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阅读理解： 　　“ A band plays in Lumley Park every Sunday afternoon．I often attend these open-air concerts if the weather is fine, because I find it a very restful way of passing time, and because the band plays many kinds of music：dance music, marching music, anything with a tune you can whistle; you know what I mean．” 　　“ One Sunday, there was a blind girl in the front row of the audience, just behind the band-leader．She must have been about fourteen or fifteen years of age, I should think．She had been sitting down until about halfway through the programme, when the band started to play ‘ The Blue Danube’ by Johan Strauss．I’d never heard them play this particular piece before; and there was something magical about the way they played it then．They’d only played a few bars when this blind girl stood up and began waving her arms about in time to the music, just as the band-leader himself was doing．” 　　“ After a while, I could see that more and more members of the band were watching the blind girl instead of the band-leader．And the leader must have noticed this himself, because he turned round and watched her, and saw that she was keeping perfect time．He was a very thoughtful man, that band-leader; I took my hat off to him．He moved to one side little by little, so that the band could see the blind girl better, and after a while he stopped conducting altogether．The band knew the piece quite well, of course, so things weren’t likely to go seriously wrong．But she kept time beautifully, and she made it clear when she wanted certain passages to be loud or soft, just as the band-leader himself had done．Since then, to be quite honest, I’ve never heard ‘The Blue Danube’ played better anywhere．” 　　“ I have seldom heard an audience clap more loudly than that audience, when the music was over．I should think they must have heard the noise on the other side of the town．When the blind girl sat down, even from where I was sitting I could see that there were tears running down her face．” 　　“ And she wasn’t the only one in that audience who was crying, I can tell you．” (1) The speaker thought that attending the Sunday afternoon concerts is a pleasure because ________． [　　] A． a band plays music in Lumley Park． B． He could pass the time in a peaceful way in good weather C． His favourite music could be played by the band in the open air D． All the above (2) When the band was playing “The Blue Danube”, a blind girl who was sitting in the front row behind the band-leader ________． [　　] A． stood up to play with the band B． stood up and waved her arms to keep perfect time by herself C． played just as the band-leader was doing D． listened to the particular piece “The blue Danube” (3) While the blind girl was waving her hands to keep time, ________． [　　] A． many more members of the band were still watching their band-leader B． the band-leader stopped conducting after a while and took off her hat to the girl C． the band kept playing wonderfully even without their band-leader D． the audience preferred the blind girl to the band-leader (4) From what the speaker said, it can be inferred that ________． [　　] A． he not only respected the band-leader but also thought highly of the blind girl B． he thought the blind girl was doing better than the band-leader C． he regarded the band as the first class band even without anyone conducting D． with the blind girl conducting, the concert was much more wonderful

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．B;3．C;4．A;
解析：

(1)	题干中的关键部分：出席周日下午的音乐会是一种乐趣的原因是……。根据第一段if the weather was fine, because…a very restful way of passing time, and because the band plays many kinds of music; dance music, marching music, anything with a tune you can whistle．可知A, B, C均符合题义。所以选择D。
(2)	题干的关键：坐在前排即指挥后面的那位失明的女孩。根据第二段最后两行“this blind girl stood up and began waving her arms about in time to the music, just as the band-leader himself was doing．”所以选择B
(3)	此题是判断“女孩打拍子时，乐队成员，乐队指挥，乐队和观众的表现。仔细阅读第三段，特别是最后四行The band knew the piece quite well, of course, so things weren’t likely to go seriously wrong．But she kept time beautifully, and she made it clear when she wanted certain passages to be loud or soft, just as the band-leader himself had done．Since then, to be quite honest, I’ve never heard ‘The Blue Danube’ played better anywhere．可以排除A, B, D。选择C。
(4)	这是在总结作者的思想；根据第三段描述指挥“he was a very thoughtful man，”和最后两段可以得出结论：作者对小女孩和乐队指挥都给予了高度评价。所以选择A。