广东省梅州市蕉岭中学2014-2015学年高一下学期第一次质检 英语试题
I 语言知识及应用 ( 共两节, 满分45分 )
第一节：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四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the 1 every evening I used to look for a man who often played his saxophone(萨克斯管) near the 2 . He always looked upriver towards the mountains and he always looked so happy. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were 3 on the bus but I imagined it to be 4 and clear. I wanted to be like that man.
One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a 5 . It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap （皮带）and in his hands was a saxophone. He was _ 6 the saxophone to his 7 and just about to play. My family walked on up the river towards the castle 8 I stayed there by the statue, 9 of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my 10 when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a 11 ! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the 12 book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I 13 hard but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost 14 when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound – loud and clear like I 15 the music of the man by the river in Kobe.
1. A. car B. bus C. train D. motorcycle
2. A. bank B. castle C. mountain D. river
3. A. closed B. open C. broken D. clear
4. A. low B. lonely C. loud D. deep
5. A. man B. statue C. photo D. picture
6. A. playing B. picking C. lifting D. rising
