13.Six years ago at the age of 35,I suddenly decided I wanted to learn the cello(大提琴).Straight away I rented an instrument and appeared before Wendell Margrave,professor of musical instruction.
"You can be as good as you want to be,"Margrave said rather mysteriously.On a piece of paper he drew the notes E and F.He showed me where to put my fingers on the neck of the cello and how to draw the bow.Then he entered my name in his book:10am,Tuesday.Tuesday followed Tuesday,and soon it was spring.
Thus began my voyage out of ignorance and into the dream.E-F,E-F,we played together-and moved on to G.It was a happy time.I was again becoming something new,and no longer trapped as the same person.Surely the most terrible recognition of middle life is that we are past changing.We dowhat we can already do.The cello was something I couldn't do.Yet each Tuesday this became less and less true.Riding home on the bus one snowy night and learning the score of Mozart's C-Major Quintet(莫扎特的C大調(diào)五重奏),I felt the page burst into music in my hands.I could by ten more or less read a score,and was humming(哼唱)the cello line,when suddenly all five parts came together harmonically(和諧地) in my head.The fellowsitting opposite stared.I met his glance with tears,actually hearing the music in my head for the first time.Could he hear it too,perhaps?No,he got off at the next stop.As the years slipped by,my daughter grew up,playing the piano well.My goal was that she and I would one day perform together.I also wanted to perform in public with and for my peers,and to be secretly envied.I continued to play,to perform,but it is not the same.Before,when I heard a cello,it was all beauty and light.Now,as the TV camera gets close to Rostropovich's face,I recognize that his smile shows his incredible determination.Even for him,the cello is a difficult instrument that doesn't respect your ambitions.I picked up my cello and practiced.As good as I wanted to be,I am as good as I'm going to get.It is good enough.
7.From the first two paragraphs,we can learn thatB.
A.the author already knew some cello basics
B.the author went to a cello lesson every Tuesday
C.the author bought a cello after he decided to learn it
D.Wendell Margrave was a famous but mysterious professor
8.The author writes that"it was a happy time"in Paragraph 3 mainly becauseD.
A.he felt very bored with his new life
B.it was beautiful to be able to hear the music in his mind
C.Professor Margrave made learning the cello very easy for him
D.he enjoyed the feelings of growth and getting closer to his dream
9.From the last paragraph,it can be inferred that the authorC.
A.put on shows with his daughter
B.was determined to catch up with Rostropovich
C.is happy to have kept up his personal development
D.was confident that his peers would envy him for his cello playing ability
10.The purpose of the article is mainly toD.
A.show his deep gratitude to his cello tutor
B.a(chǎn)dvise readers on how to improve their cello skills
C.describe his incredible efforts to overcome difficulties
D.encourage readers that it's never too late to pursue their dreams.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了作者學(xué)習(xí)大提琴的過程,鼓勵讀者去追求自己的夢想永遠(yuǎn)不會太遲
解答 7.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段Then he entered my name in his book:10am,Tuesday.Tuesday followed Tuesday,and soon it was spring可知作者去大提琴課每星期二;故選B.
8.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段It was a happy time.I was again becoming something new,and no longer trapped as the same person可知他喜歡成長的感覺和越來越接近自己的夢想,覺得快樂;故選D.
9.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段I picked up my cello and practiced.As good as I wanted to be,I am as good as I'm going to get.It is good enough可知作者對于自己的個人發(fā)展很滿意;故選C.
10.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段I picked up my cello and practiced.As good as I wanted to be,I am as good as I'm going to get.It is good enough可知作者鼓勵讀者去追求自己的夢想永遠(yuǎn)不會太遲;故選D.
點評 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人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.