单元检测
第一部分 听力(略)
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
"Hurry and finish breakfast,honey," I urge my daughter."We have some new music to learn today."
The sun is not up,yet here we sit on the piano bench,mother and daughter,welcoming the new day in some.
"Are your fingers in a good position?" I gently instruct.
Blue eyes rolling,7yearold Emily sighs before repeating the song,adding a little "forte(强音)" to stress that this she does hit correct note.
"Be careful not to be too hard on her," I tell myself."Stress the positive and make it fun."
"That was much better!" I say.
I think back to my own mother,30 year ago,sitting beside me as I practiced the piano before sunrise.We were 6:30 people,meeting in the early morning each day.Despite(尽管)working a secondshift job and getting only six hours of sleep,Mom never missed a practice session(训练课).Her instruction was always subtle(巧妙的),her gentle manner filling me with love.
I give Emily a hug.She plays not perfectly at first,but eventually with much harmony and rhythm.
"Let's play it again,Mom!" Emily's eyes,the same pair that were rolling with frustration(挫败)just 20 minutes earlier,are now lit with the glow(光辉)of achievement.I,too,feel a love between generations strengthened years earlier on a piano bench in the early light of the day.
"Mom,you should have heard her play at the concert!" I say."She didn't miss a note!" It is a week later,and I'm feeling the need to praise my young