Question

 [2015山东宁阳四中高二年级月考] How to deal successfully with a child showing outstanding musical ability? Its not always clear how best to develop and encourage his gift. Many parents may even fail to recog?nize and respond to their children's need until discouragement explodes into uncooperative behaviour. And while most schools are equipped to deal with children who are especially able in academic subjects,the musically gifted require special understanding which may not always be available in an ordina?ry school. Such children may well benefit from the education offered by a specialist music school.

  The five music schools in Britain aim to provide all environment where gifted children can develop their skills under the guidance of professional musicians. Children here spend about half of a day on musical activities,for ex?ample,individual lessons,orchestras,chamber (室内音乐的) groups,voice training,conducting and theory. They also spend several hours a day practising in private rooms. The rest of their time is taken up with the subjects ： Eng?lish,maths and basic sciences.

  What are the disadvantages? An obvious problem is that the fees are high. However,each school will offer scholarships and other forms of financial aid. Secondly,not all parents want to send their children to the boarding school，especially at an early age. Almost all the directors of the specialist schools express doubts about the wisdom of admitting children as young as seven into such a tense and disciplined (守纪律的) environment. They stress,however,that their main aim is to turn out "well-rounded and well-balanced individuals".

11. If a child's musical ability is not recognized,      .  

    A.the child may behave badly

   B. the ability may fade away

   C. the child may lose interest

   D. the parents may become anxious 

12.        What probably may musically gifted children face in ordinary schools?

   A. Their academic work may suffer.

   B. Schools lack musical equipment.

   C. Music is not seen as an important subject.

   D. Parents and teachers don't work together.

13. The passage mainly talks about      .

   A. education and development about children

   B. disadvantages of music schools

   C. music schools for children with music gift

   D. how to deal with music-talented children

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述的是有音乐天赋的学生可以选择去音乐学校就读。

11. A细节理解题。根据第一段第三句中的"…until discouragement explodes into uncooperative behaviour.'，可知，孩子的音乐天赋如果得不到认可的话，他们就会表现得很糟糕，故答案为A.

12. C推理判断题。根据第一段中的第四句"…the musically gifted require special understanding which may not always be available in an ordinary school.”可知，在普通的学校里，有音乐天赋的孩子并不总是能得到理解和关注，故答案为C.

13. C主旨大意题。根据文章第一段的"How to deal success?fully'with a child showing outstanding musical ability?"以及全文内容可知，本文主要讲述的是有音乐天赋的孩子可以选择去音乐学校就读。