焦点 04 阅读理解之记叙文-备战2024年中考英语复习之优秀生拔高特训（北京市）（含解析）

焦点04 阅读理解之记叙文 备战2024年中考英语复习之优秀生拔高特训 A For 16﹣year﹣old Ma Yifei, the violin performance of the Beijing 2022 Olympic theme song, Snowflake, was her best present for Paralympians (残奥运动员) all over the world. Even though snowflakes are related to winter, she let others feel warmth, hope and light through her performance. Ma went blind at the age of two because of an illness. She became interested in music when she was young. She started to learn to play the piano at five and the violin at nine, experiencing the “colorful” music through sound and emotion. Ma’s mother Ha Chunyan, a former music teacher in a primary school, helped her memorize the music score (乐谱) before she played the piano. Ma could not see the keys and always played the wrong notes. It took her thousands of tries to play a piece correctly. Learning the violin was more challenging. Ma needed to feel the teacher hands, arms and back to learn the movements, and listen to the strings (弦) over and over again to feel the muscles (肌肉) herself. “After three years of learning, she still could not make any sound except terrible noises,” said Ha, who advised her daughter to give up the violin. But Ma said, “As I’ve been practising so long, it’s hard to give up I believe I will play better if I persist in practising.” In 2018, Ma got a chance to follow Sheng Yuan and Cao Yuhan, famous musicians from the Central Conservatory of Music, to study music in Beijing. She left her home in Ningxia to follow her musical dream, though she knew there would be more challenges ahead. Ma expressed her excitement about performing at the big event. “All my hard work has paid off. I’m proud of standing on the stage today.” 1．How does the writer describe Ma’s difficulties in learning the violin A．By questioning. B．By listing numbers. C．By offering advice. D．By giving examples. 2．Which is the correct order according to the text 　 　 ①Ma got a chance to study music in Beijing. ②Ma performed at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. ③Ma began to learn to play the piano. ④Ma went blind because of an illness. A．③②④① B．①④③② C．④③①② D．②④③① 3．What does the underlined phrase “persist in” probably mean in Paragraph 5 A．Keep on. B．End up. C．Take pride in. D．Look forward to. 4．What does Ma’s story tell us A．Old habits die hard. B．There is no place like home. C．Practice makes perfect. D．A good friend is like a mirror. B Paul gets a birthday present—a car. On the evening before birthday, Paul gets out of a shop and sees a boy near his new car. “Is this your car, sir ” the boy asks. Paul says, “Yes. My brother gives it to me for birthday.” “I’d like to be a brother like your brother,” the boy says. “Can you drive me home ” Paul says OK. Then he knows the boy’s name—Alex. Paul thinks Alex wants to show (展示) his car to his friends. Paul isn’t right. Alex asks Paul to stop the car in front of a house and wait for a minute. Then he ... ...