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【題目】 Can you imagine a five-year-old boy writing and playing music on a child-sized violin? This was true of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a gifted boy who grew up to be one of the most creative composers (作曲家) of all time. Then you might think that the life of this child was easy all the time. Read on. Decide for yourself.

Mozart was born in January of 1756 into a musical family. His father, Leopold Mozart, recognized the talent of his child and devoted himself to teaching him. Later, Mozart toured Europe, putting on concerts for the people of high social positions. He could listen to any piece of music once and then play it from memory. He could play the piano or the violin with his eyes covered. What's more, music that Mozart wrote at the age of five was as good as works by many adult composers.

Mozart earned a living by selling his compositions, giving concerts and providing music lessons for the wealthy. Some of the operas Mozart wrote, such as The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, are still performed today. He composed 41 symphonies(交響樂). However, none of them earned him much money, and he spent far more than he was able to earn. Mozart often waited until the last moment to work on pieces that had been asked for.

By the spring of 1791, Mozart was ill and sad. He was deeply in debt(債務(wù)). His health, which had never been good, was becoming even worse. A stranger asked Mozart to write a musical piece for a funeral( 葬 禮 ). Mozart agreed, but then began to fear that it was being written for his own death. His fears turned out to be true. Mozart died in December of 1791, at the age of 35.

【1】What is the purpose of the writer by saying "Read on. Decide for yourself "in paragraph1?

A.To increase your reading interest.

B.To tell you it is your business to read it or not

C.To introduce that the child always led an easy life

【2】Which of the following can't show that Mozart was a born musician?

A.He could play any music wonderfully

B.He could write good works at an early age.

C.He held concerts for the people of high social positions

【3】We can infer from the paragraph 3 that________.

A.Mozart could support himself by working so hard

B.Mozart led a poor life although he wrote many pieces

C.Mozart's compositions sold well and he made a lot of money

【4】According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?

A.Mozart was still poor before his death

B.Mozart's fame gave him a hard life and he felt unhappy

C.Mozart was in poor health so he wanted to wrote a piece for his own funeral

【5】What's the passage about?

A.Mozart's lifetimeB.Mozart's talentC.Mozart's works

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文講述了著名音樂家莫扎特的一生。他是音樂天才，創(chuàng)作了很多不朽的作品。然而他的生活并不幸福，體弱多病，英年早逝。這樣的一生引人思考。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)前面內(nèi)容Then you might think that the life of this child was easy all the time. 這里作者其實拋出了一個問題，到底這個孩子的一生過得容易嗎，只能Read on. Decide for yourself.繼續(xù)讀，自己做判斷；所以作者的目的是引起讀者的興趣，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句music that Mozart wrote at the age of five was as good as works by many adult composers.可知B正確；根據(jù)第二段Mozart toured Europe, putting on concerts for the people of high social positions.可知選項C 正確；A選項內(nèi)容文中沒有描述；故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。第三段描述了莫扎特通過賣作曲，開演唱會和為富人授課掙錢，但是沒有一項讓他掙很多錢，相反花銷比掙得多。所以可以推斷出B正確，Mozart led a poor life although he wrote many pieces雖然創(chuàng)作了很多作品，但是過著貧窮的生活。故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句By the spring of 1791, Mozart was ill and sad. He was deeply in debt(債務(wù))�？芍�他去世前債務(wù)纏身，所以A 正確；B選項意思是他的聲譽(yù)給了他潦倒的生活，他感到不開心，這個文章沒有如此的描述；最后一段描寫到是一個陌生人讓他為自己的葬禮創(chuàng)作一首音樂，所以C不正確。故選A。

【5】主旨大意題。本文描寫了莫扎特的一生，很小就展現(xiàn)出音樂天賦，一直靠音樂謀生卻生活潦倒，身體也不好，英年早逝。故選A。