一、语法选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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 bom 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 schools best student 9 won several prizes for his talents.
In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an 10 music at a college. 11 there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time Xian still wrote 12 of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.
In May 1940, Xian 13 to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very 14 . Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness 15 October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in the people's hearts.
1. A. near
B. nearly
C. nearby
D. nearer
参考答案：B
2. A. he
B. him
C. his
D. he’s
参考答案：C
3. A. a
B. an
C. the
D. this
参考答案：C
4. A. so
B. such
C. very
D. much
参考答案：A
5. A. need
B. may
C. should
D. could
参考答案：D
6. A. practice
B. practicing
C. to practice
D. practised
参考答案：B
7. A. what
B. which
C. whom
D. who
参考答案：D
8. A. leave
B. leaves
C. left
D. was leaving
参考答案：C
9. A. and
B. but
C. as
D. or
参考答案：A
10. A. teach
B. taught
C. teaching
D. to teach
参考答案：D
11. A. If
B. Although
C. When
D. Because
参考答案：B
12. A. any
B. little
C. few
D. some
参考答案：D
13. A sent
B. was sent
C. has sent
D. was sending
参考答案：B
14. A hard
B. harder
C. hardest
D. the hardest
参考答案：A
15. A. at
B. in
C. on
D. by
参考答案：C