Question

A famous violinist enters the stage to perform a solo at a New York City music hall. Getting on stage is no small task for him. A brain disease he got as a child forces him to walk with crutches（拐杖）.

Seeing him walk across the stage is hard to forget. He walks painfully, but gracefully（大方地）, until he reaches his chair. He sits down slowly, puts his crutches on the floor and places his legs in the correct place. Then he picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and starts to play.

But suddenly something goes wrong. The violinist finishes the first few parts of the piece, but one of the strings on his violin breaks. Everyone hears it clearly.

People think the violinist will need to stop to find another string or violin. But he doesn’t. Instead, he stops for a moment, closes his eyes and goes on. He plays from where he left off, with a passion and power that people had never heard before.

It is impossible to play how he does with only three strings. But this musician refuses to give up. He seems to play the strings in new ways to make the sounds he needed from the missing string.

When he finishes, everyone in hall bursts into applause. The musician smiles and says: “Sometimes it is up to the musician to find out how much music he can make with what he has left.

1.The first two paragraphs aim to show that .

A. the violinist is very famous B. it’s hard for the violinist to do such work

C. the violinist is not confident in himself D. it took the violinist a lot of time to prepare

2.What does the violinist do when his violin string breaks?

A. He finds another string. B. He finds another violin.

C. He goes on playing. D. He gives up playing.

3.What message does the story tell us?

A. A good musician can hardly deal with every challenge.

B. Playing the violin is an easy job.

C. Learn how to be a good audience.

D. Make full use of what we still have.

4.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Do the best you can do B. Nobody is perfect

C. The life of a famous violinist D. How to play the violin

Answer 1