Question

When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city and so he did．

When I was 16，Dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make one．He read about violin-making, and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43. He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.

Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful. Some experts told him that it was the special varnish(油漆)that gave the instruments their beautiful sound．Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that was the answer．

One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins．When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉), his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which Dad might be interested in.

He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece. He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.

Later, the instrument was stolen, Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins.

The violin has been missing for more than 25 years．Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone．The owner today may never understand why this Ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius．

1.In Paragraph l，the writer mentioned his father’s developing color prints to        .

A. let others know that he believed his father

B. show that his father would like to make violins

C. Prove that his father could do anything he wanted to

D. give an example showing that his father was an inventor

2.What did the writer’s father think about Stradivarius violins?

A. They were made by experts．

B. The wood of the violins was special．

C. The way of making them was unusual．

D. The varnish was different from the others．

3.From the underlined sentence, we learn that the writer’s father        ．

A. found another new job

B. wanted to become famous

C. lost interest in instruments

D. liked the violin very much

4.What could be the best title of the passage?

A. My Experienced Father

B. My Father and His Violin

C. The Secret of Making Violins

D. The New Owner of the Violin

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是父亲喜欢做小提琴，后来，乐器被偷，父亲的精神崩溃了，他停止做乐器。从这里可以看出来父亲喜欢小提琴。

1.C细节理解题。根据第一段When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city and so he did．当我是一个小男孩的时候我的父亲告诉我他能做他想做的任何事情。父亲说他想在我们的城市第一个发展彩色打印并且他做到了。根据句意可知选C.

2.B推理判断题。根据第四段中One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins．哪种木材最适合做小提琴。When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉), his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which Dad might be interested in.父亲解释说是云杉。可推知“做小提琴的木材是特殊的”。故选B。

3.D推理判断题。根据第六段第一句Later, the instrument was stolen, Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments.后来，乐器被偷，父亲的精神崩溃了，他停止做乐器。可知父亲非常喜欢小提琴。故选D。

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【名师点睛】

1.直接信息题

对此类题型，考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。

2.间接信息题

做这类题目时，考生需要对原文信息进行加工处理，然后再进行进一步的推理或鉴别，这是介于事实细节题和推理判断题之间的一种题型，对考生来说有一定难度。比如21小题C细节理解题。根据第一段When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city and so he did．当我是一个小男孩的时候我的父亲告诉我他能做他想做的任何事情。父亲说他想在我们的城市第一个发展彩色打印并且他做到了。根据句意可知选C. 考点：考查故事类阅读