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Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional(专业的) pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.
What is special about Samuel Osmond?

A．He has a gift for writing music.

B．He can write down the note he hears.

C．He is a top student at the law school.

D．He can play the musical piece he hears.

What can we learn from the passage?

A．Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.

B．Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.

C．Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.

D．Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.

Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________.

A．received a good early education in music

B．played the guitar and the piano perfectly

C．could play the piano without reading music

D．could play the guitar better than his father

What can we infer(推断) about Samuel in Paragraph 4?

A．He became famous during a special event at his college.

B．He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately(精确地).

C．He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.

D．He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.

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

A．The Qualities of a Musician

B．The Story of a Musical Talent

C．The Importance of Early Education

D．The Relationship between Memory and Music.

科目英语题型阅读理解难度较难

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Li Baoguo was a university teacher in Hebei Province. He thought it wasn’t enough to give lessons just in a classroom. Li spent his whole life helping poor farmers improve their agricultural（农业的）skills. In 2016, the year he died, President Xi Jinping said that he was like “Yugong on the Taihang Mountains”.

Li Baoguo did most of his important work in the Taihang Mountains. He heard that the farmers there were very poor and decided to help them. He thought that the farmers needed change the empty, lifeless mountains around them into green land and grow crops and trees on the mountains.

He taught the farmers how to make ditches（沟渠）to collect rain water, and then helped then grow apple trees and other crops. He organized more than 800 training lessons and wrote simp books for them to read. After 1981, he spent more than 200 days every year planting trees and crops with the villagers. Thanks to him, this land now is covered with crops that help the farm make a lot more money. Li worked hard in the countryside of Hebei Province for 35 years. He helped about 100,000 farmers to live better. In all those long years, he never complained（抱怨）about the working conditions in the mountains.

In 2018, a film, The Taste of Apple, was made. It tells the story of Li Baoguo. When it was shown in one of the villages that he had helped, people cried. The farmers recalled the hard work of Li. They said they would never forget his dedication（奉献）to helping them live a better life.

（1）Where did Li Baoguo do most of his important work according to the passage?

A．	At home.	B．	In the countryside.
C．	In the classroom.	D．	In a university.

（2）How did Li Baoguo help the farmers?

A．	By giving them money.	B．	By teaching them to build houses.
C．	By helping them move the mountains.	D．	By improving their agricultural skills.

（3）Why did the villagers cry when they watched the film?

A．	Because the film was scary.
B．	Because the film was about their village.
C．	Because it was difficult for them to watch a movie.
D．	Because they were thankful for Li Baoguo’s help.

（4）Li Baoguo was a person who _______.

A．	directed the film The Taste of Apple	B．	was born in the Taihang Mountains
C．	spent his whole life helping poor farmers	D．	wrote 800 simple books for the farmers

（5）Which is the best title of the passage?

A．	Yugong in Modern Times	B．	A Farmer’s Story
C．	A Great Teacher	D．	The Taste of Apple

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

（1）Lisa from Grade 7 is interested in music. She can go to _________ this Monday.

Room 301

Room 203

Room 201

Room 105

（2）John should call _________ if he wants to learn to play basketball.

623-9457

623-9662

623-0778

623-0116

（3）In the Cooking Club, you can _________.

A．	learn to make food	B．	take the food-home
C．	buy delicious food	D．	draw pictures about food

（4）Mike is a student in Grade 9. He can join the _________.

Music Club

Cooking Club

Basketball Club

Reading Club

（5）Where can you find the poster most probably?

In a hotel.

In a school.

In a hospital.

In a police station.

It’s unbelievable to save this black bear from falling off a 30-meter-high bridge.

The bear was（A）________ her way home after a long day in a California’s mountain. She was walking across the bridge when, suddenly, two cars entered from both sides. There was nowhere to run, so the frightened bear jumped onto the rail（护栏）and began to fall down.

Luckily, the bear pulled herself onto an arch under the bridge, but she couldn’t get out. A driver saw the surprising scene and called for help. Robert Brooks, an animal control officer from a nearby town, was sent to find out the truth. “I thought it was a joke.” he said. But it wasn’t a joke, so he called Dave Baker of the BEAR League, a group that helps bears in（B）________.

（C）Unfortunately, the sky was getting dark, so the workers who saved the bear had to wait. Early the next morning, Brooks and Baker returned to the bridge with more volunteers. To their surprise, the bear was still there. Then Baker had an idea. ①They should hang a net under the bear, push her into（D）it and then lower her to the ground.

Police officers closed the road. ②When the bear was sleepy, a volunteer rock climber used his feet to push the bear off the arch, right into the middle of the net.

③When the bear was gently lowered to the ground, everyone cheered. The police officers then cleared all the people from the area and left the bear alone when she slept. Since then, no one has seen the bear. “I don’t think she’s going near the bridge any more.” Brooks said.

阅读短文，根据题目要求完成下列任务。

（1）在文中（A）处和（B）处各填入一个适当的词，使文章意思完整。

（A）__________ （B）__________

（2）根据上下文，请选出与（C）处划线词Unfortunately意思相近的词：__________

A．

Unusually

B．

Unexpectedly

C．

Unluckily

（3）用英文写出文中（D）处划线词it所指代的内容：

_____________________________________________________

（4）在文中①②③处，选出能够填入“Then Brooks shot a sleeping drug（药）into the bear’s shoulder.”的最佳位置：__________

（5）Do you think the bear is worth saving? Why or why not?

_____________________________________________________

Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an. The audience（观众）can hear them, but they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet（皮影）play. Shadow puppets are made of hard leather（皮革）. The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colors and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.

During a shadow puppet play, Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Wang and his friends hold the puppets very close to the screen so that the audience can see the puppets’ shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.

Shadow puppet play is a kind of ancient Chinese art. Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. Wang and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art form alive.

阅读短文，回答下列问题。

（1）What are the shadow puppets made of?

_______________________________________

（2）Is each puppet painted in bright colors?

_______________________________________

（3）Where does Wang stand during a shadow puppet play?

_______________________________________

（4）Why do Wang and his friends still work hard on shallow puppet plays without much money?

_______________________________________

（5）What’s the best title of the passage?

_______________________________________

阅读短文，根据首字母或所给词的适当形式填空，使文章语义通顺。

Electric cars may seem to be a recent invention, but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were more electric cars on the road （1）t＿＿＿＿ gasoline（汽油）cars. At that time, gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels（燃料）, so electric cars were more popular.

When gasoline prices （2）d＿＿＿＿ and new technologies on gasoline cars were developed, electric cars were out of date. Gasoline cars became more popular （3）i＿＿＿＿.

During the 20th century, gasoline cars got bigger, （4）＿＿＿＿（heavy）and faster. More and more people had bought gasoline cars. More fuel was needed. So this （5）c＿＿＿＿ more air pollution. When people began to （6）r＿＿＿＿ that there were not enough oil on the earth, they required car （7）＿＿＿＿（make）to produce more efficient（高效能的）cars.

One method of （8）＿＿＿＿（solve）the problem was a “hybrid” car, one that ran partly on gasoline and partly on electricity. Hybrid cars became popular in the 2000s because gasoline prices went up while prices of hybrid cars went down.

An all-electric car uses no gasoline. （9）H＿＿＿＿, the problem is that electric cars are not suitable for long journeys. Many people are not pleased with it. The government and the car factories are working together to develop safe, cheap and （10）＿＿＿＿（use）electric cars. When more and more people have these electric cars in the future, a gasoline station may disappear.