广东省汕头市第四中学2013届高三阶段性联合考试（英语）
完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
Have you ever been in a position where you were required to take music lessons even though you didn’t want to?
My 1 was this: my father was a professional music teacher and my mother a piano player --- in fact, the whole family was very 2 . I was the only one not yet 3 in the playing of music. So, I was required to take 4 lessons even though I had no 5 in learning it. I sat through lesson after lesson but 6 to practice --- I'd rather be outside playing with my friends. Because I 7 practicing, my piano teacher told my parents that I was hopeless. 8 --- no more piano lessons.
Now, I was 9 from practicing the piano. My parents still desired I learn another instrument, but I wasn’t interested in learning something that was 10 for me. Several years later however, I decided to learn the drums and loved it so much that I played in several bands for many years after that.
It’s the same with most things in life: if you are not 11 to do something, no matter how much someone else wants you to do it, you won't do it. Or, at the very least, you won’t try hard and will 12 fail.
This 13 to do what you want is also important in beginning a career, choosing to study or deciding where you want to live. We all make 14 sooner or later but they should not be 15 on us.
1. A. decision B. situation C. answer D. requirement
2. A. musical B. athletic C. practical D. clever
3. A. required B. prohibited C. involved D. taught
