Question

    YoYo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at four. A year later, when he was     36   years old, he gave his first concert. The family soon moved to New York, America. Later he joined Julliard School, a school   37   gifted musicians. He went to Harvard University to study music and graduated in 1976.

    YoYo soon became famous for his concerts. He always tries to play the cello with music from different countries like Brazil and China. He wrote   38   for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It sounds brilliant.

    YoYo is sometimes forgetful. He once   39   his cello in a taxi in New York. He was really

  40   because it’s worth US $2,000,000.The taxi driver took it to a police station. YoYo was very thankful.

36. A. four            B. five               C. six               D. seven

37. A. for             B. as                C. by                D. with

38. A. a story          B. an article          C. music             D. a poem

39. A. forgot          B. remembered        C. missed             D. left

40. A. excited         B. worried            C. lonely             D. bored

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了大提琴家Yo Yo Ma四岁开始学琴，5岁开始开音乐会，在1976年哈佛大学毕业，他变的非常出名。他有时是健忘的。

36. A 【解析】根据上文他四岁开始学大提琴，一年之后为五岁，因此选A。

37.D 【解析】根据句意“一个有才华音乐家的学校”，可知选D。

38. C【解析】根据句意“他为电影crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon写了音乐”，可知选C。

39. D【解析】leave sth in place意为“把某物忘在某地”，forget意为“忘记某事或忘记做某事”。根据句意“他把他的大提琴忘到了出租车上”。因此选D。

40. B【解析】根据根据下文“他的大提琴值两百万美元”可知他非常的着急，因此选worried。