Question

【題目】In order to tell what I believe, I must bring up something from my personal history.

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up my promising business job and study music. My parents didn’t think it was a good choice I took up music as a job. Considering my family background, this was understandable. My grandfather had taught music for forty years at Spring Hill College. Although he was much loved by his students, he didn’t earn(掙錢) enough to provide for his large family. As a result of this example in the family, my parents strongly asked me to the college instead of a music school, and so to college I went.

Before my graduation from Columbia, the family ran into some money problems and I felt it was my duty to leave college and find a job. That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years. I went into it for money, for being able to help the family. Money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by. I became very sad.

My wish was to save enough money to quit(退出) and go to Europe to study music. I continued to make money, and finally, little by little, I saved enough to go abroad.

At that time, my family got out of the trouble. ____________, and so I gave up my position and sailed for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before, and enjoyed every minute of it.

“Enjoyed” is too soft a word. I walked on air. I really lived. When I broke away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family, but if I had stayed in business, I do not believe I would have made a success of living.

Money is a wonderful thing, but now I know that it is possible to pay too high a price for it.

【1】The writer gave his grandpa’s example in order to ______.

A. show how great his grandpa was forty years ago

B. thank his parents’ support for studying in a music school

C. tell others that a musician wasn’t a good choice for the writer

D. explain why his parents disagreed him to take up music as a job

【2】Which of the following can be best filled in “_______”?

A. My dream came true at last B. I went on to practice the violin

C. My family no longer needed my help D. I made so much money to support my family

【3】The underlined sentence “I walked on air” means the writer______.

A. couldn’t find his place in a new environment B. couldn’t make a success of living

C. felt free because he was doing what he loved D. felt a pity for beginning new life

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Life in a Business World. B. Money Is Success.

C. Stick to Something in Your Life. D. Learning Music in Europe.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 C

【4】 C

【解析】

短文大意：本文講述了作者一直希望學(xué)習(xí)音樂，但是由于家中的財(cái)務(wù)情況沒能實(shí)現(xiàn)，后來(lái)作者攢夠了錢終于到歐洲去學(xué)習(xí)音樂，實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的理想，作者通過這篇文章告訴我們要跟隨自己內(nèi)心的聲音。

【1】題意：作者舉他爺爺?shù)睦�子是為�?/span> 。考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)As a result of this example in the family, my parents strongly asked me to the college instead of a music school, and so to college I went.，可知父母強(qiáng)烈要求他去上大學(xué)而不是音樂學(xué)校，故選D。

【2】題意：下列哪一項(xiàng)最適合填在“_______”上?考查句意理解題。根據(jù)上文At that time, my family got out of the trouble.，結(jié)合前文I went into it for money, for being able to help the family. Money is all I got out of it.，可知家庭擺脫困境后不再需要作者的資助，故選C。

【3】題意：劃線句子“I walk on air”意味著作者______。考查文意理解題。A. couldn’t find his place in a new environment在新環(huán)境中找不到自己的位置；B. couldn’t make a success of living不能使生活成功；C. felt free because he was doing what he loved；感覺很自由，因?yàn)樗�在做他喜歡的事情；D. felt a pity for beginning new life對(duì)開始新生活感到遺憾。根據(jù)上文“Enjoyed” is too soft a word.和下文 I really lived.，可知ABD不合文意，故選C。

【4】題意：這篇文章最好的題目是什么?考查標(biāo)題歸納題。A. Life in a Business World. 商業(yè)世界的生活；B. Money Is Success. 金錢就是成功；C. Stick to Something in Your Life. 在你的生活中堅(jiān)持一些事情；D. Learning Music in Europe. 在歐洲學(xué)習(xí)音樂。根據(jù)作者經(jīng)歷，可知他想通過這篇文章告訴我們要跟隨自己內(nèi)心的聲音堅(jiān)持自己的夢(mèng)想，故選C。