Whether you admit or not, music is rooted in our daily life, weaving its beauty and emotion through our thoughts, activities and memories. So if you’re interested in music theory, music appreciation, Beethoven, Mozart, artists and performers, we hope you’ll spend some time here and learn from those music articles of note for all ages and tastes.
When I first started studying the history of music, I did not realize what I was getting into. I had thought that music history was somewhat of an unimportant pursuit（追求）. In fact, I only took my history of classical music class because I needed the credits（學(xué)分）. I did not realize how really attractive music history was. You see, in our culture many of us do not really learn to understand music. When I began to learn about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me.
When most of us think about the history of music, we think of the history of rock music, we assume that the history is simple because the music is simple. In fact, neither is the case, The history of music, whether you’re talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is never simple.
Even when the class was over, I would not stop learning about the history of music. It had attracted my interest, and I wanted more.
小題1:What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A．To advise readers to learn about music.
B．To show he has a good knowledge of music.
C．To ask readers to share their experience.
D．To prove that music has a long history.
小題2:Why did the author take the history of classical music class?
A．He was very interested in classical music.
B．Classical music would bring him fame.
C．Classical music was very important to him.
D．He wanted to get the points from the course.
小題3:The underlined word “assume” in the third paragraph probably means “____________ ”.
A．seeB．meanC．thinkD．wonder
小題4:What did the author do after the class was over?
A．He became tired of music history.
B．He kept on learning about music history.
C．He found music was difficult to learn.
D．He began to take part in music activities.
小題5:(Originally created) What can we infer about the author according to the passage?
A．He didn’t like music at the beginning.
B．He prefers history to music.
C．He doesn’t study hard at school.
D．The students in his school need some credits in other subjects besides the credits in their majors before they graduate from their college.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：本文主要講述了自己對(duì)音樂的理解，任何一種音樂都有自己獨(dú)特的歷史，我們了解音樂不僅僅要了解音樂本身還有了解其發(fā)展的歷史及過程。
小題1:A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主題段第一段最后一句we hope you’ll spend some time here and learn from those music articles of note for all ages and tastes.說明本文主要就是建議我們多理解關(guān)于音樂方面的知識(shí)。故A正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行In fact, I only took my history of classical music class because I needed the credits（學(xué)分）.說明我只是為了取得學(xué)分，故D正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù), we assume that the history is simple because the music is simple. In fact, neither is the case, The history of music, whether you’re talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is never simple.說明我們以為音樂的歷史很簡單，只是因?yàn)橐魳泛唵危瑢?shí)際上并非如此。該詞是指認(rèn)為。故C正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Even when the class was over, I would not stop learning about the history of music. It had attracted my interest, and I wanted more.
說明在課程結(jié)束以后，我仍然在學(xué)習(xí)音樂。故B正確。
小題5:D 推斷題。作者建議人們多學(xué)音樂，而不僅僅是只學(xué)自己的專業(yè)知識(shí)。故D項(xiàng)正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述了自己對(duì)音樂的理解，從題目設(shè)置的角度看，本題側(cè)重對(duì)學(xué)生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到這類題后，要注意把握好文章結(jié)構(gòu)，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要讓文中的一些生詞影響了注意力。
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The thought surprised me ! Think of the leaves bursting out in the spring time, the bird singing at dawn, the sheer number of different forms of life, all expressing the wideness and scope of divine life. There's nothing shy about it. Life is everywhere and attention-grabbing (引人注意的). So, if my creator isn't shy about all the life that needs expressing, I don't need to be either.
I realized that if I wanted to overcome fear and shyness, I would have to put this law of life into practice~ Shyness, fear, and loneliness were hindering me from living my life as life: God wanted me to live it. Therefore, I decided to live how life saw me.
One example: I wrote a note to a girl, asking her out on a date. Even as I was writing it, the fears of disaffirmation and unworthiness came to me. This time however, instead of shrinking back and hiding from the fear, I put the note in the campus mail in spite of myself. I thought: whether she says yes or no, it's still right for me not to be shy. I can live with the confidence sent from the source of my life. The girl saw me in class the next day and told me that she would love to go out with me. I should not have been so surprised!
Bit by bit, I was proving that the limited view of myself no longer had control over me.  After college, I worked as a newspaper reporter, earned an advanced degree in theater, became a productive writer (a lifelong dream), met a special woman whom I married, and even got a job teaching at a university.
小題1:The writer was shy as a child because of______.
A．a(chǎn)wareness that life is shy
B．lack of courage to speak out in public
C．fear of others' attitude and reaction
D．failure in his participation in class discussion
小題2:"The law" in Paragraph 4 refers to the fact that______.
A．life is attention-grabbing and divine
B．God treats everything and everyone fairly
C．everything in nature is in the favour of God
D．the creator of life which needs expressing isn't shy
小題3:It can be learnt from Paragraph 5 that the writer______.
A．didn't hesitate before sending the note
B．wouldn't regret sending the note despite the result
C．was not surprised when the girl agreed to go out
D．believed in God and felt encouraged by the wideness of life
小題4:The underlined word "disaffirmation" in Paragraph 5 probably means______.
A．rejectionB．laughterC．regretD．horror
小題5:The purpose of writing the text is to______.
A．blame those who are shy and unconfident
B．persuade people to have confidence in their career
C．share the personal experience with the readers
D．prove that the overcome of shyness helps achieve success

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