Question

Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

“I don’t sing,” said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”

    The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”

    So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

    He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

    You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____________.

A. she had paid him for this

B. she knew him very well

C. she wanted to have a change

D. she enjoyed his singing

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because ____________.

A. the lady helped him a lot

B. he caught the chance

C. he continued to play in the bar

D. he stopped playing the piano

3.The underlined words “sitting on” in the passage probably mean ___________.

A. fail to realizeB. forget to use

C. try to developD. manage to show

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：曾经有一个在酒吧的钢琴演奏家。人来只是为了听他演奏。但有一天晚上，一位女士要求他唱一首歌。“我不会唱歌，”男人说。但这位女士告诉服务员，“我厌倦了听钢琴。我想让演奏者唱！“他从来没有在公众面前唱。现在他是第一次唱！没有人听过蒙娜丽莎丽莎唱得如此动听的歌！他很有才华但他没有发现！他可能一辈子没有名字的钢琴演奏在一个不知名的酒吧。但是一旦他发现，因意外，他能唱得好，他继续努力工作，成为在美国最著名的歌手之一。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”可知选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文中But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole可知选B。

3.细节理解题。根据下一句He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar.可推知选A。

考点：故事类阅读。