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一〔2020广东卷〕

A

SamuelOsmondisa19-year-oldlawstudentfromCornwall,England.Heneverstudiedthepiano.However,hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesbymusicianssuchasChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterhehearsthem.Helearnsapieceofmusicbylisteningtoitinparts.Thenhethinksaboutthenotesinhishead.Twoyearsago,heplayedhisfirstpiece

MoonlightSonata〔奏鸣曲〕byBeethoven.Hesurprisedeveryonearoundhim.

Amazedthatherememberedthislonganddifficultpieceofmusicandplayeditperfectly,his

teacherssaySamuelisunbelievable.Theysayhisabilityisveryrare,butSamueldoesn’teven

realizethatwhathecandoisspecial.Samuelwantedtobecomealawyerasitwasthewishofhisparents,butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudymusicinstead.Now,hestudieslawandmusic.

Samuelcan’tunderstandwhyeveryoneissosurprised.“Igrewupwithmusic.Mymotherplayedthepianoandmyfatherplayedtheguitar.Abouttwoyearsago,Isuddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano,withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons.Itcomes

easilytomeIhearthenotesandcanbeartheminmindeachandeverynote,”saysSamuel.Recently,Samuelperformedapieceduringaspecialeventathiscollege.Thepiecehadmorethanathousandnotes.Theaudiencewasimpressedbyhisamazingperformance.Heisnowlearning

apiecethatissodifficult

thatmanyprofessional

pianistscan’playtit.

Samuelsays

confidently,

”

It

’sallaboutsupermemoryIguessIhavethatgift.

”

However,Samuel’sabilitytorememberthingsdoesn’tstopwithmusic.Hisfamilysaysthatevenwhenhewasayoungboy,Samuelheardsomeonereadastory,andthenhecouldretellthestorywordforword.

Samuelisstillonlyateenager.Hedoesn’tknowwhathewantstodointhefuture.Fornow,heisjusthappytoplaybeautifulmusicandcontinuehisstudies.

WhatisspecialaboutSamuelOsmond?A.Hehasagiftforwritingmusic.B.Hecanwritedownthenotehehears.

C.Heisatopstudentatthelawschool.

D.Hecanplaythemusicalpiecehehears.

27.WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2?

Samuelchoselawagainstthewishofhisparents.

Samuelplannedtobealawyerratherthanamusician.

Samuelthinksofhimselfasamanofgreatmusicalability.

Samuelstudieslawandmusicontheadviceofhisteachers.

EveryonearoundSamuelwassurprisedbecausehe_________.A.receivedagoodearlyeducationinmusic

B.playedtheguitarandthepianoperfectlyC.couldplaythepianowithoutreadingmusicD.couldplaytheguitarbetterthanhisfather

WhatcanweinferaboutSamuelinParagraph4?

Hebecamefamousduringaspecialeventathiscollege.

Heisproudofhisabilitytorememberthingsaccurately.

Heplaysthepianobetterthanmanyprofessionalpianists.

Heimpressedtheaudiencebyplayingallthemusicalpieces.30.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleofthepassage?

TheQualitiesofaMusician

TheStoryofaMusicalTalent

C.TheImportanceofEarlyEducation

D.TheRelationshipbetweenMemoryandMusic.

【考点】观察人物列传类阅读

【文章粗心】本文主要表达了一个音乐天才的事情，在不懂曲谱，也素来没有上过钢琴课的

状况下就能够演奏很难的乐曲。并且他有超强的记忆力，他就是SamuelOsmond。

【答案】D

【试题解析】细节题。依据第一段第三句However,hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesby

musicianssuchasChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterhehearsthem.得悉他在听完一

个乐曲几分钟今后就能够马上演奏这些很难学的乐曲。说明他的记忆力和音乐才能很突出。故D正确。

【答案】B

【试题解析】推理题。依据第二段最后一句Samuelwantedtobecomealawyerasitwasthe

wishofhisparents,butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudymusicinstead.Now,hestudies

lawandmusic.因为他父亲母亲亲期盼他学习法律，因此他期盼自己称为律师，但是他的音乐老师

让他学习音乐，

因此此刻他法律和音乐一同学习。

本句可知他本来规划是学习法律的。

故

B

正确。

28.【答案】C

【试题解析】细节题。依据第三段2,3行Abouttwoyearsago,Isuddenlydecidedtostartplaying

thepiano,withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons.得悉他在不理解曲谱

也不去上音乐课的状况下，就会弹钢琴，这让人们分外惊诧。故C正确。

【答案】B

【试题解析】推理题。依据第四段最后一句Samuelsaysconfidently,”It’allsaboutsuper

memoryIguessIhavethatgift.”

他很骄横地说：这是对于超级记忆，我认为我有那个天分。本句说明他很骄横自己有这样的

本事。故B正确。

30.【答案】B

【试题解析】要旨粗心题。本文主要表达了一个音乐天才的事情，在不懂曲谱，也素来没有

上过钢琴课的状况下就能够演奏很难的乐曲。他就是SamuelOsmond。故B正确。

【长难句解析】

Abouttwoyearsago,Isuddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano,withoutbeingabletoread

musicandwithouthavinganylessons.【翻译】大体2年前，我忽然选择开始弹钢琴，我不动曲谱也没有上过音乐课。

【解析】本句中的介词短语withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons

在

句中是陪伴状语。表示我选择弹钢琴的时候，所处的状态。二〔2020江西卷〕

A

Larrywasonanotherofhisunderwaterexpeditions(探险)butthistime,itwasdifferent.Hedecidedtotakehisdaughteralongwithhim.Shewasonlytenyearsold.Thiswouldbeherfirsttripwithherfatheronwhathehadalwaysbeenfamousfor.

Larryfirstbegandivingwhenhewashisdaughter’sage.Similarly,hisfatherhadtakenhim

alongononeofhisexpeditions.Sincethen,hehadneverlookedback.Larrystartedoutbyrentingdivingsuitsfromthesmalldivingshopjustalongtheshore.Hehadhatedthem.Theywereeithertoobigortoosmall.Then,therewastheinstructor.Hegavehimashortlessonbeforeallowinghimintothewaterwithhisfather.Hehadmadeanexception.Larrywouldneverhavebeenable

togodownwithoutatleastfivehoursoftheoryandanothersimilarnumberofhoursonpractical

lessonswithaguide.Childrenhisagewerenotevenallowedtodive.

Afterthefirstexpedition,Larry’latersdivingadventuresonlygotbetterandbetter.There

wasneveradullmoment.Inhisblackandbluesuitandwithanoxygentankfastenedonhisback,Larrydivedfromboatsintothemiddleoftheocean.Dangerousareasdidnotpreventhimfromcontinuinghissearch.Sometimes,hiswaslimitedtoacageunderwaterbutthatdidnotbotherhim.Atleast,hewasstillabletotakephotographsoftheunderwatercreatures.

Larrys’firstexpeditionwithouthisfatherwasintheCaymanIslands.Therewerenumerous

divingspotsintheareaandLarrywasdeterminedtovisitallofthem.Fortunatelyforhim,aman

offeredtotakehimaroundthedifferentspotsforfree.Larrydidn’tevenknowwhatthetimewas

howmanyspotshedivedintoorhowmanyphotographshehadtaken.ThedivingspotsaffordedsuchawidearrayoffishandseacreaturesthatLarrysawmorethanthirtyvarietiesofcreatures.Larrylookedathisdaughter.Shelookedasexcitedashehadbeenwhenhewasherage.He

hopedshewouldbeabletocontinuethefamilytradition.Already,shelookedlikeshewasmuchbraverthanhadbeenthen.Thiswasthekeytoasuccessfulunderwaterexpedition.

56.InwhatwaywasthisexpeditiondifferentforLarry?

A.Hisdaughterhadgrownup.

B.Hehadbecomeafamousdiver.

C.Hisfatherwoulddivewithhim.

D.Hisdaughterwoulddivewithhim.

57.WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraph2?

A.Larryhadsomeprivileges.

B.Larrylikedtherenteddivingsuits.

C.Divershadtobuydivingequipment.D.Ten-year-oldchildrenwerepermittedtodive.

58.WhydidLarryhavetostayinacageunderwatersometimes?

A.Toprotecthimselffromdanger.

B.Todiveintothedeepwater.

C.Toadmiretheunderwaterview.

D.Totakephotomoreconveniently.

59.Whatcanbelearnedfromtheunderlinedsentence?

A.Larrydidn’twearawatch.

B.Larrywasnotgoodatmath.

C.Larryhadapoormemory.

D.Larryenjoyedtheadventure.

60.WhatdidLarryexpecthisdaughtertodo?

A.Becomeasuccessfuldiver.

B.Makeagooddivingguide.

C.Takealotofphotosunderwater.

D.Havelongerhoursoftraining.

【考点】观察人物列传类阅读

【文章粗心】本文用倒叙的手法表达了有名的潜水员Larry的潜水经历，以及他带着女儿继

续家庭的传统连续潜水的故事。

56.【答案】

D

【试题解析】推理题。依据文章

1,2行

Larrywasonanotherofhisunderwaterexpeditions(

探

险)butthistime,itwasdifferent.Hedecidedtotakehisdaughteralongwithhim.

可知此次潜水

最大的不一样样是

Larry

会带着他的女儿一同下水。故

D正确。

57.【答案】

A

【试题解析】推理题。依据第二段后两行.Hehadmadeanexception.Larrywouldneverhave

beenabletogodownwithoutatleastfivehoursoftheoryandanothersimilarnumberofhoursonpracticallessonswithaguide.Childrenhisagewerenotevenallowedtodive.

可知在其他孩子不被赞成潜水的时候，Larry已经被赞成和父亲去潜水，说明他享有特权。

故A正确。

【答案】A【试题解析】推理题。依据文章第三段后2行Dangerousareasdidnotpreventhimfrom

continuinghissearch.Sometimes,hiswaslimitedtoacageunderwaterbutthatdidnotbotherhim.

Atleast,hewasstillabletotakephotographsoftheunderwatercreatures可知一些危险的地方也

没有能够阻挡他去探险，有些地方很危险，他们需要在笼子里，以保护自己不遇到危险的侵

害。说明把他放在水下的笼子里是为了保护他不受危险的伤害。故A正确。

【答案】D

【试题解析】推理题。依据本句.Larrydidn’tevenknowwhatthetimewashowmanyspotshe

divedintoorhowmanyphotographshehadtaken.他甚至不再的自己以前到过多少水下的地

方，不知道之间潜水了多长时间，不知道自己拍摄了多少照片。可知他很享受自己的水下探

险，到了忘我的境地。故D正确。

【答案】A

【试题解析】推理题。依据文章最后一段1，2行Larrylookedathisdaughter.Shelookedas

excitedashehadbeenwhenhewasherage.Hehopedshewouldbeabletocontinuethefamily

tradition.可知他期盼女儿能够连续家庭的传统。他的父亲是一个潜水员，他也是。那么他也

期盼自己的女儿也成为一个成功的潜水员。故A正确。

【长难句解析】

Thiswouldbeherfirsttripwithherfatheronwhathehadalwaysbeenfamousfor.

【翻译】这将是他第一次和他父亲在他很着名的限制里一同旅游。

【解析】本句中的介词on后边有一个宾语从句whathehadalwaysbeenfamousfor.，what引

导起这个宾语从句，并在句中充任介词for的宾语。

三〔2020山东卷〕

C

ElizabethFreemanwasbornabout1742toAfricanAmericanparentswhowereslaves.At

theageofsixmonthsshewasacquired,alongwithhersister,byJohnAshley,awealthy

Massachusettsslaveholders.Shebecameknownas

“Mumbet”

or

“MumBett.”

Fornearly30yearsMumbetservedtheAshleyfamily.Oneday,Ashley

’swifetriedtostrike

Mumbet’ssisterwithaspade.Mumbetprotectedhersisterandtooktheblowinstead.Furious,she

leftthehouseandrefusedtocomeback.WhentheAshleystriedtomakeherreturn,Mumbet

consultedalawyer,TheodoreSedgewick.Withhishelp,Mumbetsued(起诉)forherfreedom.WhileservingtheAshleys,MumbethadlistenedtomanydiscussionsofthenewMassachusettsconstitution.Iftheconstitutionsaidthatallpeoplewerefreeandequal,thenshethoughtitshouldapplytoher.Eventually,MumbetwonherfreedomthefirstslaveinMassachusettstodosounderthenewconstitution.

Strangelyenough,afterthetrial,theAshleysaskedMu