20.Look carefully and you'll find musicians at the top of almost any industry.The television broadcaster Paula Zahn( cello) and the NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd (French horn) attended college on music scholarships; Both Microsoft's Mr.Allen and the venture capitalist Rogar McNamee have rock bands.Lorry Page,a co-founder of Google,played saxophone in high school.The former World Bank president James D.Wolfensohn has played cello at Carnegie Hall.
The connection isn't a coincidence.I know because I asked.I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media,all of whom had serious ( if often little-known) past lives as musicians.Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.
Will your school music program turn your kid into a Paul Allen,the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft (guitar)?Or a Woody Allen (clarinet )?Probably not.These are outstanding achievers.But the way these and other visionaries (有遠見的人) I spoke to process music is interesting.
But the key question is:why does that connection exist?Paul Allen offers an answer.He says music"establish your confidence in the ability to create."He began playing the violin at age 7and switched to the guitar as a teenager.Even in the early days of Microsoft,he would pick up his guitar at the end of marathon days of programming.The music was the emotional analog (類比) to his day job,both of them show his different creativity.He says,"something is pushing you to look beyond what currently exists and express yourself in a new way."
For many of the high achievers I spoke with,music functions as a"hidden language,"as Mr.Wolfensohn calls it,one that enhances the ability to connect different or even opposite ideas.When he ran the World Band,Mr.Wolfensohn traveled to more than 100countries,often taking in local performances (and occasionally joining in on a borrowed cello),which helped him understand"the culture of people".
Consider the qualities these high achievers say music has sharpened:cooperation,creativity,discipline and the capacity to coordinate (協(xié)調) conflicting ideas.All are qualities obviously absent from public life.Music may not make you a genius,or rich,or even a better person.But it helps train you to think differently,to process different points of views---and most important,to take pleasure in listening.
50.The reason why the author quote so many outstanding people as examples in the first paragraph isD.
A.to prove the popularity and the charm of music
B.to prove all winners are musicians before
C.to encourage kids to choose school music program
D.to prove the connection between success and music
51.What question did the author put to top-flight professionals?A
A.Are success related to music or not?
B.Why do you choose music training?
C.What's the benefit of learning music?
D.Why do you give up the career as a musician?
52.Which of the following is true?D
A.Everybody knows those well-known people are musicians before.
B.Musicians exist in all industries.
C.Music can certainly make you become a better person.
D.Music helps Mr.Wolfensohn have a better understanding of the different culture.
53.The main idea of this passage is thatB.
A.many musicians are found at the top of almost any industry
B.music plays an important role in achieving success
C.music can provide a new way to express yourself
D.music is an absolute necessity for everyone
54.The author develops the passage mainlyC.
A.by classification
B.by comparison
C.by example
D.by process.
分析 本文為說明文.介紹了音樂家其實在任何一個領域都是出類拔萃的,引出音樂在成功的道路上起著非常重要的作用.
解答 50.D 細節(jié)理解題.第一段‘Look carefully and you'll find musicians at the top of almost any industry.'為主題句.其后的例子為證明主題句,故答案D.
51.A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段"The connection isn't a coincidence"可知,作者進一步論述了成功和音樂之間的關系."the question"這個問題應為"Are success related to music or not?"成功和音樂到底有沒有關系呢?故答案為A.
52.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話"which helped him understand"the culture of people"判斷D正確. 選項A、B、C說法太絕對,
53.B 主旨大意概括題.通過全文內容可以看出,主要講述了一些成功的人在音樂上都很精通,由此引出音樂在成功的道路上起著一定的作用.故答案為B.
54.C 細節(jié)判斷題.根據(jù)文章的結構,第一段提出主題,然后列舉了很多人的例子來證明.所以全文主要通過例證.故答案為C.
點評 閱讀理解考查學生整體理解文章的基礎上,對細節(jié)問題進行把握.說明性文章先要把握文章結構,還需注意作者在闡述問題時所使用的方法,注意歸納總結.