Question

Some people succeed in unbelievable ways.

Roussel was orphaned 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 his favorite songs on the piano.

Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his aunt adopted him. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take regular piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside resort added a second love to his life -- the sea. He studied to be a naval cadet (海軍學(xué)員), but still made time to study music.

In the French Navy, while he served on a warship based at Cherbourg, he and two friends found the time to play the music of Beethoven and other composes (作曲家). Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first performance as a composer.

That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow offices offered to show it to a well-known conductor (指揮家), 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 afterwards, at the age of 25, Roussel did just that. He applied characters that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel devote his life to music, Roussel's navy friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the conductor.

1.Which of the following shows the right order of the story?

a. Roussel gave up his naval career.

b. Roussel was adopted by his aunt.

c. Roussel read through the family music collection.

d. Roussel had his first performance as a composer in Cherbourg.

A. c, b, d, a B. b. c, d, aC. b, c, a. dD. c, b, a, d

2.What ______ did played the most important part in Roussel's final success.

A. his mother B. the husband of his aunt

C. his navy friend D. Edouard Colonne

3.We can infer from the article that______.

A. Roussel's aunt adopted him after his grandfather died.

B. Roussel read through the family music collection in his grandfather's.

C. Colonne advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.

D. If Roussel hadn't joined the navy, he might not have achieved so much.

4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. A clever musician B. A white lie

C. A helpful conductor D. A great manuscript

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要論述了令人難以置信的獲取成功的方法。Roussel八歲時(shí)成了孤兒，后來和爺爺一起生活，在爺爺家，他不斷練習(xí)音樂。爺爺去世后，Roussel被阿姨收養(yǎng)，叔叔安排Roussel上鋼琴課。Roussel參加海軍之后，開始自己創(chuàng)作音樂，他的一個(gè)海軍朋友編了一個(gè)善意的謊言鼓勵(lì)Roussel從事音樂方面的鉆研，Roussel專心研究音樂，最終獲得了巨大成功。

1.entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection”和第三段“Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his aunt adopted him.”及第四段“he had his first performance as a composer”與第五、六段“he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music. ... Not long afterwards, at the age of 25, Roussel did just that.”可知，正確的順序是c, b, d, a，故選A。

2.Roussel's navy friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the conductor.”可知，Roussel的海軍朋友編造了一個(gè)善意的謊言，他沒有給著名的指揮家看Roussel的手稿。A、B起到的作用沒有C大，故選C。

3.He applied characters that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music.”可知，Roussel把在參軍時(shí)學(xué)到的東西運(yùn)用到了音樂上，并獲得成功，還有就是，Roussel遇到了那個(gè)幫助他的海軍朋友。如果Roussel沒有參加海軍，他就不會(huì)獲得那么大的成功。故選D。

4.Some people succeed in unbelievable ways.”和最后一段“Roussel's navy friend later admitted that he had made it up...”可知，文章主要講的是令人難以置信的獲得成功的方法，如果不是Roussel海軍朋友的善意謊言，Roussel不會(huì)放下參軍去專心研究音樂并獲得成功，故選B。

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