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1-4.听力原文：When Midori was two years old, she often climbed onto the piano bench and reached for the violin that belonged to her mother, a 38-year-old professional musician.
"Please don't touch, Midori," her mother scolded. The violin was, after all, worth more than $20,000.
But Midori persisted; she longed to handle the graceful instrument that made beautiful sounds. Finally, on her third birthday, Midori was handed a package: a tiny violin, about half the normal size.
Almost from the moment Midori was born, her mother knew she was sensitive to music. For several years mother and daughter practiced together day after day. She was eager to learn. Failure often led to tears, though she never once turned from the instrument. Instead, she persisted until the problem was overcome.
One day Johnston, an American musician, heard Midori playing the violin. He couldn't believe she was just eight years old. "She must make a tape and I will take it to the United States," the musician said.
A famous American violin teacher heard the tape. He, too, had difficulty believing his ears. The playing was absolutely astonishing. He immediately accepted her as a pupil and recommended her for a full scholarship. In 1982, Midori and her mother moved to New York city, leaving behind a comfortable life in Japan.
正确答案：1. D 2. A 3. D 4. C
解题思路：1.第一段直接提到她母亲是个音乐家。
2.第二段最后一句话的意思：这把小提琴值两万多美元。A项的句意是：这把提琴很贵。两句的意思吻合。B项的意思：Midori太小了不能拉提琴，这与提问的要求在内容逻辑上不符。C项在原文中没有提及。D项与内容也不吻合。
3.第五段的最后一句话：She must make a tape…与D.项：To make a tape recording在内容上相吻合。A项在原文中提及，而且与原文的部分内容一致，但却不是本题的答案。本题问的是：约翰斯顿要求Midori做什么?而原文中第五段第一句话说的却是：约翰斯顿听了Midori的演奏。因此A项是答非所问故被排除。B项与C项都是张冠李戴，因为这两项的主语施动者都不是约翰斯顿。
4.最后一段的第四句话：He immediately accepted her as a pupil…与C项的内容一致，故选C。
5-7.听力原文：In the old days divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.
One famous sunken ship is the "Lusitania", which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1,500 lives. It had four huge propellers made of an expensive metal. Today each of these propellers is worth $300,000 or more. The ship, lying on the sea-bed, has been bought by a man called John Light. He paid about $1,200,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up these propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $600,000.
正确答案：5. D 6. C 7. D
解题思路：5. 细节题。见第一段最后一句。The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.
6. 细节题。文中提到 "which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1,500 lives",意思是死了约1500人。
7. 数字计算题。1200000 + 600000 = 1800000.
8-10.听力原文：Fast-food restaurants are very popular in the United States. They are popular because the service is fast and the prices are low. Of all the fast-food restaurants, McDonald's is probably the most famous and the most popular.
Richard and Maurice McDonald, the original owner of McDonald's, opened their first self-service restaurant in San Bernadino, California. People would come from everywhere to buy their French fries and hamburgers. Workers would buy their lunches at McDonald's because the hamburgers and french fries tasted better than their lunches from home.
By 1960, the McDonald brothers owned 228 self-service restaurants. Then, in 1960, Ray Kroc, a 56-year-old salesman, bought the name and most of the restaurants for 2.7 million dollars.
He then began to build new restaurants, and, by 1982, he owned about 7,063. Of those restaurants, about 1,283 were in other countries: Japan, West Germany, England, and Australia. That same year, McDonald's Corporation earned about 7 million dollars.
McDonald's is a big business, but it is not too big or too rich to help ordinary people. For example, owners of restaurants participate in special community programs for children or senior citizens.
The corporation owns special houses near children's hospitals. These Ronald McDonald houses are for sick children and their parents. Sometimes a child has to go stay at a hospital for several weeks or months. Then the child's parents can stay at a Ronald McDonald house. Staying at these houses is cheaper than staying at hotels, and the atmosphere is friendlier and more homelike.
正确答案：8. C 9. D 10. D
解题思路：8.文章内容讲的是麦当劳的历史。本题考查点是事实的记忆和再现。相关的信息出现在材料的前一部分。Richard and Maurice McDonald, the original owner of McDonald's, opend their first self-service restaurant in San Bermardino, California.所以答案是C。
9.考查有关事实的再现。相关的信息是McDonald's is a big business, but it is not too big or too rich to help ordinary people. For example, owners of restaurants participate in special community programs for children or senior citizens.参照一下备选项，发现D是正确的选项。senior citizens的意思是老年人。
10.时间已经限定在1982年。在材料里的相应信息是 by 1982, he owned about 7,063. Of those restaurants, about 1,283 were in other countries: Japan, West Germany, England, and Australia. That same year, McDonald's Corporation earned about 7 million dollars. 所以答案是D。
