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【題目】 I was 11 years old when I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010.We were in financial trouble,so she said politely,"Sorry,son,but we can't now.”

I googled the measurements for a keyboard,drew the keys on a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk.I would click notes on an online keyboard and"play"them back on my paper one-keeping the sound they made on the computer in my head.I spent 6 months playing without touching a real piano.Once my mom saw that I was serious,she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.

I still remember the first one.I was struck by how real the sound of the piano was.I sat my Grade 1 after 8 lessons.Once I started secondary school,we couldn't afford lessons again.I passed Grade 3,and then Grade 5,practicing only on my piece of paper.One evening,when I was about 13,my mom said she had a surprise for me-it was an electronic keyboard,bought with more borrowed money.It was the first time that I'd played for her and she was in shock.

My school didn't offer music A-level.I found the Purcell School for young musicians,but the tryouts were difficult.Some of the questions even involved an evaluation of the composer.I was at a loss.But to my amazement,I was offered a place.At Purcell,I spent 2 years working as hard as I could.I performed to raise money and saved enough to buy my first piano.When I left Purcell,I was awarded the senior piano prize and academic music prize.I'm now at the Guildhall School in London.I feel proud-it's been 10 years since I drew my paper piano,and I'm at one of the world's leading music schools.

Surprisingly,I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano:what we call mental practice.The paper piano helped motivate my curiosity about how music works.

【1】Why did the mother buy the author piano lessons?

A.She believed he had a talent for piano.

B.She found he was eager to learn piano.

C.She was shocked by his first performance.

D.She got out of her family's financial difficulties.

【2】Which of the following words best describes the author?

A.Honest.

B.Cautious.

C.Clever.

D.Determined.

【3】What might be the best title for the passage?

A.Mental practice makes perfect.

B.Paper piano leads me to success.

C.Mother supports my music career.

D.Hard times make my dream come true.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。講述了盡管家庭窘迫，我依舊下定決心紙上練琴最終獲得成功的歷程。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文中第二段“I spent 6 months playing without touching a real piano. Once my mom saw that I was serious, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons”可知，在沒有琴的情況下，我在紙上練琴六個月。媽媽得知我是真的想學(xué)鋼琴，借錢給我買了10節(jié)課程。所以媽媽給我買鋼琴課是因為看到我迫切想學(xué)琴。故選B項。

【2】判斷推理題。由第二段“I googled the measurements for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would click notes on an online keyboard and "play" them back on my paper one-keeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent 6 months playing without touching a real piano” 我在紙上畫琴，在沒有條件觸摸真琴的情況下堅持練琴六個月。以及第四段“At Purcell, I spent 2 years working as hard as I could. I performed to raise money and saved enough to buy my first piano. When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize and academic music prize. I'm now at the Guildhall School in London. I feel proud-it's been 10 years since I drew my paper piano ,and I'm at one of the world's leading music schools.”在Purcell，我花兩年時間努力練習(xí)�？垦莩龌I錢買了人生的第一架琴。離開Purcell的時候，獲得了資深鋼琴獎。10年的學(xué)琴歷程才促成了我的成功。由作者學(xué)琴10年修得正果的這一艱難歷程，我們可以看到作者是非常有決心和毅力的。故選D項。

【3】主旨大意題。文章一二段講了由于家里經(jīng)濟(jì)窘迫，我在紙上畫琴練習(xí)。媽媽看到了我學(xué)琴的決心，借錢給我買鋼琴課。第三段講了我上學(xué)期間練琴的經(jīng)歷以及13歲的時候，媽媽給我買了電子琴。第四段講了我去音樂學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)，買了自己的第一架鋼琴并最終獲得成功的故事。所以文章在講我從紙上談琴到學(xué)琴成功的歷程。故選B項。

文章是由段落構(gòu)成的，所以要想分析文章主旨大意，首先要概括各段的主要思想，從而以各段的大意為基礎(chǔ)分析全文主旨。對于每一個段落，其主旨句常常在段首或段尾，將各段的主旨句加以綜合總結(jié)即可推測全文中心。對于某些無明顯主題句的文章，可能隱含在字里行間中，則需要我們耐心地在各段中搜尋有效信息加以推斷。在尋找主題句的過程中，我們需要迅速瀏覽文章首尾、段落首尾句，搜尋主題線索和關(guān)鍵信息，結(jié)合全文結(jié)構(gòu)，理解文章的側(cè)重點，進(jìn)而得出主旨。如第3小題我們需要概括每個小段的內(nèi)容，進(jìn)而得到文章的主旨大意。