Question

On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.

3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.

4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.

6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.

45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.

After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.

No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.

If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing?

1.Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.

A．half an hour       B．a(chǎn)n hour           C．fifteen minutes     D．a(chǎn) day

2.__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.

A．A mid-aged man    B．A Young man       C．A woman          D．A 3-year-old boy

3.Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.

A．took their children away                  B．threw the money into the box

C．stayed with their children listening          D．looked at their watch

4.Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.

A．a(chǎn) very famous pianist                     B．a(chǎn) very popular singer

C．a(chǎn) very poor violinist                      D．a(chǎn) very famous violinist

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了著名的小提琴家約翰貝爾偽裝成一個在街頭賣藝的人，用自己名貴的小提琴演奏了六首著名的歌曲。但是很少有人能夠停下來認真的欣賞這些美妙的樂曲。以此告訴我們，也許在我們?nèi)松�匆忙的腳步中，你可能錯過了許多美妙的東西。

1.根據(jù)第一段On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour 描述，可知選B。

2.根據(jù)4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.描述，可知選C。

3.根據(jù)And nearly all the parents took their children away.描述，可知選A。

4.根據(jù)No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. 描述，可知選D。

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點評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)，完成較易。