19."Daddy,can I learn to play the violin?"young Sarah asked her father.She was always asking for things and her father was not happy.
"You spent a lot of money,Sarah,"he said."First you wanted to learn horse riding,then dancing,then swimming.Now it's the violin."
"I'll play every day,Daddy,"Sarah said."I'll try very hard."
"All right,"her father said."This is what I'll do.I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks.At the end of six weeks you must play something for me.If you play well,you can have more lessons.If you play badly,I will stop the lessons."
"OK,Daddy,"Sarah said.
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons.The teacher was very expensive,but her father kept his promise.
The six weeks passed quickly.The time came for Sarah to play for her father.She went to the living room and said,"I'm ready to play for you,Daddy.""Fine,Sarah,"her father said."Begin."
She began to play.She played very badly.She made a terrible noise(噪音).
Her father and one of his friends were there,and the friend put his hands over his ears.When Sarah finished,her father said,"Good.You can have more lessons."
Sarah ran happily out of the room.Her father's friend turned to him."You spent a lot of money,but she still plays very badly,"he said.
"Well,that's true,"her father said."But after she started learning the violin,I was able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply.In another six weeks I'll have the whole(全部的) building."
81.Sarah's father was not happy becauseD.
A.she wanted to be a violinist
B.she didn't want to go to school
C.she didn't like to learn anything
D.she was always asking for things
82.Which of the following is not true?A
A.Sarah never learned to swim because she didn't like it.
B.Sarah learned dancing after she learned to ride a horse.
C.Sarah spent lots of her father's money in learning things.
D.Sarah promised she would practice playing the violin every day.
83.Sarah's father said he would pay for her violin lessons forB.
A.two weeks
B.six weeks
C.three months
D.six months
84.The friend put his hands over his ears becauseC.
A.Sarah shouted too loudly
B.he didn't like music at all
C.Sarah made a terrible noise
D.he didn't want to listen to Sarah's father
85.Sarah's father wanted her to have more violin lessons becauseB.
A.she was good at playing the violin
B.he could buy more apartments cheaply
C.he had enough money for the lessons
D.he enjoyed hearing her daughter play.
分析 本文叙述了Sarah要学很多东西,她要学习骑马、跳舞和游泳,到后来她又要学习拉小琴,如果6个月过后她的小提琴学得不好,其他的功课也就不要学了,如果小提琴学得好,就可以学更多的功课.到了6个月了,结果Sarah的小提琴拉得很糟糕,把公寓的人都吓跑了,这时爸爸高兴了,他可以廉价地买下这里的公寓,于是决定还是让Sarah继续学习.
解答 81.D细节理解题.根据She was always asking for things and her father was not happy.可知她总是要求做一些事情,她爸爸不高兴.故选D.
82.A细节理解题.根据."First you wanted to learn horse riding,then dancing,then swimming可知她学过游泳,故选A.
83.B细节理解题.根据I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks.可知爸爸会付她六个星期的小提琴的课的钱,故选B.
84.C细节理解题.根据She played very badly.She made a terrible noise(噪音).可知她拉的小提琴很糟糕,就是噪音,朋友用手捂住自己的耳朵是为了避免噪音,故选C.
85.B细节理解题.根据But after she started learning the violin,I was able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply.In another six weeks I'll have the whole(全部的) building可知莎拉的父亲希望她上更多的小提琴课,因为他可以廉价购买更多的公寓,故选B.
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