In the past, going to a piano teacher was the most popular way to learn how to play the piano. You could get one-to-one teaching and have the opportunity to learn as much as the teacher knew. If you didn’t have private lessons, you could still learn the piano, but you would have to teach yourself. This was easy for some, but very difficult for most. However, with technology developing today, there is at last another way that you can take piano lessons. You can take an online course.
An online course is much cheaper than a private lesson. If a private lesson costs 30-40 dollars per week, just think about how quickly that adds up. You can take a whole online course in piano for just a fraction(小部分) of the money that you would spend on weeks of private lessons. Also, private lessons are usually only one hour per week. So you would have to wait for your next lesson to continue your learning. However, online piano courses are quite different.
With an online piano course, you can work at your own pace. You can also take as many lessons per week as you want, or go back and listen to your last lesson if you have forgotten anything. Most adults who want to learn how to play the piano enjoy being able to go back and listen to the lessons again.
Of course if you need someone to sit beside you and offer you immediate feedback(反饋) as you are playing, you might not get that from an online piano course. However, the lessons online can be viewed（觀看） at any time, or as often as you’d like, which means that you can get your own type of feedback from an online piano course.
小題1:This passage mainly tells us ______.
A．the disadvantages of the traditional ways of learning to play the piano
B．the differences between traditional piano courses and online courses
C．why people prefer online piano courses to traditional piano courses
D．the advantages of learning to play the piano through an online course
小題2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 want to tell us?
A．That private piano lessons shouldn’t be that expensive.
B．That taking private piano lessons really costs a lot.
C．That not everyone can afford to take piano lessons.
D．That the price for private piano lessons has increased greatly.
小題3:How did the writer make his points clear?
A．By giving detailed data.
B．By giving many examples
C．By writing about his own experiences
D．By comparing with the old ways.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：在過去，人們學鋼琴都要找鋼琴老師，還要四處奔波。現(xiàn)在，我們可以在網(wǎng)上學習鋼琴了，更方便，更快捷，更人性化的符合你的需求。
小題1:主旨大意題。文章主要介紹了在網(wǎng)上學習鋼琴的優(yōu)勢，因此這是在為在線學習鋼琴做廣告。故選D。
小題2:句意猜測題。本段講了在線學鋼琴一大優(yōu)勢就是便宜，因此是在說請私人鋼琴教師花費是巨大的，而且還在不斷漲價中。故選B。
小題3:主旨大意題。作者為了說明在線鋼琴學習的優(yōu)勢，一直在與傳統(tǒng)的方式，也就是請私人鋼琴教師相比較。故選D。
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