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The nine-year-old Marc Yu is called Little Mozart. He is too short to reach the pedals (踏板) of a piano. Marc, from California, USA, says, “The problem is that my legs aren’t straight enough, so I have to get very close to the piano.”
Marc’s 34-year-old mother played Beethoven’s CDs to him when she was pregnant . Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two. While the other children were singing “twinkle, twinkle, little star …”, he walked over to the piano and started playing the song. It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano. Marc gave his first public performance, playing Beethoven, at six, the same age as Mozart. After that concert, Marc won a ￡225,000 university scholarship.
At present he practices the piano eight hours a day. He also studies part-time at the famous Colbum Music School in Los Angeles, and flies once a month to China for lessons at Shanghai Music School. Marc says, “I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings —sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.”
【小题1】The nine-year-old Marc Yu is from .

A．China

B．France

C．Canada

D．the United States

【小题2】Marc played the piano at the age of for the first time.

A．two

B．five

C．six

D．nine

【小题3】According to the passage, the underlined word “astonished” means “ ” in Chinese.

A．使……理解	B．使……担心
C．使……惊奇	D．使……难过

【小题4】At present Marc practices playing the piano .

A．once a month	B．eight hours a day
C．in his free time	D．only on weekends

【小题5】What Marc says in the last paragraph tells us that .

A．he likes challenges	B．he doesn’t like challenges
C．he is afraid of challenges	D．he wants to be happy and famous.

【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
【小题5】A

解析试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是9岁的Marc被称作小莫扎特，虽然他很矮腿够不着踏板，他非常喜欢弹钢琴，也很喜欢挑战。
【小题1】细节题。根据文章Marc, from California, USA可知，Marc来自美国。故选D
【小题2】细节题。根据文章Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two.可知，Marc第一次表演钢琴是在两岁的时候。故选A
【小题3】推断题。根据文章It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano.可知，这是他第一次靠近钢琴，这个使他的妈妈很震惊。Astonished的意思是使……惊奇故选C
【小题4】细节题。根据文章At present he practices the piano eight hours a day.可知，目前他每天练习钢琴8小时。故选B
【小题5】推断题。根据文章最后一段I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.可知，Marc喜欢挑战。故选A
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【小题2】 While training the rats, the trainers have to be

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【小题4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

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