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hirteen, he asked his mother to buy him a realized almost immediately that the young man could play the instrument very learned by listening to the recordings of the great jazz saxophone players, Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker. In 1943, John and his family moved to Philadelphia, studied music for a short time at the Granoff Studios and at the Ornstein School of served for a year in a Navy band in he returned, he began playing the saxophone in several small bands. In 1948, Coltrane joined trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie’ s years later, Coltrane joined the jazz group of another trumpet player, Miles he began experimenting with new ways to write and perform jazz music, and explored many new ways of playing the people did not like this new sound,while others said it was an expression of modern soul and represented an important 1965, Coltrane became one of the most famous jazz musicians in the was famous in Europe and Japan, as well as in the United was always trying to produce a sound that no one had produced of the sounds he made were were like loud Davis said Coltrane was the loudest,fastest saxophone player that ever rived. Many people could not understand his they listened never made his music simpler to bee more continued to perform and record even as he suffered from liver died in 1967 at the age of forty in Long Island, New York. 【解題導(dǎo)語】 約翰克特蘭是爵士樂歷史上最偉大的薩克斯管演奏家之一。他從小生活在音樂的環(huán)境中 , 由于受到了音樂的熏陶 , 他很快就能熟練地演奏薩克斯管。約翰克特蘭于 1967年去世 , 享年 40歲。細節(jié)理解題。 2. John’ s success in music is largely due to his________. A. hard work B. creativity C. family D. performing style 解析:選 B。根據(jù)第二段中 “almost immediately that the young man could play the instrument very well” 可知 , Coltrane 很快就能夠熟練地彈奏薩克斯 , 說明他在音樂方面很有天賦 , 故選 B。推理判斷題。 4. The correct order of the following events is________. a. John moved to Philadelphia. joined the group of Miles Davis. c. John served in a Navy band. became a famous jazz musician. e. John got his first saxophone. A. d— a— e— b— c B. e— d— a— b— c C. a— d— e— c— b D. e— a— c— b— d 解析:選 D。根據(jù)第二段中 “When John was thirteen , he asked his mother to buy him a saxophone.” 可知 , Coltrane 得到第一個薩克斯排在最前面 , 排除 A、 C項; 根據(jù)第三段中 “In 1943 , John and his family moved to Philadelphia” 可知 , 他們一家之后搬到了費城 , 排除 B項 , 故選 D。workers may let us know that they value self173。time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (轉(zhuǎn)移注意力 ) us from our worries and , other people may give us instrumental support— money aid, material resources, and needed services— that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems. 5. What does the underlined word “cushions”() mean? A. gets rid of B. makes up of C. takes place of D. lessens the effect of 解析:選 D。故選擇 D項。從文章第一段 最后一句話可知 , 研究表明:社會的支持有助于抵御疾病 ,而缺乏這種支持則身體不健康的可能性會增加 , 所以人們的身心健康與他們能從 別人那里得到多少支持有很大關(guān)系。 7. Helping a sick neighbo