The composing career (作曲生涯) of Albert Roussel got off to a changeable start, and received one of its biggest successes from a lie.
Roussel became an orphan (孤兒) at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather. He built on the music he had learned from his mother, entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing operatic selections and popular songs on the piano. Three years later Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother's sister took him in. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside added a second love to his life — the sea. He studied to be a soldier in the navy, but still made time to study music.
In the French Navy, he and two friends found time to play the music of Beethoven and other composers. Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first public appearance as a composer. That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long afterward, at the age of 2S, Roussel did just that. He applied the qualities that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Edouard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel should devote his life to music, Roussel's naval friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the conductor.
小題1:What information can we get from the second paragraph?
A．Albert’s grandfather died when Albert was eight years old.
B．Albert's aunt arranged for him to take piano lessons.
C．Albert gave up studying music after he studied to be a soldier in the navy.
D．Albert came to love the sea after summer vacations at the seaside.
小題2:From the third paragraph we know that ______.
A．in the French Navy, Roussel and two friend began composing
B．Roussel’s first public appearance at the church was successful
C．Roussel's naval friend showed the wedding march to Edouard
D．Edouard Colonne advised Roussel to devote his life to music
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the text?
A．The composing career of Roussel started stably.
B．Roussel learned basic music knowledge from his aunt.
C．A white lie helped Roussel achieve success.
D．Roussel was cheated and hurt by his naval friend.
小題4:Who told a lie according to the text?
A．Roussel’s grandfather.B．Albert’s naval friend. C．Roussel's aunt. D．Edouard Colonne.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：阿爾伯特·魯塞爾的作曲生涯發(fā)生大的轉(zhuǎn)折，是由一個(gè)謊言開始的？我們來(lái)一起看看當(dāng)年他的朋友是怎么說(shuō)的吧。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“ Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside added a second love to his life — the sea. ”可知，比利時(shí)海灘的暑假讓他愛(ài)上了海。故選D。
小題2:推理判斷題。由“That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, ”可知他在教堂的第一個(gè)公開演出獲得了成功。 故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。由“ Roussel's naval friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the conductor.”可知他的朋友當(dāng)年根本沒(méi)有把他的手稿給樂(lè)隊(duì)指揮看，只是說(shuō)了一些鼓勵(lì)的話，是個(gè)善意的謊言。 故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。喲“one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. ”及下文可知是她的海軍朋友說(shuō)i的謊話。 故選B。
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Ballard was a hardworking student. He spent many years learning all he could about the ocean. By the age of 28, he was an expert. In 1970, he took a job as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean. He came up with ways to predict（預(yù)知）volcanoes under the oceans. Working with other scientists, Ballard also found previously（以前）unknown sea animals. These animals lived far below the ocean’s surface, where scientists had believed no animals could live.
By the 1980s, Ballard’s interests changed. He developed unmanned（無(wú)人的）vehicles to explore the ocean bottom. His first find, the well-known ship Titanic, made Ballard famous. He was not happy with just one big find, however. He looked for — and found — other well-known ships. One was the German battleship Bismarck. Another was the U.S.S. Yorktown, an aircraft carrier (航空母艦) that sank during World War II.
Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer. He also heads an organization that encourages students to learn about science. Ballard hopes that some of the students will follow in his footsteps. After all, the world’s huge oceans are mostly unknown. Who knows what remains to be discovered under the sea?
小題1:What was Ballard’s dream when he was young?
A．To be a science teacher.B．To be an underwater explorer.
C．To be an animal expert.D．To be a famous writer.
小題2:When Ballard worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, he _____.
A．explored the undersea world by ship
B．thought of ideas to predict underwater volcanoes
C．found some unknown sea animals alone
D．set up an organization to teach students science
小題3:Which is the correct order of the events mentioned in the text about Ballard?
a. He found the German battleship Bismarck.
b. He read a book about Captain Nemo.
c. He found the famous ship Titanic.
d. He became an expert in science.
A．b-c-d-aB．d-b-c-aC．b-d-c-aD．d-c-a-b
小題4:What can we learn from the text?
A．Ballard’s parents felt disappointed at his undersea adventures.
B．Ballard didn’t like fishing and swimming in his childhood.
C．Ballard was greatly influenced by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
D．Human beings have explored more than half of the sea.

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