Question

A Tchaikovsky concerto（協奏曲）is what made Romel Joseph fall in love with the violin.

He learned how to play in Haiti, where he was born, but a Fulbright scholarship brought him to the United States, and he finally earned a master’s degree, reports CBS News reporter Katie Couric. Music had changed his life. He wanted to do the same for the children of Haiti.

Joseph built a school in Port-au-Prince nearly 20 years ago. He was on the third floor when suddenly “It was like boom boom boom and everything just opened,” Joseph said. “And the next thing I knew I was on the ground.”

Blind since birth, Joseph tried to feel his way out, but was pinned（夾）beneath heavy concrete（混凝土）. He remained trapped for 18 hours. He prays that his new wife, seven months pregnant（懷孕的）, will be found.

He is now being treated at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital for two injured legs and an arm.

Joseph wonders if he’ll ever play the violin again. He can feel sensation（知覺）in his fingertips. He said, “If you were to give me a violin and if I didn’t have to fold the fingers, I would be able to play.”

Joseph’s daughter Victoria spent three terrifying days unsure of her father’s fate. For her, having him home is the sweetest music.

“Can you imagine your dad not being able to play the violin?” Couric asked.

“No, I can’t,” Victoria Joseph said. “But I will love him all the same if he can’t.”

Romel doesn’t know how many of his 300 students died in the quake. As he waits for news about his wife, Romel Joseph is already planning a return to Haiti to rebuild the school and continue teaching there.

“We can save two children, 20, 200, 300, 500 through education and music, and these children will make a difference,” Romel Joseph said.

54．Romel began to like music ________.

A. because he was blind since birth

B. after he had listened to a famous piece of music

C. when he got a scholarship to study in America

D. since he was born in Haiti

55．From what Romel said in Paragraph 6, we can infer that he was ________.

A. upset        B. fearful          C. excited          D. optimistic

56．To Victoria, the best thing is ________.

A. to see her father recover from the injury quickly

B. to listen to her father playing the sweetest music

C. to play the violin as well as her father

D. to be sure that her father could play the violin

57．Why does Romel want to go back to Haiti?

A. To save his students from the earthquake.

B. To change the life of children by teaching music.

C. To find out how seriously his school was damaged.

D. To look for his wife who is pregnant.

58．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Music education: keep your creativity alive

B. A great blind musician and his students

C. Haiti earthquake: a story of a music teacher

D. How did some Haiti earthquake victims survive

Answer 1

54．B

55．D

56．A

57．B

58．C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述一個音樂老師在海地地震中的遭遇，看出他對學生的熱愛和音樂的執著。

54．細節題：從第一段的句子：A Tchaikovsky concerto（協奏曲）is what made Romel Joseph fall in love with the violin.可知Romel是在聽過一首世界名曲后喜歡音樂的。選B

55．句意理解題：從第六段的句子：“If you were to give me a violin and if I didn’t have to fold the fingers, I would be able to play.”可知Romel是非常樂觀的，選D

56．細節題：從第七段的句子：Joseph’s daughter Victoria spent three terrifying days unsure of her father’s fate. For her, having him home is the sweetest music.可知Victoria的最好的事情是看見爸爸盡快的恢復。選A

57．細節題：從倒數第二段的句子：Romel Joseph is already planning a return to Haiti to rebuild the school and continue teaching there.可知對Romel Joseph來說，要回到海地用教音樂改變孩子的生活。選B

58．標題題：這篇文章講述一個音樂老師在海地地震中的遭遇，看出他對學生的熱愛和音樂的執著。選C

考點：考查人物傳記類短文

點評：這篇文章講述一個音樂老師在海地地震中的遭遇，看出他對學生的熱愛和音樂的執著。這篇閱讀理解集中考查了細節題，要求考生仔細閱讀全文，做好相應的標志，以提高閱讀的效率和速度，做題時要審清題干，發覺和把握試題中有效的提示性信息，確認命題的角度、閱讀范圍和答題方式。