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1、安全教育学习是提高员工安全防范意识的重要措施。“百日安全活动”开展以来，保卫部从自身着手对本部门所有员工开展集中安全教育培训Module 4 课时跟踪练(一) Introduction & Reading Pre-reading.阅读理解ASamuel Osmond is a 19yearold law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beet
2、hoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata (奏鸣曲) by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.Amazed that he remembered this long and dif
3、ficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesnt even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study mu
4、sic instead. Now, he studies law and music.Samuel cant 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 a
5、ny 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
6、 a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists cant play it. Samuel says confidently, “Its all about super memory I guess I have that gift.”However, Samuels ability to remember things doesnt stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read
7、a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesnt know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.语篇解读：本文为记叙文。19岁的法律系学生Samuel Osmond是一个音乐天才。以前他从没有学过音乐，但是他可以弹钢琴，并且经常弹奏名家名曲，人们对此很吃惊。1Wh
8、at is special about Samuel Osmond?AHe has a gift for writing music.BHe can write down the note he hears.CHe is a top student at the law school.DHe can play the musical piece he hears.解析：选D细节理解题。由第一段中的“However, he can play . hears them.”可知，他的特别之处在于他听了曲子之后就能演奏出来，故选D项。2What can we learn from Paragraph
9、2?ASamuel chose law against the wish of his parents.BSamuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.CSamuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.DSamuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.解析：选B细节理解题。由第二段中的“Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of h
10、is parents .”可知，他想成为一名律师(也是他父母的愿望)，而不是一名音乐家，故选B项。3Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he_.Areceived a good early education in musicBplayed the guitar and the piano perfectlyCcould play the piano without reading musicDcould play the guitar better than his father解析：选C细节理解题。由第三段中的“. without be
11、ing able to read music and without having any lessons.”可知，他看不懂乐谱，没有上过音乐课，却能够弹钢琴，这让人们很惊讶。4What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?AHe became famous during a special event at his college.BHe is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.CHe plays the piano better than many professional p
12、ianists.DHe impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.解析：选B推理判断题。由第四段中的“Samuel says confidently, Its all about super memory I guess I have that gift.”可知，他对自己非凡的记忆力感到骄傲，故选B项。BImmigrants to the coast of southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of
13、 the Old World along with them for nearly 300 years. They brought some of their most important valuables with them. To most of them this was an instrument. Early Scottish settlers enjoyed the violin because it could be played to sound sad or lively. The Irish violin, the German dulcimer (扬琴), the It
14、alian mandolin, the Spanish guitar, and the West African banjo were the most common musical instruments.The communication among musicians from different ethnic groups (族群) produced music unique to this region of North America. Appalachian string bands (弦乐队) of the early 20th century primarily consis
15、ted of the violin, guitar, and banjo. This early country music along with early recorded country music is often referred to as oldtime music.According to Bill Malone in Country Music USA, country music was “introduced to the world as a southern phenomenon”. In the South, folk music was a combination
16、 of cultural types, combining musical traditions of a variety of ethnic groups in the region. For example, some instrumental pieces from AngloCeltic immigrants were the basis of folk songs and ballads that form what is now known as oldtime music, from which country music descended. It is commonly thought that British and Irish folk music influenced the devel
