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【題目】Samuel Osmond is a 19yearold 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 pla 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.

【1】According to Paragraph 1 we can know Samuel Osmond is a talent in ______ ?

A. remembering music.

B.playing the difficult music

C.playing the whole music by listening to it in parts.

D.playing Moonlight Sonata(奏鳴曲)by Beethoven

【2】Samuel Osmond studies law and music because of ______.

A.the wish of his parents.

B.the proposal of his music teacher.

C.the gift of his own.

D.the considerate thought.

【3】What Samuel surprised everyone is that _______.

A.He grew up with music.

B.H decided to start playing the piano.

C.He could bear them in mind—each and every note.

D.He could play the piano without reading music

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】D

【解析】

文章大意:這是一篇人物傳記。文章主要講述了英國19歲的音樂天才Samuel Osmond的故事。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的“He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts.”可知Samuel Osmond是一個天才在于聽部分片段就能學(xué)會一首曲子。故選C。

【2】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的“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..”可知，他現(xiàn)在學(xué)習(xí)法律和音樂是兼顧了父母的意愿，老師的提議，是一種考慮周到的想法，故選D。

【3】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的“Samuel can't understand why everyone is so surprised.”和“…without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me…”可知他雖然沒有接受過專業(yè)的音樂訓(xùn)練，但是他卻能非常熟練地彈鋼琴，大家都為此感到很驚訝。故選D。