Question

Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

“I don’t sing,” said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”

The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____________.

A. she had paid him for this

B. she knew him very well

C. she wanted to have a change

D. she enjoyed his singing

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because ____________.

A. the lady helped him a lot

B. he caught the chance

C. he continued to play in the bar

D. he stopped playing the piano

3.The underlined words “sitting on” in the passage probably mean ___________.

A. fail to realizeB. forget to use

C. try to developD. manage to show

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：曾經有一個在酒吧的鋼琴演奏家。人來只是為了聽他演奏。但有一天晚上，一位女士要求他唱一首歌。“我不會唱歌，”男人說。但這位女士告訴服務員，“我厭倦了聽鋼琴。我想讓演奏者唱！“他從來沒有在公眾面前唱。現在他是第一次唱！沒有人聽過蒙娜麗莎麗莎唱得如此動聽的歌！他很有才華但他沒有發現！他可能一輩子沒有名字的鋼琴演奏在一個不知名的酒吧。但是一旦他發現，因意外，他能唱得好，他繼續努力工作，成為在美國最著名的歌手之一。

1.細節理解題。根據第三段But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”可知選C。

2.細節理解題。根據文中But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole可知選B。

3.細節理解題。根據下一句He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar.可推知選A。

考點：故事類閱讀。