Peter was an inventor(发明家). His job was to ______ new things, and he worked when he _____a new idea. His workroom was in his house, so he could work ______ he wanted to.

Peter usually got up when the ______ went off at about five o’ clock. He made some tea and ______ his work at six. He drank tea all day—he couldn’t work without it—but he didn’t eat anything until in the evening.

First, Peter ______ the workroom, including sweeping the floor and taking out the rubbish. Then he turned on the answer-phone(录音电话) ______ he wouldn’t talk to people while he was working. Then he started to work. He usually took ______ every two or three hours, but he didn’t leave the workroom. He did something different to help him relax. Sometimes he did some exercise, and sometimes he listened to music. After that, he ______ doing his work. He usually stopped working at about nine o’ clock in the evening. He thought about his work most of the time, even when he was out. He didn’t want to ______ time because time lost could never come back.

1.A. develop B. throw C. allow D. invent

2.A. came up with B. took care of C. got on with D. got out of

3.A. however B. whatever C. whenever D. forever

4.A. alarm B. wheel C. bed D. machine

5.A. finished B. stopped C. opened D. began

6.A. cheered up B. cleaned up C. gave up D. called up

7.A. because B. unless C. whether D. while

8.A. dinners B. breaks C. risks D. down

9.A. continued B. realized C. considered D. encouraged

10.A. spend B. take C. waste D. hide

Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.

Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil also has one individual (一个人的) lesson a week with her. Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.

In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music (读懂乐谱) until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1.Margaret's first pupils were ______.

A. her friends

B. six-year-olds

C. her children's friends

D. three- and four-year-olds

2.How many group lessons do the pupils have a month?

A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.

3.What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?

A. They should practice harder.

B. They should go somewhere else to learn.

C. They will become music teachers like her.

D. They will become great violinists using her method.

4.What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?

A. There are group violin lessons for your children — no more than 5 in each group.

B. Learn to play the violin with your children — 2 lessons a week.

C. You will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.

D. I'll look after your children while you learn the violin.

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. When children should learn the violin.

B. What Margaret's teaching method is.

C. Why it is important to read music.

D. How Margaret learnt the violin.

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