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【题目】任务型阅读

Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770. In his childhood Beethoven didn’t have a happy life. His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practise hour after hour on different musical instruments. If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

Beethoven loved music and he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

Beethoven was often poor and ill during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only thirty-one. It was a blow (打击) to him indeed.

But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people’s _________, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died. But his name is still remembered to this day.

【1】完成句子Beethoven won high praise from Mozart at the age of _________________.

【2】简略回答问题What was his father?

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【3】简略回答问题How many pieces did Beethoven write during his life?

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【4】将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上___________________________________________________________________.

【5】将文中画线句子译成汉语___________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】17/seventeen

【2】His father was a singer.

【3】More than 300.

【4】surprise

【5】一场病后，他突然发现自己聋了。

【解析】

文章大意：这篇短文讲述了伟大的音乐家贝多芬的生平。他有一个严厉的爸爸，从小督促他学习音乐，所以有并不愉快的童年，之后他多次举办音乐会，并受到莫扎特的赏识。31岁时因为一场病失去了听力，然而他最欢迎的作品却都是在他失去听力之后完成的。

【1】细节理解题。根据第2段中“At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.”可知贝多芬在17岁的时候赢得了莫扎特的高度赞扬。故答案为17/seventeen。

【2】细节理解题。根据第1段中“His father was a singer.”可知贝多芬的父亲是一名歌手。故答案为：His father was a singer.

【3】细节理解题。根据最后一段中“In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died.”可知贝多芬医生写了300多首曲子。故答案为：More than 300.

【4】推理判断题。根据句意“使人们____的是，他最好的一些曲子是他失聪之后写的”可推出此处要用surprise与“To people’s”构成固定短语，表示“令人们吃惊的是”。故答案为surprise。

【5】英译汉。After one illness在一场疾病之后，he他；suddenly突然；found himself deaf发现他自己聋了。最后根据汉语习惯翻译句子。故答案为：一场病后，他突然发现自己聋了。

这篇文章讲了音乐家贝多芬的生平，是一篇人物故事类文章。细节理解题可根据文中内容直接得出答案，推理判断题需要结合具体语境来推出合理的答案，而英译汉则需要在译出各词含义的基础上根据汉语习惯来翻译句子。第2小题中可用文中句子直接对其父亲的职业作答，第4小题中结合题干中的“To people’s ___”及具体的句意可推出要用surprise。