题目内容
【题目】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
Mozart was a great man born with a given talent.He was writing songs at the age of five and performing before the queen by the time he was six years old.Early on,Mozart realised what his talents were,practiced or honed what he was born to do and used his natural abilities to create amazing pieces of music.
Mozart was not the first to be born with natural talents and he wasn’t the last.We all have them.We only need to discover what they are and use them to the best of our abilities.You have been given amazing gifts that are meant to be shared with the world.Your job is to find out what those talents are and master them.
Finding your natural talents may not be an easy task.Perhaps your parents except fewer wouldn’t approve of(赞成) your artistic ability to paint or sing,because they want you to be a successful doctor or lawyer.Maybe your gift wouldn’t seem to have the ability to bring the kind of wealth you hope.These may be excuses;it’s up to you.Have you ever noticed that when you engage in an activity in which you are naturally talented,you feel active and excited?That’s a sign that these are the things you should do.Discover your brilliance(才华) in life and practice,practice,practice.
Look at the world’s greatest athletes.They practice what they’re naturally good at,and what they love.You don’t see Jordan sitting trying to study DNA.If that was something he was talented at,that’s what he would be doing.But it’s not.He’s a brilliant athlete.He sticks to what he does best and he realises his dream.
There are only two steps to success—discover your brilliance and perfect it.
【1】In the writer’s opinion Mozart’s success lies in .
A.his great given talent
B.making good use of his natural talent
C.learning from others
D.his favorable conditions
【2】What does the underlined word “honed” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.To do something repeatedly to improve one’s skill.
B.To find out what one is always good at doing.
C.To do what one likes and what is interesting.
D.To ask others for some advice of doing something.
【3】We can infer from the passage that many parents want their children to .
A.be a teacher or a lawyer
B.be a singer or an artist
C.earn much money as a player
D.give up painting or singing
【4】In Paragraph 4 the writer advises us to .
A.work hard at what we are engaged in
B.fear no difficulty and realise our dream
C.practice what we are naturally good at
D.become a great athlete like Jordan
【答案】
【1】B
【2】A
【3】D
【4】C
【解析】
试题解析:
【1】由第一段中的“Early on,Mozart realised what his talents were,practiced or honed what he was born to do and used his natural abilities to create amazing pieces of music.”可知,莫扎特知道自己的优势所在,训练并提高他的天赋,使之得以充分利用。
【2】由上文的practiced和下文的used可知,画线词的词义介于两词之间,即“磨炼,训练”。
【3】根据第三段中的“Perhaps your parents except fewer wouldn’t approve of your artistic ability to paint or sing,because they want you to be a successful doctor or lawyer.”可以推知。
【4】作者通过乔丹的例子来说明自己的观点,建议我们训练并提高自身天赋。