Question

    “The best age to start learning the violin is between three and six,” says Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher who lives in London. “1.”

Margaret prefers to take pupils at three and four, although she has made lots of exceptions ( 例外) for five-year-olds. 2.. Since she started teaching the violin in 1972, she has had more than 3,000 pupils and one third of them are five-year-olds. Margaret’s pupils have group lessons. Each group has about ten pupils at the most and each lesson lasts  an hour, once half  a month. 3.Parents also have to attend the classes. In her opinion, it is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons. 4.. They do not even try to read music until they have been playing for several years, and for a long time there is a big difference between their playing and reading of music.

 5. And she always suggests that pupils who perform particularly well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.

A.Pupils learn to play by ear from the earliest lessons.

B.A real musician should know why music sounds the way it does.

C.Following her method, the pupils will become great violinists sooner or later.

D.Her first class included her children’s five-year-old school friends.

E.Margaret says that her method is not supposed to produce great violinists.

F.It’s the time when you are learning about the world.

G.What’s more, each pupil has one individual lesson a week with her.

Answer

1.F

2.D

3.G

4.A

5.E

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要描述玛格丽塔开设的小提琴班的学生年龄以及开设班型等情况。

1.根据上文“The best age… between three and six”可知，学小提琴最好的年龄是三到六岁，与之搭配的是：这是你开始了解这个世界的年纪。故选F。

2.根据上文“Margaret prefers to for five-year-olds.”可知，虽然玛格丽特已经例外收了很多五岁的小孩，但是她还是喜欢三到四岁的孩子。与之搭配的是：她的第一个班级包括她孩子的五岁的同窗。故选D。

3.根据上文“Margaret’s pupils…once half a month.”玛格丽特开设的课程有10人班级课，每节课一小时，半个月一次，可知接下来要讨论的是她另一种课程形式。与之搭配的是：而且，每一个学生一周都有一节一对一课程。故选G。

4.根据下文“They do not even… for several years”学生在练习了几年之后才会识谱，可知此空要讲的是刚开始阶段怎么学。与之搭配的是：最早的时候学生靠耳朵听来练习。故选A。

5.根据下文“she always suggests … more traditional methods.”可知，她建议学得很好的学生应该离开，用更传统的方法去学。与之搭配的应该是：玛格丽特说她的教学方法适合产生伟大的音乐家。故选E。