北京市顺义牛栏山第一中学2024-2025学年高二下学期期中月考试英语试题（PDF版，无答案）

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. 第1页共12页