,and I felt overwhelmed.To my amazement,I was
offered a_7一
I had been told I had started playing too_&一to reach conservatoire(音乐学院)level,
but when I left Purcell,I was awarded the senior piano prize.I am now at the Guildhall School in
London,where I was offered a scholarship.I feel9:it's been 10 years since I drew my
paper piano and I'm at one of the world's leading conservatoires.
The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano-what we call
mental practice.It10 key areas of the mind that are less readily accessed by piano
playing alone.The paper piano helped stimulate my curiosity about how music works.
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