Question

    YoYo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at four. A year later, when he was     36   years old, he gave his first concert. The family soon moved to New York, America. Later he joined Julliard School, a school   37   gifted musicians. He went to Harvard University to study music and graduated in 1976.

    YoYo soon became famous for his concerts. He always tries to play the cello with music from different countries like Brazil and China. He wrote   38   for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It sounds brilliant.

    YoYo is sometimes forgetful. He once   39   his cello in a taxi in New York. He was really

  40   because it’s worth US $2,000,000.The taxi driver took it to a police station. YoYo was very thankful.

36. A. four            B. five               C. six               D. seven

37. A. for             B. as                C. by                D. with

38. A. a story          B. an article          C. music             D. a poem

39. A. forgot          B. remembered        C. missed             D. left

40. A. excited         B. worried            C. lonely             D. bored

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文主要介紹了大提琴家Yo Yo Ma四歲開始學(xué)琴，5歲開始開音樂會，在1976年哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)，他變的非常出名。他有時是健忘的。

36. A 【解析】根據(jù)上文他四歲開始學(xué)大提琴，一年之后為五歲，因此選A。

37.D 【解析】根據(jù)句意“一個有才華音樂家的學(xué)�！保�可知選D。

38. C【解析】根據(jù)句意“他為電影crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon寫了音樂”，可知選C。

39. D【解析】leave sth in place意為“把某物忘在某地”，forget意為“忘記某事或忘記做某事”。根據(jù)句意“他把他的大提琴忘到了出租車上”。因此選D。

40. B【解析】根據(jù)根據(jù)下文“他的大提琴值兩百萬美元”可知他非常的著急，因此選worried。