Question

7．I fell in love with music from a young age and often sat down making a few songs of my own．What would life be like，I wondered，without a beautiful song？In 1992，I made two love songs to my darling wife and watched tears run down her face as I sang．"Sam，"she said earnestly，"Your songs should be heard by more people，"
She got my ballads and started bothering various media people about me，her singing barber husband．Two radio stations took an interest and played the songs．After the programme was aired，I became known in our community as the Singing Barber．
The biggest surprise，however，was still to come．I received a call from a music promoter who offered me a long-term recording contract．He explained that he would be investing a lot of money to market my songs．I needed to be wholly focused on selling my records all over Australia．
    But I hesitated．
    My friends all told me to go for it．And Mary also thought I should do．"Go，Sam．I'll manage with the family…it'll be OK．"
I watched my daughter and son playing in the backyard．Soon they would both be in high school…and where would I be？I was so used to my family turning to me for love and support．If I were to start a singing career，I would not only miss them terribly，I'd also certainly miss out on watching them grow up．Signing this contract would put a huge gap between my family and me…and I couldn't bear it．My family was my life．So I refused the music promoter's offer．I'm still making music，I'm rich in love and I have no regrets．

56．When the author was offered the contract，most of his friendsC．
    A．envied him                           B．laughed at him
    C．encouraged him                       D．didn't believe him
57．Why did the author give up the contract？D
    A．Because his wife was strongly against it．
    B．Because the pay was not attractive enough．
    C．Because he wanted to care about his two kids．
    D．Because he didn't want his family life damaged．
58．According to the passage，we can infer the authorB．
    A．used to be a country singer                    B．preferred his present life
    C．went on the road to fame                       D．regretted giving up his contract
59．What does the author mainly intend to tell us？C
    A．One should know himself．           B．Interest is the best teacher．
    C．Family should come first．          D．Every dog has its day．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们叙述了他因家人的鼓励而出名，在被要求完全专注于唱片时因家人犹豫，最终选择放弃合约的故事，同时向我们传递了在作者心中，家庭高于一切，他最爱他的家人的中心思想．

解答 56．C．细节理解题．根据文章第五段"My friends all told me to go for it"，可知我的朋友们都鼓励我去追求它，故选C．
57．D．细节理解题．根据文章最后一段"Signing this contract would put a huge gap between my family and me…and I couldn't bear it"可知因为签署这份合同将令我的家人和我之间有巨大差距…我不能忍受它，因此我放弃了这份合约，故选D．
57．B．推理判断题．根据文章最后一段"My family was my life…I'm rich in love and I have no regrets"，我的家庭就是我的生活…我有丰富的爱，我没有遗憾，可推测我更喜欢我现在的生活，故选B．
58．C．主旨大意题．通读全文，作者因家人的鼓励而出名，在被要求完全专注于唱片时因家人犹豫，最终选择放弃合约，由此可见，在作者心中，家庭高于一切，故选C．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．