A
Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata(奏鳴曲)by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.
26. What is special about Samuel Osmond?
A. He has a gift for writing music.
B. He can write down the note he hears.
C. He is a top student at the law school.
D. He can play the musical piece he hears.
27. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.
B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.
C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.
D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.
28. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________.
A. received a good early education in music
B. played the guitar and the piano perfectly
C. could play the piano without reading music
D. could play the guitar better than his father
29. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?
A. He became famous during a special event at his college.
B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.
C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.
D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.
30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. The Qualities of a Musician
B. The Story of a Musical Talent
C. The Importance of Early Education
D. The Relationship between Memory and Music.
【考點】考察人物傳記類閱讀
【文章大意】本文主要講述了一位音樂天才的事情,在不懂樂譜,也從來沒有上過鋼琴課的情況下就能夠演奏很難的樂曲。而且他有超強(qiáng)的記憶力,他就是Samuel Osmond。
26. 【答案】D
【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第三句However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them.得知他在聽完一個樂曲幾分鐘以后就可以立刻演奏這些很難學(xué)的樂曲。說明他的記憶力和音樂才能很突出。故D正確。
27. 【答案】B
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.因為他父母親希望他學(xué)習(xí)法律,所以他希望自己稱為律師,但是他的音樂老師讓他學(xué)習(xí)音樂,所以現(xiàn)在他法律和音樂一起學(xué)習(xí)。本句可知他原來計劃是學(xué)習(xí)法律的。故B正確。
28. 【答案】C
【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段2,3行About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons.得知他在不理解樂譜也不去上音樂課的情況下,就會彈鋼琴,這讓人們非常驚訝。故C正確。
29. 【答案】B
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
他很自信地說:這是關(guān)于超級記憶,我認(rèn)為我有那個天賦。本句說明他很自豪自己有這樣的能力。故B正確。
30.【答案】B
【試題解析】主旨大意題。本文主要講述了一位音樂天才的事情,在不懂樂譜,也從來沒有上過鋼琴課的情況下就能夠演奏很難的樂曲。他就是Samuel Osmond。故B正確。
【長難句解析】
About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons.
【翻譯】大約2年前,我突然決定開始彈鋼琴,我不動樂譜也沒有上過音樂課。
【分析】本句中的介詞短語without being able to read music and without having any lessons在句中是伴隨狀語。表示我決定彈鋼琴的時候,所處的狀態(tài)。
A
Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探險)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.
After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, his was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands.There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them .Fortunately for him,a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken.The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
Larry looked at his daughter.She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age.He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition.Already,she looked like she was much braver than had been then.This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.
56.In what way was this expedition different for Larry?
A.His daughter had grown up.
B.He had become a famous diver.
C.His father would dive with him.
D.His daughter would dive with him.
57.What can be inferred from Paragraph2?
A.Larry had some privileges.
B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.
C.Divers had to buy diving equipment.
D.Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.
58.Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?
A.To protect himself from danger.
B.To dive into the deep water.
C.To admire the underwater view.
D.To take photo more conveniently.
59.What can be learned from the underlined sentence?
A.Larry didn’t wear a watch.
B. Larry was not good at math.
C. Larry had a poor memory.
D. Larry enjoyed the adventure.
60.What did Larry expect his daughter to do?
A.Become a successful diver.
B. Make a good diving guide.
C. Take a lot of photos underwater.
D. Have longer hours of training.
【考點】考察人物傳記類閱讀
【文章大意】本文用倒敘的手法敘述了著名的潛水員Larry的潛水經(jīng)歷,以及他帶著女兒繼續(xù)家庭的傳統(tǒng)繼續(xù)潛水的故事。
56. 【答案】D
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章1,2行Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探險)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him.可知這次潛水最大的不同是Larry會帶著他的女兒一起下水。故D正確。
57. 【答案】A
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第二段后兩行. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.
可知在別的孩子不被允許潛水的時候,Larry已經(jīng)被允許和父親去潛水,說明他享有特權(quán)。故A正確。
58. 【答案】A
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段后2行Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, his was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures可知一些危險的地方也沒有能夠阻止他去探險,有些地方很危險,他們需要在籠子里,以保護(hù)自己不受到危險的侵害。說明把他放在水下的籠子里是為了保護(hù)他不受危險的侵害。故A正確。
59. 【答案】D
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)本句. Larry didn’t even know what the time was how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken.他甚至不再的自己曾經(jīng)到過多少水下的地方,不知道之間潛水了多長時間,不知道自己拍攝了多少照片??芍芟硎茏约旱乃绿诫U,到了忘我的境界。故D正確。
60. 【答案】A
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段1,2行Larry looked at his daughter.She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age.He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition.可知他希望女兒能夠繼續(xù)家庭的傳統(tǒng)。他的父親是一名潛水員,他也是。那么他也希望自己的女兒也成為一名成功的潛水員。故A正確。
【長難句解析】
This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
【翻譯】這將是他第一次和他父親在他很出名的領(lǐng)域里一起旅游。
【分析】本句中的介詞on后面有一個賓語從句what he had always been famous for.,what引導(dǎo)起這個賓語從句,并在句中充當(dāng)介詞for的賓語。
C
Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.”
For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起訴) for her freedom.
While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom---- the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution.
Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.
Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.”
51. What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?
A. She was born a slave B. She was a slaveholder
C. She had a famous sister D. She was born into a rich family
52. Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?
A. She found an employer B. She wanted to be a lawyer
C. She was hit and got angry D. She had to take care of her sister
53. What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?
A. She should always obey her owners’ orders
B. She should be as free and equal as whites
C. How to be a good servant
D. How to apply for a job
54. What did Mumbet do after the trial?
A. She chose to work for a lawyer
B. She found the NAACP
C. She continued to serve the Ashleys
D. She went to live with her grandchildren
55. What is the test mainly about?
A. A story of a famous writer and spokesperson
B. The friendship between a lawyer and a slave
C. The life of a brave African American woman
D. A trial that shocked the whole world
【考點】考察人物傳記類閱讀
【文章大意】本文介紹了生來就是奴隸的Elizabeth Freeman未了獲得自由而進(jìn)行斗爭,最后獲得自由的故事,以及人們對她的評價。
51. 【答案】A
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第一行Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves.可知她是一對奴隸父母親生下的孩子,天生就是一位奴隸。故A正確。
52. 【答案】C
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第二段前3行One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back.可知Ashley的妻子要打她的妹妹,Mumbet為了保護(hù)妹妹而被Ashley的妻子打了,之后她就離開了Ashley 的家。可知她的離開是因為她被打了,她非常生氣。所以才離開。故C正確。
53. 【答案】B
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段前3行While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her.可知她一直在了解與憲法有關(guān)的內(nèi)容,目的是為了獲得和白人一樣的平等權(quán)利。故B正確。
54. 【答案】A
【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章2,4段When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起訴) for her freedom. 和She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick.可知Theodore Sedgewick是幫助她獲得自由的律師。當(dāng)Ashley請求她回去的時候,她拒絕了,而是選擇為律師工作。故A正確。
55. 【答案】C
【試題解析】主旨大意題。本文屬于人物傳記類短文,介紹了生來就是奴隸的Elizabeth Freeman未了獲得自由而進(jìn)行斗爭的故事,以及人們對她的評價。故C項說法和文章主要內(nèi)容相符。故C正確。
【長難句解析】
When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick.
【翻譯】當(dāng)Ashley一家人努力讓她回去為他們服務(wù)的時候,Mumbet咨詢了一位律師Theodore Sedgewick。
【分析】本句中的When the Ashleys tried to make her return是一個時間狀語從句,句中有一個冠詞的用法:the+姓氏的復(fù)數(shù)形式。表示“…一家人/夫妻兩人”。
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