Nicola’s Love for Her Violin
Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (絕配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old   36  and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin,   37  to China for the first time last weekend. She   38  in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.
Nicola is from Scotland and   39  playing the violin when she was four years old.   40 , it was not something her parents   41  her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and   42  it and improved very quickly.
“There are so many different things I am fond of about the  43 ,” she said. “I can’t really   44  it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the   45 . I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”
However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an   46  job. “I usually   47  in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s   48  outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the   49  and I can see others having fun   50  I’m on my own.”
Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola   51   felt she was lucky. “You can’t have   52 . I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her   53  paid off (終有回報). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.
  54  her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an   55 of UNICEF (聯(lián)合國兒童基金會). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.
小題1:
A．singerB．writerC．pianistD．violinist
小題2:
A．cameB．turned C．ranD．moved
小題3:
A．checked B．playedC．visitedD．remained
小題4:
A．stoppedB．requestedC．started D．ignored
小題5:
A．SoB．AndC．ButD．However
小題6:
A．madeB．persuaded C．wanted D．got
小題7:
A．noticedB．concerned C．mindedD．loved
小題8:
A．lessonsB．violinC．performances D．show
小題9:
A．explainB．imagineC．determineD．refuse
小題10:
A．foreigners B．friendsC．a(chǎn)udience D．teenagers
小題11:
A．boringB．easyC．wonderfulD．tiring
小題12:
A．workB．restC．stayD．practise
小題13:
A．coolB．sunnyC．windyD．cloudy
小題14:
A．riverB．hillC．farmD．beach
小題15:
A．whileB．a(chǎn)sC．soD．for
小題16:
A．evenB．stillC．everD．a(chǎn)lmost
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everything D．nothing
小題18:
A．timeB．musicC．efforts D．a(chǎn)ction
小題19:
A．Because ofB．BesidesC．Instead ofD．Thanks to
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)dviser B．managerC．organizer D．supporter

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:C
小題11:B
小題12:D
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:A
小題16:B
小題17:C
小題18:C
小題19:B
小題20:D
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小題1:D根據(jù)題目Nicola’s Love for Her Violin（Nicola對她的小提琴的愛）得知，她是一位小提琴家，故本題選D。
小題2:A 本題考察固定短語come to…(來某地)，根據(jù)意思是“上周首次來到中國”。故本題選A.
小題3:B audience動詞的用法 play 在這兒是“演奏”之意。故本題選B.
小題4:C 本題考察動詞的用法started“開始”。句意是：當(dāng)她四歲時，開始彈小提琴。故本題選C.
小題5:D 根據(jù)句意是“它不是她父母讓她做的事情”。表示轉(zhuǎn)折However（然而）故本題選，故本題選D.
小題6:A本題考察固定短語make sb. do sth. 故本題選A.
小題7:D根據(jù)句意是“她非常喜歡它，提高很快�！� 故本題選D.
小題8:B根據(jù)上下文是“關(guān)于小提琴”。故本題選B.
小題9:A根據(jù)句意是“我不能解釋它但是我喜歡生動地表演�！� 故本題選A.
小題10:C 本題考察audience（觀眾）.故本題選C.
小題11:B根據(jù)句意是“彈奏6個小時不是一件容易的事”。故本題選B.
小題12:D根據(jù)上文是“在樓上臥室休息”。故本題選D.
小題13:B 根據(jù)句意是“有時，當(dāng)天好時，彈琴會讓人沮喪。她家正好在沙灘上。能看到其他人在玩，而她只能獨自呆著�！� 故本題選B.
小題14:D本題考察固定短語“on the beach”, 故本題選D.
小題15:A考查while 詞義“然而”，表示對比。故本題選A.
小題16:B 根據(jù)上下文still（仍然）。故本題選B.
小題17:C根據(jù)上下文，這句話是“我不可能得到一切”。everything（一切）。故本題選C.
小題18:C考查 efforts （努力）。故本題選C.   
小題19:B 根據(jù)上下文，Besides（除……之外，還有）,故本題選B.
小題20:D根據(jù)本段應(yīng)是“UNICEF (聯(lián)合國兒童基金會)的支持者。supporter（支持者）。故本題選D.
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Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim(模糊的) memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations（調(diào)查研究）. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious（清醒的） mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, keen（敏銳的） eyes, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the excellent and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist, up to a certain point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
小題1:The first paragraph tells us the author ______.
A．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
B．lost his hearing when he was a child
C．didn’t like his brothers and sisters
D．was born into a naturalist’s family
小題2:The author can’t remember his relatives clearly because _______.
A．he didn’t live very long with them
B．the family was extremely large
C．he was too young when he lived with them
D．he was fully occupied with observing nature
小題3:It can be inferred from the passage that the author was _______.
A．a(chǎn) scientist as well as a naturalistB．a(chǎn) naturalist but not a scientist
C．no more than a born naturalistD．first of all a scientist
小題4: The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he _______.
A．has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic
B．lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
C．just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries
D．comes up with solutions in a most natural way

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