Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer begins, how he manages to keep going – in fact, how and when he learns his trade – all are covered in complete darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery .
One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration plays in a composer’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.
The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: “Do I feel inspired?” He says to himself: “Do I feel like working today?” And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: “Do I feel sleepy?” If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don’t feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn’t feel like working, he doesn’t work. It’s as simple as that.
小題1:What would be the best title for the text?
A．Composer: a man of mystery
B．Practice makes good music
C．Relation between sleeping and music
D．Music: product of nature
小題2:Most people seem to think that a composer ____.
A．finds it difficult to write music
B．considers it important to have a good rest
C．should like to talk about inspiration
D．never asks himself very simple questions
小題3:The author will most probably agree that composers ____.
A．a(chǎn)re born with a gift for music
B．a(chǎn)re people full of mystery
C．work late at night for their music
D．know a lot about eating and sleeping

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析：作曲家是從哪里開始作曲的，怎樣繼續(xù)下去的，怎樣學會這一技巧的，都是個謎，沒有人知道，由此可以推斷出答案。
小題1:主旨大意題。第一段的最后一句The composer, in short, is a man of mystery .
是主題句，選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question.可知“普通人首先知道的事情之一就是靈感在作曲家的工作中所起的作用。他認為作曲家想要談?wù)撨@個問題”選C。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段倒數(shù)一二句“ Writing music is…h(huán)ave been born for”可知作曲家是天生的，A項正確。
點評：考查細節(jié)題較多，本文所設(shè)試題主要考察細節(jié)查找，對于文章中的細節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。
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