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【題目】Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.

Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil also has one individual (一個人的) lesson a week with her. Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.

In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music (讀懂樂譜) until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案。

【1】Margaret's first pupils were ______.

A. her friends

B. six-year-olds

C. her children's friends

D. three- and four-year-olds

【2】How many group lessons do the pupils have a month?

A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.

【3】What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?

A. They should practice harder.

B. They should go somewhere else to learn.

C. They will become music teachers like her.

D. They will become great violinists using her method.

【4】What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?

A. There are group violin lessons for your children — no more than 5 in each group.

B. Learn to play the violin with your children — 2 lessons a week.

C. You will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.

D. I'll look after your children while you learn the violin.

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. When children should learn the violin.

B. What Margaret's teaching method is.

C. Why it is important to read music.

D. How Margaret learnt the violin.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 B

【4】 C

【5】 B

【解析】

瑪格麗特波特是一位小提琴家和音樂教師。據她的說法，開始學小提琴的最佳年齡是三到六歲之間。在瑪格麗特的觀點中，很重要的一點是要知道為什么音樂聽起來像它的方式，他建議學生們應該用更傳統(tǒng)的方法來學習小提琴。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。句意：瑪格麗特的第一屆學生是_________. A她的朋友們；B. 6歲的孩子們；C.她孩子的朋友們；D. 3歲和4歲的孩子們。根據she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.可知答案應選C項。

【2】推理判斷題。句意：學生們一個月上多少團體課程？根據Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month.可知半個月上一次課，故一個月應上兩次課，故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。句意：瑪格麗特認為她班上的優(yōu)秀的學生怎么樣？A他們能更刻苦地練習；B他們應該去別處學習；C他們會成為像她一樣的老師；D用她的方法，他們會成為偉大的小提琴家。根據She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave可知瑪格麗特對優(yōu)秀學生的建議是離開并且去學習更多傳統(tǒng)的方法，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。句意：當瑪格麗特把課程介紹給家長時，她可能會說什么？A對于你的孩子，有每組不超過5人的團體小提琴課程；B和你的孩子學習拉小提琴，一周兩節(jié)課。C你應該看你的孩子學習拉小提琴；D當你學習拉小提琴時我會照顧你們的孩子。根據Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.可推斷家長參加孩子的課程，對課程有興趣是重要的，故應選C項。

【5】主旨推斷題。句意：文章主要討論的是什么？A孩子應該什么時候學小提琴；B瑪格麗特的教學方法是什么；C為什么讀音樂是重要的；D瑪格麗特是如何學習小提琴的。根據文章內容Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists.等等，可知本文主要介紹了瑪格麗特的教學方法，故應選B項。