2018年广州市初中毕业生学业考试

英语（解析版）

一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分1分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、

B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life he wrote 1 300 songs and an opera.

Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with 2 mother. He began learning to play 3 violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was 4 cheap and badly made that he 5 not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop 6 and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students 7 studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he 8 , Xian became the school’s best student 9 won several prizes for his talents.