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This year, my two oldest sons asked me to sign them up for piano lessons. For certain reasons, I decided it would also be a good time for me to take up the piano again, after 30 years.
As a child, I learned not just the piano, but the cello. I played in two orchestras and sang in the school choir. No one forced me to do any of it, but it wasn’t quite a free choice either. When you are the approval-addicted daughter of an over-invested mother, no one needs to apply force. My mom and I were well matched partners in the dance of unspoken expectation and approval-seeking. I did her forcing for her.
For my mother, my musical industriousness wasn’t so much about achievement as identity. She was American by birth, and after marrying my university professor father and moving to London, she spent a decade working to be accepted into the impatient, fraught world of British intellectual society.
In this environment, a diligent daughter lugging a giant cello was a tiny amount of cultural capital, a ticket to belonging. As much as anything could, music made me into the person my mother needed me to be, so that she could be the person she needed to be, in order to escape who she actually was.
And for my part, although I never truly believed that my mother’s love was conditional, I did have the suspicion that there was a performance-related bonus in there.
It was foolish to think that taking up the piano at the same time as my own children would be emotionally uncomplicated. Or perhaps the complication was exactly why I sought it out. Somehow, the piano lessons turn me into both my childhood self, seeking my mother’s approval, and into my mother herself, putting the same high expectations on my own children.
My mother was lucky in that I was temperamentally (性情地) suited to the role she assigned me. My sons are not so much so. They are rambunctious and restless, not wired for lengthy sessions of sitting still and reflecting well on me.
Unconditional love may be at the defining heart of parenthood, but sometimes it can feel impossible to accommodate unconditional love to the worldly practices of day-to-day parenting. The whole job seems set up for conditionality: It would be dishonest to pretend that we have no stake in wanting our children to reflect our own values and preferences.
I’m disappointed when my sons won’t play their role in the script I have written for them, but deep down, I’m also a little thrilled. They are maddeningly, gloriously resistant to the pressure. A secret part of me is delighted by their raging demands for full personhood—beyond my projections and hopes and fears. By the life they claim.
The underlined sentence in paragraph two means .
the author demanded to learn musical instruments out of pure love
","the author forced her mum to sign her up for piano lessons against her will
","the author’s mom pushed her to learn musical instruments for her own sake
","the author offered to learn musical instruments to obtain her mom’s approval
"]句意理解题。根据文章第二段划线处上句 “When you are the approval-addicted daughter of an over-invested mother, no one needs to apply force. My mom and I were well matched partners in the dance of unspoken expectation and approval-seeking. (如果你是过度投入的母亲的女儿,那么没有人需要使用武力。在无言的期待和寻求认同的舞蹈中,我和妈妈是非常般配的一对。)” 可知,作者主动提出学习乐器以获得母亲的认可。故选D。
The author’s mother think of the author’s musical industriousness as .
a symbol more of family achievement than of social identity
","a way for her to fit into the British intellectual society at that time
","proof of her ability to be a qualified mother in front of her husband
","a result of her selfless cultivation more than the author’s own diligence
"]观点态度题。根据文章第三段 “For my mother, my musical industriousness wasn’t so much about achievement as identity. She was American by birth, and after marrying my university professor father and moving to London, she spent a decade working to be accepted into the impatient, fraught world of British intellectual society. (对我母亲来说,我在音乐上的勤奋与其说是成就,不如说是身份。她出生在美国,在嫁给我的大学教授父亲并搬到伦敦后,她花了10年的时间努力工作,以便被英国知识分子社会这个不耐烦、充满忧虑的世界所接受。)” 可知,作者的母亲认为作者在音乐上的勤奋是她融入当时英国知识界的一种方式。故选B。
Which of the following is TRUE from the author’s perspective?
She doesn’t care about her sons’ levels of playing musical instruments.
","She has a mixed feeling towards her sons’ reluctance to practise musical instruments.
","She feels sorrowful because her sons are unlikely skilled at playing musical instruments.
","She is still convinced that her sons could be as talented on musical instruments as she was.
"]判断正误题。根据文章最后一段 “I’m disappointed when my sons won’t play their role in the script I have written for them, but deep down, I’m also a little thrilled. (当我的儿子们不能在我为他们写的剧本中扮演他们的角色时,我很失望,但在内心深处,我也有点激动。)” 可知,作者对于儿子们不愿练习乐器,一方面是失望,另一方面是激动,作者的心里感受是复杂的。故选B。
Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
Can Musical Talents Really be Inherited?
","Can We Really Force Our Children to Love Music?
","Can We Really Love Our Children Unconditionally?
","Can Playing Instruments Help Us Fit into Intellectual Society?
"]标题概括题。根据文章第五段 “And for my part, although I never truly believed that my mother’s love was conditional, I did have the suspicion that there was a performance- related bonus in there. (对我来说,虽然我从来没有真正相信我母亲的爱是有条件的,但我确实怀疑其中有与表现相关的好处。)” 可知,作者从自己的学习乐器的经历讲述了对于父母无条件的爱的看法。C项:“Can We Really Love Our Children Unconditionally? (我们真的能无条件地爱我们的孩子吗?)” 合乎题意。故选C。
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