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【題目】Ray Charles，a black singer and pianist of the USA．He had won 12 Grammy Awards （格萊美獎） and performed at 10，000 concerts around the world．Many musicians called him simply"the Genius"（天才）．

Ray Charles was born into a poor family，without a father．When he was 5 years old，his younger brother died. And around the same time，Charles started to lose his sight．By the age of 7 he was completely blind．He had already been learning the piano for a year. And when he went blind，his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future．All his life，Charles remembered her saying："Do it right，or don't do it at all．"

Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children．There the teachers also encouraged him to study music．Sadly，while he was still at school，his mother died．He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players．He sang，played the piano and wrote music．

He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles．

In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made．The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx．The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles．After they had been playing together for two hours，Charles，then aged 73，jumped up and said："He's the one…h(huán)e can do it．"A year later Charles died aged 74．The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles' music will live on．

【1】What can we learn from Ray’s childhood story?

A. He was born into a rich family.

B. He grew up with his parents.

C. He started to learn the piano at the age of 6

D. He went blind when he was 14.

【2】In the early 1950s Ray Charles____.

A. sang , played the piano and wrote music

B. studied in the school for blind and deaf

C. lived with his mother

D. made a film about his life

【3】Ray Charles is a famous ___________.

A. film director B. artists C. actor and musician D. singer and pianist

【4】What is the main idea of the last paragraph？

A. Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx B. The film of Ray's life．

C. Childhood story． D. Master of many styles．

【5】In the writer’s opinion Ray Charles and his music is _____ .

A. successful B. difficult C. careless D. simple

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】本文介紹了雷·查爾斯·魯濱遜，美國的黑人歌手和鋼琴家。他贏得了12項格萊美獎。在文中介紹了他的家庭，他沒有父親，7歲時成了盲人。母親知道彈鋼琴是他唯一謀生的手段。他和著名的藝術(shù)家艾爾頓·約翰和披頭士樂隊制作了許多古典CD。享年74歲。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由句子“By the age of 7 he was completely blind．He had already been learning the piano for a year.”可知，到7歲的時候，他已經(jīng)完全失明了，他已經(jīng)學(xué)了一年鋼琴了。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由句子“He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players．He sang，played the piano and wrote music．”可知，他離開學(xué)校，在1950年代初，查爾斯組織了一組球員，他唱歌，彈鋼琴，寫音樂。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。由短文的第一段內(nèi)容可知，雷·查爾斯·魯濱遜是著名的歌唱家和鋼琴家。故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。由句子“The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles' music will live on．”可知，他一生的這部電影和他的歌曲一樣流行，意味著查爾斯音樂的記憶將繼續(xù)下去。由此判斷B正確。

【5】觀點態(tài)度題。由短文的內(nèi)容可知，雷·查爾斯·魯濱遜和他的音樂是成功的。A. successful“成功的”；B. difficult “困難的”；C. careless“粗心的”；D. simple“簡單的”。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容只有A正確。