Question

【題目】After I mastered my first (協(xié)奏曲) at age 14, my parents decided to get me a nice violin. I tried out dozens of instruments before I found my match: a German violin. It was beautiful, but what I liked best about it was its voice. Confident and strong, it was everything I longed to be.

I'm not sure how much that violin cost, but my parents made me promise never to let it out of my sight. They didn't understand that dragging a large violin caseran counter tomy daily middle school task of being invisible (看不見的). I was a strange, absent-minded kid. When I spoke up in class, my comments brought confused silence from teachers and wild laughter from students. Like a deer in a wolf pack, I tried to be quiet and still.

In contrast, my new violin was almost shockingly loud. Together, we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra(管弦樂隊(duì)) — which was encouraged, since the other kids made sounds like cats’ crying. For one glorious hour every day, I was showered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say.

Between classes, I bent under the combined weight of my violin case and a backpack filled with books. My posture suffered, but my confidence grew. With my violin by my side, I found my voice. More and more, I contributed to class discussions and even made a couple of friends.

Today, I'mjust an amateur violinist with a regular day job. As I sit in my community orchestra, sometimes I feel jealous(嫉妒的) my fellow musicians’ instruments with their elegant voices. I may not be the best violinist around, but at least I'm still the loudest.

【1】The underlined part “ran counter to” in Paragraph 2 probably means__________.

A. was similar to

B. went along with

C. was the opposite of

D. had something in common with

【2】We know from Paragraph 2 that the author___________.

A. did not fit in at school

B. was an excellent student

C. was strong and confident

D. did not attend classes regularly

【3】What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 3?

A. Disappointment. B. Anger.

C. Pride. D. Regret.

【4】What can we infer from the text?

A. The violin changed the author in some way.

B. The author hated the loud voice of his violin.

C. The violin always made the author embarrassed.

D. The author was the best violinist in his community orchestra.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】本文是記敘文。文章主要講述了拉小提琴讓作者變得自信的故事。

【1】C. 詞義猜測題。由劃線部分前的drag- ging a large violin case 和之后的 being ; invisible可知，拖著一個巨大的小提琴箱: 與“我”在學(xué)校里不愿被注意到背道而馳，由此推斷，ran counter to意為“與…不同，背道而馳”。故選C。

【2】 A.推理判斷題。由第二段中的When I spoke up in class,my comments brought ; confused silence from teachers and wild ：laughter from students. Like a deer in a i wolf pack,I tried to be quiet and still 可知，作者在學(xué)校里格格不入。故選A。

【3】C. 推理判斷題a由第三段中的For one glorious hour every day,I was show-ered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say可知，作者在拉小提琴時，總是受到大家的關(guān)注，每個人都想聽他要說什么，由此可以推斷作者感到非常自豪。故選C。

【4】A. 推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段中的 my confidence grew 和 I found my voice s 以及 I contributed to class discussions;and even made a couple of friends 可知，小提琴在某種程度上改變了作者。故選A。