阅读理解. Public schools in Washington, D.C. provide students with musical instruments for free. When something goes wrong with an instrument, Charles West and Larry Jernigan do the repairs. Both men app 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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     Public schools in Washington, D.C. provide students with musical instruments for free. When something
goes wrong with an instrument, Charles West and Larry Jernigan do the repairs. Both men approach their
work with a passion. For them, it's important that students have a joyful experience with music.
     The two have worked together for almost 20 years. This year alone, they've fixed about 450 instruments.
Both men are musicians and music lovers, so learning to do repairs came naturally.
     "I have been a musician all my life." says West. "I played in an orchestra here in the city. I majored in
music in college. I played in an army band."
     Jernigan's musical interests are varied. "I was formerly trained in the piano and guitar. The alto sax, and
the flute, I picked up while working here."
     In addition to fixing instruments, the two also go to schools to instruct teachers and students on how to
make minor repairs on their own.
     West believes if children start early and stay involved with music, it enriches other areas of their lives. "I
see that in other kids. I see it in myself. I have seen it hundreds of times and it works," he says. "They learn
teamwork. They learn patience and respect."
     But West has concerns about the future of music in the electronic age.
     "This instant age has taken away from the sit-down, the patience. And to learn to play an instrument, it
takes patience, it takes diligence, it takes time."
     Being able to enjoy music on the job is one of the benefits of the job. Both men agree their best rewards
are the students' performances.

1. What's the job of West and Jernigan at school?

A. Teaching music.
B. Writing music.
C. Making musical instruments.
D. Repairing musical instruments.

2. They love the job because they can _____.

A. earn more money
B. learn repair skills
C. enjoy music
D. watch performances

3. Which of the following is true of the two men?

A. They have fixed 450 instruments in the past 20 years.
B. They can play and repair musical instruments.
C. Jernigan used to play in an army band.
D. West was trained to play the piano.

4. According to West, what can people learn from music?

A. Teamwork and patience.
B. The value of time.
C. The truth of society.
D. Diligence and confidence.

5. What is mainly talked about in the text?

A. How to repair musical instruments.
B. Learning experiences of two repairmen.
C. How to prepare a musical performance.
D. The enjoyable job of two music lovers.

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　　John Lewis Clarke was not born deaf. He became ill at a young age with scarlet fever. Though he survived, he could no longer hear the sounds that the forest animals made. He could not hear his Indian friends when they called to him. Scarlet fever had caused him to lose his hearing. His Indian friends gave him the name Cutapuis (Cu-ta-pu-ee) which means, “man who talks not.”

　　Because John could not talk, he could not tell his parents about his many animal friends in the forest and the exciting things that he saw, but he found another way to express himself. He made figures of them out of clay(粘土) from the river banks. Later, when he was older, he learned to carve things out of wood. He loved to carve animals. With an axe and a pocket knife, he carved a life-sized image of a bear from a cedar trunk. The bear looked so real, the only thing missing was its growl.

　　When John was old enough to go to school, his parents sent him to the Fort Shaw Indian School. However, since he needed special education, he was transferred to a school for the deaf at Boulder, Montana. He also attended the School for the Deaf at Devil's Lake, North Dakota. When he was older, he enrolled at St. Francis Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied wood carving. While he was still in his teens, John returned to Montana and opened a studio. He began to carve all the animals he had known very well in his childhood, and offer them for sale. He made models of animals out of wood, clay, and stone. He painted pictures using water colors and oils, and did excellent pen and ink drawings. He began to make a name for himself as an artist.

　　John spent most of his 89 years at his home studio in Glacier Park. Every year when the park season was over, he continued his work in Great Falls, Montana, his second home. Many important people bought John's work. John D． Rockefeller, Jr., the famous multimillionaire, was one of them. John's work was on exhibit in many places in this country. John died on November 20,1970. In his life-time, he literally carved his way to fame.

1．John probably started to use American Sign Language as soon as ________.

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A．he became deaf

B．he entered a school for the deaf

C．he could make figures out of clay

D．his Indian friends taught him

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A．the environment he grew up has influenced him

B．he was an Indian

C．it was his way of expressing ideas

D．he did not like people

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A．John forgot to add one more thing

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C．the bear missed growling

D．the bear looked perfect except that it could not make any sound

4．During the course of his education, John attended ________.

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A．two schools

B．only a residential school for the deaf

C．four different schools

D．a school in Maine

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