5.After I mastered my first (協(xié)奏曲) at age 14,my parents decided to get me a nice violin.I tried out dozens of instruments before I found my match:a German violin.It was beautiful,but what I liked best about it was its voice.Confident and strong,it was everything I longed to be.
I'm not sure how much that violin cost,but my parents made me promise never to let it out of my sight.They didn't understand that dragging a large violin case ran counter to my daily middle school task of being invisible (看不見的).I was a strange,absent-minded kid.When I spoke up in class,my comments brought confused silence from teachers and wild laughter from students.Like a deer in a wolf pack,I tried to be quiet and still.
In contrast,my new violin was almost shockingly loud.Together,we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra(管弦樂隊(duì))-which was encouraged,since the other kids made sounds like cats'crying.For one glorious hour every day,I was showered with attention.Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say.
Between classes,I bent under the combined weight of my violin case and a backpack filled with books.My posture suffered,but my confidence grew.With my violin by my side,I found my voice.More and more,I contributed to class discussions and even made a couple of friends.
Today,I'm just an amateur violinist with a regular day job.As I sit in my community orchestra,sometimes I feel jealous(嫉妒的) my fellow musicians'instruments with their elegant voices.I may not be the best violinist around,but at least I'm still the loudest.
8.The underlined part"ran counter to"in Paragraph 2 probably meansC.
A.was similar to
B.went along with
C.was the opposite of
D.had something in common with
9.We know from Paragraph 2 that the authorA.
A.did not fit in at school
B.was an excellent student
C.was strong and confident
D.did not attend classes regularly
10.What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 3?C
A.Disappointment.
B.Anger.
C.Pride.
D.Regret.
11.What can we infer from the text?A
A.The violin changed the author in some way.
B.The author hated the loud voice of his violin.
C.The violin always made the author embarrassed.
D.The author was the best violinist in his community orchestra.
分析 本文講述了一個(gè)熱愛小提琴的中學(xué)生,正是因?yàn)橛辛诵√崆,作者變得自信了,小提琴在某種程度上改變了作者.
解答 8-11 CACA
8.C 考查句意猜測.根據(jù)"I was a strange,absent-minded kid"可知,我是個(gè)心不在焉的孩子.所以拖著一個(gè)小提琴和我每天的中學(xué)任務(wù)是相反的.即"背道而馳"的.故選C.
9.A 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)"When I spoke up in class,my comments brought confused silence from teachers and wild laughter from students"可知,我不適合待在學(xué)校.故選A.
10.C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)"we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra(管弦樂隊(duì))"可知,作者對自己感到很自豪,故選C.
11.A 考查推理判斷.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,小提琴在某種程度上改變了作者.正是因?yàn)橛辛诵√崆,作者變得自信了.故選A.
點(diǎn)評 閱讀理解考察學(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.