Question

【题目】After I mastered my first (协奏曲) at age 14, my parents decided to get me a nice violin. I tried out dozens of instruments before I found my match: a German violin. It was beautiful, but what I liked best about it was its voice. Confident and strong, it was everything I longed to be.

I'm not sure how much that violin cost, but my parents made me promise never to let it out of my sight. They didn't understand that dragging a large violin caseran counter tomy daily middle school task of being invisible (看不见的). I was a strange, absent-minded kid. When I spoke up in class, my comments brought confused silence from teachers and wild laughter from students. Like a deer in a wolf pack, I tried to be quiet and still.

In contrast, my new violin was almost shockingly loud. Together, we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra(管弦乐队) — which was encouraged, since the other kids made sounds like cats’ crying. For one glorious hour every day, I was showered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say.

Between classes, I bent under the combined weight of my violin case and a backpack filled with books. My posture suffered, but my confidence grew. With my violin by my side, I found my voice. More and more, I contributed to class discussions and even made a couple of friends.

Today, I'mjust an amateur violinist with a regular day job. As I sit in my community orchestra, sometimes I feel jealous(嫉妒的) my fellow musicians’ instruments with their elegant voices. I may not be the best violinist around, but at least I'm still the loudest.

【1】The underlined part “ran counter to” in Paragraph 2 probably means__________.

A. was similar to

B. went along with

C. was the opposite of

D. had something in common with

【2】We know from Paragraph 2 that the author___________.

A. did not fit in at school

B. was an excellent student

C. was strong and confident

D. did not attend classes regularly

【3】What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 3?

A. Disappointment. B. Anger.

C. Pride. D. Regret.

【4】What can we infer from the text?

A. The violin changed the author in some way.

B. The author hated the loud voice of his violin.

C. The violin always made the author embarrassed.

D. The author was the best violinist in his community orchestra.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了拉小提琴让作者变得自信的故事。

【1】C. 词义猜测题。由划线部分前的drag- ging a large violin case 和之后的 being ; invisible可知，拖着一个巨大的小提琴箱: 与“我”在学校里不愿被注意到背道而驰，由此推断，ran counter to意为“与…不同，背道而驰”。故选C。

【2】 A.推理判断题。由第二段中的When I spoke up in class,my comments brought ; confused silence from teachers and wild ：laughter from students. Like a deer in a i wolf pack,I tried to be quiet and still 可知，作者在学校里格格不入。故选A。

【3】C. 推理判断题a由第三段中的For one glorious hour every day,I was show-ered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say可知，作者在拉小提琴时，总是受到大家的关注，每个人都想听他要说什么，由此可以推断作者感到非常自豪。故选C。

【4】A. 推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的 my confidence grew 和 I found my voice s 以及 I contributed to class discussions;and even made a couple of friends 可知，小提琴在某种程度上改变了作者。故选A。