On Nov．18，1995，Itzhak Perlman，the violinist，came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City．
If you have ever been to a Perlman concert，you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him．He was stricken with polio(小兒麻痹癥)as a child，and so he has braces(支架)on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches(雙拐)．
He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair．Then he sits down，slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs，tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward．Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin，nods to the conductor and proceeds to play．
But this time，something went wrong．Just as he fmished the first few bars(小節(jié))，one of the strings on his violin broke．You could hear it snap(嘣斷)---it went off like gunfire across the room．There was no mistaking what that meant．There was no mistaking what he had to do．
We figured that he would have to get up，put on the clasps again，pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage-to either find another violin or else find another string for this one．But he didn’t．Instead．he waited a moment，closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again．
The orchestra began，and he played from where he had left off．And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before．
When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room．And then people rose and cheered．He smiled，wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to quit us，and then he said in a quiet tone．“You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left．’’
小題1:By saying “getting on stage is no small achievement for him”, the author really means     .
A．it’s very difficult for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings
B．it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to get on the stage because he is disabled
C．it’s not easy for ltzhak Perlman to face such a large audience
D．it’s really great achievements for ltzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings
小題2:When one of the strings broke，people thought Itzhak Perlman would         .
A．go on playing with the remaining three strings
B．give up playing
C．change or repair his violin
D．get off the stage with shame
小題3:Itzhak Perlman   when one of the strings of the violin broke．
A．gave up playing
B．didn’t know what to do
C．went on playing the same piece of music
D．went on playing a different piece of music
小題4:What did the audience feel when Itzhak Perlman finished playing?
A．Surprised．B．Disappointed．C．Moved．D．Satistied．
小題5:Itzhak Perlman can be best described as a man who is    ．
A．cleverB．strong willedC．humourousD．quite skilled

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：本文講述了伊薩克在只有三根琴弦的情況下依然繼續(xù)演奏，博得聽眾的認可和掌聲的故事。
小題1:句意理解題：從第二段的句子：He was stricken with polio(小兒麻痹癥)as a child，and so he has braces(支架)on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches(雙拐)．可知他登上舞臺是不容易的，因為他是殘疾人。選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。從第五段的句子： We figured that he would have to get up，put on the clasps again，pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage-to either find another violin or else find another string for this one可知琴弦斷了后，人們以為他會停止演奏， 更換或修理琴弦，選C。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。從第五段的句子：But he didn’t．Instead．he waited a moment，closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again．可知雖然琴弦斷了，他還是繼續(xù)演奏同樣的音樂，可知選C。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。從最后一段的句子：When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room．And then people rose and cheered．可知當他演奏結(jié)束，觀眾非常感動，選C
小題5:推理題：從文章可以看出伊薩克在只有三根琴弦的情況下依然繼續(xù)演奏，還有倒數(shù)第二段的句子：And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before．都可以看出他是個意志力堅強的人。選
B．
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A．controlled B．raisedC．reminded D．comforted

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Cameron thought of himself as merely organized．He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything ,he did just enough to get it right．Exactly right, of course as he was fond of telling his staff, “if it’s not exactly right, it’s wrong”．Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words, because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work, correcting the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed out．And doing the corrections exactly right of course．
Strangely enough ,his department had the reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company ,and it was seen, and not only by those who worked in the department ,as a sort of elite（出類拔萃）unit．Those programs that had to work first time, straight out of the box, Cameron’s men got those．“It’s mission（任務(wù)）critical—give it to Cameron” was almost a catch—phrase with his team．
It helped that Cameron was not merely particular about things．He wanted things done just so ,not because of a personal taste ,but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done．

小題1:Cameron was a            ．
A．software programmerB．a(chǎn) chief scientist
C．quality controllerD．head of department
小題2:“Mission-critical” work given to Cameron because       ．
A．Cameron’s work was error—freeB．Cameron was critical
C．he didn’t mind working lateD．he had a good team
小題3:Working for Cameron, people felt that          ．
A．they were part of an elite
B．their mission was critical
C．Cameron was very particular about things
D．Cameron was patient and responsible
小題4:According to the underlined part in paragraph 5,what is meant by someone “who couldn’t cut it”?
A．He didn’t cut corners．B．He wasn’t good enough．
C．He had the wrong measurements．D．He was a perfection．
小題5:What can we learn about Cameron?
A．He never got things Wrong．
B．He didn’t allow for any mistake．
C．He encouraged work to be done in office hours．
D．He was often misunderstood．
小題6:The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being       ．
A．positiveB．sympathetic
C．non-subjectiveD．optimistic

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