Question

 

Most people want to know how things are made.They honestly admit,however,that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made.Where a composer(作曲家) begins,how he manages to keep going—in fact,how and where he learns his trade—all are covered in complete darkness.The composer,in short,is a man of mystery(神秘).

One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration(靈感) plays in a composer’s work.He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question.Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all.Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.

The composer,therefore,does not say to himself:“Do I feel inspired?”He says to himself:“Do I feel like working today?”And if he feels like working,he does.It is more or less like saying to himself:“Do I feel sleepy?”If you feel sleepy,you go to sleep.If you don’t feel sleepy,you stay up.If the composer doesn’t feel like working,he doesn’t work.It’s as simple as that.

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Composer:a man of mystery

B.Practice makes good music

C.Relation between sleeping and music

D.Music:product of nature

2.The words “covered in complete darkness” underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably mean _______.

A.difficult to be made                      B.without any light

C.black in color                            D.not known

3.Most people seem to think that a composer _______.

A.finds it difficult to write music

B.considers it important to have a good rest

C.should like to talk about inspiration

D.never asks himself very simple questions

4.The author will most probably agree that composers _______.

A.are born with a gift for music

B.are people full of mystery

C.work late at night for their music

D.know a lot about eating and sleeping

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

解析:這是一道主旨題。文章主要介紹了作曲家給人的神秘感和他們工作的方式。B選項(xiàng)不對(duì)因?yàn)槲闹兄赋鲇袝r(shí)候好音樂(lè)來(lái)自靈感,C選項(xiàng)不對(duì)是因?yàn)槲恼乱�用作曲和睡覺(jué)的關(guān)系是作為例子說(shuō)明作曲家的工作方式,D選項(xiàng)文中沒(méi)有提到。

2.D

解析:這是一道推理題。根據(jù)第一段“The composer,in short,is a man of mystery.”可以推斷出作曲家從哪里開(kāi)始,怎么發(fā)展,他怎么學(xué)習(xí)的這門手藝,都不為人知,所以才會(huì)神秘,可以推斷出“covered in complete darkness” 是不為人知的意思。

3.C

解析:這是一道推斷題。根據(jù)第二段“One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration plays in a composer’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question.”可知大眾不能理解作曲家并不關(guān)心靈感在作曲工作中的作用,可以推斷出大眾認(rèn)為作曲家應(yīng)該比較關(guān)注靈感。

4.A

解析:這是一道推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可知作曲家對(duì)于工作就像人對(duì)于睡眠一樣(是一種本能),也就是說(shuō)他們對(duì)于作曲有一種天賦。