Question

Franz Schubert was a famous musician in the world.But he lived a very hard life and often suffered(遭受)from being hungry.One day he was very hungry and went to a small restaurant,hoping he might meet some friends there.He looked around but found nobody he could borrow any money from.Then his eyes fell on a paper on one of the tables.In it was a little poem(诗歌).He read the poem.Then he wrote a piece of music for the poem and took his work to the owner of the restaurant.He only received a piece of beef and potato for it.Thirty years after his death,this manuscript(手稿)by Schubert was worth 40,000 francs.It was his famous Berceuse(《摇篮曲》).

1  Schubert went to the restaurant to______.

A.write a poem for his Berceuse

B.have his dinner together with his friend

C.see if he could find some friends who could lend him some money for a meal

D.write a piece of music for the owner of the restaurant

2  We know the owner of the restaurant______from this passage.

A.was also a musician      B.was very kind

C.hated Schubert very much D.didn’t understand music very much

3   The passage didn’t tell us______.

A.how old he was when Schubert died B.how poor Schubert was

C.why Schubert wrote a piece of music for the little poem

D.whether Franz Schubert mastered the poem

4   What’s the Chinese meaning of  “famous musician”?______.

A.刻苦的音乐家            B.勤劳的指挥家C.著名的指挥家       D.著名的音乐家

5  The best title for this passage is______.

A.Musician and Hunger  B.Franz Schubert and His Berceuse

C.Franz Schubert Died  D.A Great Musician

Answer 1

1C  2D  3A   4D   5B