【正文】 arents are not interested in listening to children’ s experiences． C． Children are more interested in taking photos than experiencing． D． Parents are less effective in helping children discuss their experiences． 26． How did Henkel develop her theory about the“ phototaking effect” ? A． By carrying out an experiment． B． By giving a questionnaire． C． By interviewing a group of students． D． By researching the findings of the others． 27． What’ s the purpose of this passage? A． To introduce a new discovery in taking photos． B． To discuss the effect of phototaking on memory． C． To explain how to use cameras in an effective way． D． To describe the ways of remembering valuable experiences． C Jose Andre Montano Baina was born and raised in the town of Totora， Bolivia— not exactly the home of jazz． But now he is taking the Bolivian and the world music scene by storm． He has already performed in some of the country’ s top occasions including the Legislative Palace and alongside famous musicians like Bolivian rocker Glen Vargas— what’ s so great about that? How about the fact that Jose is just seven years old and， has no vision! The young musician began to show his extraordinary music talent at the age of four when he started playing the drums with a high standard of ability and skills， which are usually played by artists three times his age． After mastering them， he quickly moved on to the piano and by the age of five had formed a jazz band! And， while the young boy knows every jazz song in the book and can play them all with great ease and confidence， it is not the only kind of music he enjoys． This Bolivian prodigy(神童 )has various musical taste and isn’ t limited to jazz． He also loves listening to blues， heavy metal， tango， bolero and anything in between! His extremely proud father is quick to admit that he has nothing to do with his son’s unusual talent． In fact he didn’ t even know much about jazz until Jose started to play．“ I didn’t know jazz before， he got me into it． It’ s as if he was born a jazz chip(芯片 )inside him， I don’t know how to explain how it came about； it’ s like the jazz was already inside him．” His father recalled． As for the young rising superstar， he leads a pretty normal life despite all the fame． Just like the rest of you， he goes to school， does homework and yes， has chores assigned (派給 )to him as well ! 28． What is the text mainly about? A． Young blind jazz prodigy rises in Bolivia． B． Jazz chip is found inside the prodigy． C． To educate a jazz prodigy in successful ways． D． Bolivia’ s jazz prodigy performs different songs． 29． What can we learn about Jose Andre from the text? A． He made performing tours throughout the world． B． He was born exactly in the home of jazz． C． His father helped a great deal in his success． D． He had talent in music though he was blind． 30． What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A． Jose Andre is now a famous superstar． B． Great fame has changed Jose Andre greatly． C． Jose Andre still lives his normal life as before． D． Jose Andre devotes all his spare time to music． 31． What might be the author’ s purpose in writing this text? A． To advertise Jose Andre’ s music works． B． To show the way to bring up the prodigy． C． To tell us how to deal with great fame． D． To tell us the story of a jazz prodigy． D Characters in novels don’ t always do what the writer wants them to do． Sometimes they cause trouble， take on lives of their own， or even work against the writer． It’ s not just a problem for inexperienced authors： famed children’ s novelist Roald Dahl said he got the main character in his book Matilda so“ wrong” that when he’d finished his first version， he threw it away and started again． Of course it’ s not the characters’ fault． The problem lies with the author． Take Stephen King， who admitted that writing workingclass characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed．“ It is definitely harder，” King said．“ When I wrote Carrie many years ago， I was one step away from physical labour．” This is also true for characters’ ages， added King．“ When you have small children， it