Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age. Robby insisted that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him in as a student.
Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instructions (指導(dǎo)). But he just did not have any inborn ability.
I only saw his mother from a distance. She always waved and smiled but never came in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to try something else.
I was also glad that he stopped coming for the sake of my career. However, several weeks before the recital (演奏會(huì)) of my students, Robby came，telling me that he never stopped practicing and begged me to allow him to take part. I agreed but I made him perform last in the program, so I could always save his poor performance through my “curtain closer”.
I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozart’s. Never had I heard a piece of Mozart’s played so well by someone at his age. When he finished, everyone was cheering.
I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy. “I’ve never heard you play like that, Robby!  How’d you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf. Do you remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she died this morning. She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she could hear me play. I wanted to make it special. I knew I could.”  That night, Robby was the teacher and I was the student. He taught me so many important things about life.
小題1:Why did Robby stop coming to the piano lessons suddenly?
A．He lost heart and believed that he would never make it.
B．His mother was too sick to send him to the piano lessons.
C．He thought his teacher disliked him.
D．His mother died and he didn’t need to play any longer.
小題2: Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The writer thought playing the piano shouldn’t start too late.
B．The writer thought that Robby had given up the piano lesson.
C．The writer taught Robby carefully although he hadn’t a gift for music.
D．No one else could play the piece of Mozart’s well.
小題3:From the underlined sentence we can infer that  _______.
A．the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked him
B．the writer thought Robby a bad advertisement for his teaching
C．with Robby present, the other children couldn’t play well
D．the writer couldn’t teach so many students at a time
小題4: What did the writer learn from Robby?
A．The meaning of true love.
B．The meaning of giving up necessarily.
C．The meaning of being kind to teachers.
D．The meaning of believing in teachers.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文講述了一個(gè)感人的故事，一個(gè)沒有音樂天賦的孩子為了媽媽勤奮的練習(xí)鋼琴，在媽媽去世那天，演奏出優(yōu)美的曲子。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：Do you remember I told you my mom was sick?可知Robby沒來上鋼琴課是因?yàn)閶寢尣×�。選B
小題2:推理題;從第五段的句子：Never had I heard a piece of Mozart’s played so well by someone at his age.可知是他這個(gè)年齡的人沒有人把莫扎特的作品演奏的這么好。選 D
小題3:句意理解題：作者認(rèn)為為了自己的事業(yè)，Robby不來上課是好事，就是Roby對他的教學(xué)是不好的廣告。選B
小題4:推理題：從最后一段Robby說的話：She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she could hear me play. I wanted to make it special. I knew I could.”可知作者了解到了真正的愛是什么。選A
點(diǎn)評：故事類短文作者在敘述的過程中往往還會(huì)把人物的語言、行為、心理的描寫融入到敘述中，增加了大家理解文章的難度。必須理清上下文的脈絡(luò)，對人物的語言、行為、心理等做出合理的想像和推理，并仔細(xì)揣摩作者的用意，才能透徹地理解文章、才能對具體的語境理解到位。
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