Question

    I took down the violin I made in the past two months, and walked towards the farmland outside. The violin shined in the sunlight, and I admitted, unwillingly, that it looked good. But I knew it was a mockery (笑柄) of my failure to find beauty.

“What makes a violin beautiful?”

I first asked this question as a three-year-old child and now again as a teenager. When I listened to a violin for the first time, I was so astonished by its beauty that I imagined a fairy living in the wooden frame. But fairies faded when I grew older. I wanted a reasonable answer to the question.

I referred to Professor Ruan, my violin teacher, who introduced the violin to me 14 years ago. This 85-year-old man rhapsodized about (热烈赞美)the legend of Antonio Stradivari. “His violins are the most beautiful works human has ever crafted.” “Make a violin with your own hands,” Professor Ruan suggested,“When you play it, you’ll know.”

However, when Professor Ruan introduced to me a violin workshop, what I saw was far from my expectation. In front of me was a fat worker, shirtless and sunburned, soon to become my master. What shocked me most was that the “master” knew nearly nothing about music. His rough hands had been tending crops, not instruments, for most of his life.

Two months later, standing outside the workshop, I was disappointed. Yes, I just finished or copied a Stradivarius violin. But I didn't find beauty in it. Then I remembered Professor Ruan's words, “When you play it, you'll know.” So I closed my eyes, and focused on where my fingers and strings touched. Music flowed suddenly so beautifully that for a moment I doubted my own ears. Slowly I opened my eyes, and with surprise found the fairy of my childhood fantasy dancing to my music --- the two-year-old daughter of the master.

Professor Ruan was right. I didn’t find beauty until I played music with the violin, because beauty isn’t in the instrument itself. It’s just here, deep down, in ourselves.

1.When he listened to a violin for the first time, what happened to the writer?

A. He found the violin looked beautiful.

B. He was astonished to see a fairy in the violin.

C. He became interested in the violin.

D. He began to learn how to play violin.

2.After consulting Professor Ruan, what did the writer think made a violin beautiful?

A. The person who makes the violin.

B. The person who plays the violin.

C. The appearance of the violin.

D. The sound of the violin.

3.What did the writer do in the workshop during two months?

A. He listened to the legend of Antonio Stradivari.

B. He taught the master knowledge of music.

C. He played music with the violin for the daughter of the master.

D. He made his own violin with the help of the master.

4.Why did the writer feel disappointed when he was outside the workshop?

A. He created an ugly-looking violin.

B. His master knew little about music.

C. He failed to find beauty in the violin.

D. He had to work in a terrible workshop.

5.The text mainly tells us that  .

A. music brings beauty B. beauty lies in our hearts

C. we should develop a hobby D. teachers are important to students

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。记叙了作者三岁时第一次听到小提琴的声音，就对它产生了兴趣，想象是有一位仙女住在里面。而随着作者长大，他想要弄清楚真正的原因。于是作者向自己的小提琴老师请教，老师建议他自己动手制作一把小提琴，两个月后作者完成了小提琴但是仍然找不到它美丽的原因。直到他亲手弹奏了以后，他才发现真正的美丽并不是来自乐器，而是来自我们内心。

1.细节理解题。第三段第二句“When I listened to a violin for the first time, I was so astonished by its beauty that I imagined a fairy living in the wooden frame.”可知作者第一次听小提琴的时候，就对小提琴产生了兴趣。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Professor Ruan was right. I didn’t find beauty until I played music with the violin, because beauty isn’t in the instrument itself. It’s just here, deep down, in ourselves.”可知作者在听了Ruan教授的话之后，才意识到真正美丽的不是乐器，而是我们自身。因而使小提琴美丽的是制作小提琴的人，故选A。

3.推理判断题。第四段第一、二句“Two months later, standing outside the workshop, I was disappointed. Yes, I just finished or copied a Stradivarius violin.”可知两个月后作者复制完成了一把小提琴，故在这两个月期间，作者在大师的帮助下制作了他自己的小提琴。故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据第四段第三句“But I didn't find beauty in it.”可知虽然作者两个月后站在车间外，感到失望的原因是他没有发现小提琴其中的美，故选C。

5.主旨大意题。根据最后一段最后一句“because beauty isn’t in the instrument itself. It’s just here, deep down, in ourselves.”可知文章通过作者对小提琴感兴趣到自己制作小提琴，最后领悟到美不在乐器本身，而是在我们的内心深处。告诉我们美是存在于我们内心的，故选B。