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When I heard the piano, I walked to Mrs. Windsor’s house and waited outside as I always did. That meant she was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and daydreamed what I’d rather be doing. “Almost anything”, I sighed dejectedly. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn’t have a gift for it. It didn’t come to me naturally. I thought back to happier times when I was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found. But Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so I felt my duty to try.

The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. I walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music.

“Hello,” I heard a voice behind me say softly. I turned around to see a little girl standing behind me, eating an apple. But before I could make any response, Mrs. Windsor walked into the room in her usual urgent manner and announced,“Jennifer, this is my niece, Pasha. Pasha, this is Jennifer. Pasha will be giving you your lesson today. I’m up to my ears in something else!” she then exited to the kitchen.

Pasha set her apple down on the side table and slid beside me on the piano bench.

“What piece do you like best?”she asked.

“What do you mean?” I asked. “They’re all the same to me. I don’t know.

“You mean you don’t have a favorite?”

“No, not really.”

Pasha looked at me, rather puzzled, then opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. I have to admit I was a rather mechanical pianist.

After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?” I looked at her rather strangely and admitted I didn’t know what she meant.

“Like a story. What story is being playing out within the music?”

“I guess I’ve never thought about it before. I don’t know.”

“Here, let me try and you listen,” Pasha advised.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?”

Her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys.“Now the princess appears and she’s picking flowers from the water’s edge.”A carefree, happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha’s dancing fingers. “Oh, but she slips!”The music changed. “And our princess is being carried off by the fast-flowing stream. Quickly, the princess’s horse sees her plight (困境),” Pasha continued, and races to the river’s edge where he swims out to let her catch hold of him. They make it to the bank and she hugs her faithful horse and swears she will never again wear princess skirts that weigh her down. She will only wear jeans and T-shirt from now on.” Pasha finished with a big smile and then looked at me.

“Aren’t you the girl who tells the stories?” she asked.

“I guess. I do tell a lot of stories.”

“Oh, yes! All the kids talk about them. I’ve heard about you. Well, all you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music. That’s all there is to it.”

“I’ve never thought it that way.”

“Let’s try another one, shall we?”Pasha smiled and together we played that afternoon, finding the stories in the music and learning that sometimes it takes a friend to pull you out of the river onto dry land again.

1.The underlined word “dejectedly” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______

A. nervously B. desperately

C. impatiently D. unhappily

2.Jennifer got lost in thought when she ________

A. played the piano with Pasha for the first time

B. listened to Pasha tell her story about the princess

C. remembered happier times of writing stories and acting them out

D. discovered that Mrs. Windsor’s niece would be giving the piano lesson

3.By describing herself as a mechanical pianist, the author showed ______

A. she could remember the notes in a short time

B. she was playing the piano without thinking

C. Pasha was showing off her skills

D. it had been a long time since she played last time

4.58. Which of the following can best describe Pasha?

A. Creative B. Naughty

C. Humorous D. Brave

5.Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. Never Give up B. A Piano Lesson

C. Why I Hated Playing the Piano D. A Friend for Ever

6.This text would be probably found in ______

A. a collection of stories about friendship and learning

B. a book of daily records about famous young musicians

C. a magazine series about the challenges of overcoming fears

D. a series of newspaper articles about musical instruments

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過講述作者在一次學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴的經(jīng)歷中，明白了彈琴就要體會出琴譜所講得情境和故事，這樣才能彈好琴。

1.D詞意推測題。A. nervously“提心吊膽地；焦急地”； B. desperately“拼命地；絕望地”； C. impatiently“不耐煩地”； D. Unhappily“難過地”，根據(jù)上下文語境可知，我覺得自己在音樂方面是沒什么天賦的，在外等待老師時，我靠著墻做白日夢時，應(yīng)是“難過地”嘆了口氣。故正確答案為D.

2.C細節(jié)信息題。be/get lost in thought：“陷入沉思”。根據(jù)文章第一段中“I thought back to happier times when I was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found.”可知，我是在回憶過去寫故事并把它們表演出來時，陷入了沉思。故正確答案為C.

3.B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第九段中“I arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements.”可知，我只是讓自己機械地把曲子彈正確就好了，又由語境可知我根本都沒去想曲子所表達的情境是什么。所以我將自己描述成一個機械的/呆板的演奏者，是說自己只彈而不思考。故該題正確答案為B.

4.A推理判斷題。A. Creative“有創(chuàng)造性的”； B. Naughty“淘氣的”； C. Humorous“幽默的”； D. Brave“勇敢的”，根據(jù)文章中對Pasha彈鋼琴和對于所談曲子的講述像講故事一樣（第十四、十五段），可知她是一個富有“創(chuàng)造性”的人。故正確答案為A.

5.B主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文講述的是一次讓作者受益匪淺的鋼琴課。故該題正確答案為B.

6.A推理判斷題。因為本文講述的是對作者起到重要影響的鋼琴課，重點并不在于“友誼”、“克服恐懼的挑戰(zhàn)”或是“樂器”，所以該題正確答案為A.

考點：故事類文章的閱讀