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wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.

Samuel can‘t understand why everyone is so surprised. ―I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,‖ says Samuel.

Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can‘t play it. Samuel says confidently,‖ It‘s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.‖

However, Samuel‘s ability to remember things doesn‘t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.

Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn‘t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.

26. What is special about Samuel Osmond? A. He has a gift for writing music.

B. He can write down the note he hears. C. He is a top student at the law school. D. He can play the musical piece he hears. 27. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.

B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician. C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers. 28. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________. . received a good early education in music . played the guitar and the piano perfectly . could play the piano without reading music . could play the guitar better than his father

29. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4? . He became famous during a special event at his college. . He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately. . He plays the piano better than many professional pianists. . He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces. 30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? . The Qualities of a Musician . The Story of a Musical Talent

. The Importance of Early Education

. The Relationship between Memory and Music. B

It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, ―Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.‖

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend‘s refrigerator: ―Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.‖ The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. ―I thought it was beautiful,‖ she said, explaining why she‘d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, ―like a message from above.‖ Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn‘t know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here‘s the idea,‖ Anne says. ―Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.‖ Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, ―Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.‖

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!

31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her? A. She knew the car drivers well. B. She wanted to show kindness. C. She hoped to please others. D. She had seven tickets.

32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she . A. thought it was beautifully written B. wanted to know what it really meant C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall

D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom

33. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage? A. Judy Foreman. B. Natalie Smith. C. Alice Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.

34. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?

A. Kindness and violence can change the world.

B. Kindness and violence can affect one‘s behavior. C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves. D. Kindness and violence can shape one‘s character. 35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. People should practice random kindness to those in need. B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others. C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet. D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver. C

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