Question

When I was a kid, I was just like every other kid. As usual, I liked being with friends and having fun. But I didn’t like school much. I didn’t like the rule of learning, studying, memorizing, etc. Too much work. As I got into high school, things changed for me. I started reading a lot of books. Books taught me about life and helped me learn about the world. I read around 30 books during each senior year. I learned to love reading then.

Little did I know at that time that I would write books by myself. I’ve written 7 books since then. One book I wrote, Powerful Attitudes, was a huge success within a network marketing company in the USA.

When I was 17 years old, I took about a dozen guitar lessons. I fell in love with guitar music no matter if it is blues, rock, flamenco or classical. I’ve attended concerts and have heard some great guitarists through the years.  Recently, I bought myself a piano and began to learn to play it. I’ve made great progress. My knowledge of music and playing guitar has helped me a lot in learning the piano.

Last week, I employed a Chinese teacher to teach me Chinese. I’ve learned about 200 words in my first week. I’m inspired and motivated to learn. In fact, I feel a bit obsessed, thinking of learning Chinese. It’s like a mountain I want to climb and conquer. I’m 56 years old and my love to learn it runs deep in my heart, mind and soul.

What I certainly learned while growing up is to love learning. I never want to stop learning. I never want to stop studying people, life, processes and new things. I think the openness of admitting what you don’t know, makes you a good learner. You never lie to yourself or to others about your knowledge and experience. I have the attitude that if I don’t know something, I will learn to know it.

1.What can we learn about the author from the passage?

A. He fell in love with reading when he was a child.

B. One of his books enjoyed a lot of success.

C. He began to love music recently.

D. He is good at Chinese.

2.What does the underlined word “obsessed” mean?

A. Absorbed.         B. Satisfied.

C. Concerned.       D. Difficult.

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Learning skills.              B. Learning methods.

C. Learning attitudes.           D. Learning experience.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述作者小时候不喜欢读书，但高中后读了大量的书，并从中受益，开始自己的写书，其中一本书取得巨大的成功，学习态度很重要。

1.B 考查推理判断题。根据第二段提到One book I wrote, Powerful Attitudes, was a huge success within a network marketing company in the USA.作者写的其中一本书在美国取得巨大的成功，故选B项。

2.A 考查词意猜测。根据第四段提到I’m inspired and motivated to learn. In fact, I feel a bit obsessed, thinking of learning Chinese.我受到鼓舞开始学习，事实上我有些沉迷，想学中文，故选A项。

3.C 考查主旨大意。本文讲述作者小时候不喜欢读书，但高中后读了大量的书，并从中受益，开始自己的写书，其中一本书取得巨大的成功，所以作者认为学习的态度很重要，故选C项。

考点：日常生活类阅读。