19.Abbie Conant,a musician living in Italy,was looking to move on from playing the trombone(長號) for the Royal Opera of Turin.She wrote a lot of letters,but only got one reply.It was from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra(慕尼黑愛樂樂團).
The audition(試音) in June 1980 took place in a museum,since the orchestra's cultural center was unavailable.There were over 30 players and each one played their piece behind a screen,meaning the selection committee(評選委員會) could only hear them play.Conant played Ferdinand David's Konzertino for Trombone,a standard piece for auditions.Being a perfectionist,Conant was angry with herself for missing a note in the piece,and was seen packing the trombone away soon after the audition in preparation to leave.
But the selection committee knew immediately that Conant was the best of all the people they'd heard that day.They asked the other players to leave,and someone went to find Conant and told her the good news.
However,events took an unexpected turn:the selection committee were waiting,sure they were going to be introduced to Mr.Conant,when in walked a woman!The whole idea of a woman-lead trombonist went against tradition.
But Conant passed the other two auditions.She joined the orchestra and played her first year successfully.But then she found out that she would be playing second trombone,basically because she was a woman.
Conant took the orchestra to court(法庭).Though the orchestra said that Abbie Conant was not strong enough to play first trombone,she won.It took her years to prove herself in the eyes of the law,but she did it.
The orchestra then refused to pay Conant the same as men players,so she took them to court again.She knew she would win,and the result?She did.
29.Abbie Conant wrote those letters toB.
A.leave Italy
B.find a better job
C.show her skills
D.improve her living
30.What can we learn about the audition from Paragraph 2?D
A.It was held in the orchestra's cultural center.
B.All players were highly skill ed musicians.
C.The players could choose their pieces freely.
D.The selection team couldn't see the players.
31.Conant chose to leave after the first round of auditions becauseA.
A.she was dissatisfied with her performance
B.she played worse than the other players
C.she had no interest in the orche stra
D.she wanted to prepare for the rest of the auditions
32.Why did Conant take the orchestra to court twice?C
A.She didn't get paid.
B.The orchestra refused to accept her.
C.She was treated unfairly.
D.The orchestra didn't believe in her ability.
分析 本文主要講述了Abbie Conant在尋找工作的過程中,遭遇到的不公正待遇,最后通過法律途徑,她贏得了勝利.
解答 29.B 細節題.根據文章內容,Abbie Conant,a musician living in Italy,was looking to move on from playing the trombone(長號) for the Royal Opera of Turin.She wrote a lot of letters,but only got one reply.由此可知,Abbie Conant想要找一份吹長號的工作,她寫了很多封信,但是只收到一封回信,結合選項,故選B
30.D 細節題.根據文章內容,There were over 30 players and each one played their piece behind a screen,meaning the selection committee(評選委員會) could only hear them play 有30為參賽者每一位都在一個屏幕后面演奏他們的參賽曲目,那意味著評委們是看不到這些參賽者的,結合選項,故選D
31.A 細節題.根據文章內容Conant was angry with herself for missing a note in the piece,and was seen packing the trombone away soon after the audition in preparation to leave.因為Conant在比賽的時候錯過了一個音符,因此她對自己很懊惱,在第一輪比賽后就匆忙離開了,結合選項,故選A
32.C 細節題.根據文章內容,She joined the orchestra and played her first year successfully.But then she found out that she would be playing second trombone,basically because she was a woman后來,Conant加入了樂隊,在第一年的時候表演的很成功.可是后來她發現自己之所以是2號長號手,全是因為她是一個女性,換句話說,樂隊對她有性別歧視.結合選項,故選C
點評 本文是一個人物故事類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細節理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據.