2．I must have been about fourteen then，and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth．But the words，Carl Walter spoke that day，came back to me years later，and ever since have been of great value to me．
Carl Walter was my piano teacher．During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing．I said three or four hours a day．
"Do you practice in long stretches，an hour at a time？"
"I try to．"
"Well，don't，"he exclaimed．"When you grow up，time won't come in long stretches． Practice in minutes，whenever you can find them five or ten before school，after lunch，between household tasks．Spread the practice through the day，and piano-playing will become a part of your life．"
When I was teaching at Columbia，I wanted to write，but class periods，theme-reading，and committee meetings filled my days and evenings．For two years I got practically nothing down on paper，and my excuse was that I had no time．Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said．During the next week I conducted an experiment．Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied，I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so．To my astonishment，at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision，later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method．Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever，in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use．I even took up piano--playing again，finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice．
There is an important trick in this time--using formula：you must get into your work quickly．If you have but five minutes for writing，you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil．You must make your mental preparations beforehand，and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes．Fortunately，rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize．
I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes．But life can be counted on to supply interruptions．Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life．To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need，if I plunge（投入）in without delay．
36．The meaning of"stretch"in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence"B"．
A．The forests in the north of the province stretch for hundreds of miles．
B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years．
C．My family wasn't wealthy by any stretch of the imagination．
D．During his senior year his earnings far enough to buy an old car．
37．Which of the following statements is true？A
A．The writer didn't completely take the teacher's words to heart at first．
B．Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer's life since he became a student．
C．The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches．
D．Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine．
38．We can infer that the writerD．
A．has new books published each year however busy his teaching is
B．is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy
C．has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels
D．can find sufficient time for mental preparations beforehand，so he's devoted to work instantly
39．What is the best title of this passage？B
A．Concentrate on Your Work B．A Little at a Time
C．How I Became a Writer D．Good Advice Is Most Valuable．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們講述了作者對(duì)的鋼琴老師卡爾•沃爾特對(duì)他生活有很大的影響，他使作者認(rèn)識(shí)到，即使是很短的時(shí)間，加起來，就是做成一件事所需要的時(shí)間，作者從此懂得了珍惜零碎時(shí)間的重要性．
解答 36．B．詞義推斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段""Do you practice in long stretches，"你在長(zhǎng)時(shí)間練習(xí)嗎？可知詞義為一段時(shí)間．B選項(xiàng)中句意為Bob擔(dān)任政府官員超過了20年，可知同樣意為一段時(shí)間；故選B．
37．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第一段But the words，which Carl Walter spoke that day，came back to me years later，and ever since have been of great value to me．然而他那天說的話很多年以后又回到我身邊，那以后這些話對(duì)我有巨大的價(jià)值．可推出一開始我并沒有把老師的話放在心上，但是多年后，我記起了老師的話，故選A．
38．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段"You must make your mental preparations beforehand，and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes"如果你只有五分鐘寫作，你不能浪費(fèi)四咀嚼你的鉛筆，你必須事先有心理準(zhǔn)備，并專注于你的任務(wù)幾乎瞬間的時(shí)候了；這是作者總結(jié)出來的訣竅，由此可知作者一定是掌握了的；故選D．
39．B．主旨大意題．根據(jù)文章最后一段Carl Walter has had a great influence on my life．To him，I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need，if I begin without delay．Carl Walter 對(duì)我的生活有巨大的影響．我感激他使我發(fā)現(xiàn)即使是很短的時(shí)間總計(jì)達(dá)我所需要的有用的時(shí)間，以及縱觀全文，可知文章寫得是生活中的零碎的時(shí)間是很有用的，故選B．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
