2019英语三级考试（PETS3）每日一练（11.7）

2019年上半年全国英语等级考试三级考试（PETS3）每日一练，分享给备考复习全国英语等级考试三级的考生。

根据下面资料，回答6-10题。

Steveland Morals is a household name in America．Ask Steveland Morris and he′11 tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling．Steveland was born prematurely(过早地，不到期地)and total-ly without sight in 1950s．He became Stevie Wonder--composer,singer,and pianist．The winner of ten Grammy awards,Stevie is widely acclaimed(喝彩)for his outstanding contributions to the music world．

As a child,Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do,but to concentrate on the things that he could do．His parents encouraged him to join in his sighted brothers as many activi-ties as possible．They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing,the sense upon which the usu-ally disabled are so dependent．

Because sound was so important to him,Stevie began at an early age to experiment with differ-ent kinds of sound．He would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice．Often relying on sound for entertainment,he sang,beat on toy drums,played a toy harmonica(口琴),and listened to the radio．

Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments．He first learned to play the drums．He then mastered the harmonica and the piano．He became a member of the junior church choir(唱诗班)and a lead singer．In the evenings and on weekends,Stevie would play different in-struments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches(走廊)of neighbors′homes．

One of Stevie′s sessions was overheard by Ronnie White,a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles．Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie′s talent and took him to audition(试听)for Berry Gordy,the president of Hitsville USA,a large recording company now known as Motown．

Stevie recorded his first smash hit"Fingertips"in l962 at age twelve，and the rest of Stevie'S story is music history．

6．This passage could be entitled__________．

A．The Music World

B．Stevie Wonder

C．Great Musicians

D．Blind People

7．Which of the following is NOT true about Stevie's childhood?

A．Stevie often told people that a blind person was not necessarily disabled．

B．He learnt to concentrate on things that he could do．

C．He played as often as possible with his brother，who had normal sight．

D．He tried very hard to train his sense of hearing．

8．By saying"Stevie soot graduated from toy instruments to real instruments"．the author means that__________．

A．Stevie finished his study at a toy instruments school

B．Stevie began to study in a real instruments school

C．Stevie gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instruments

9．The author mentions all the following facts EXCEPT that__________．

A．Stevie's neighbors could often enjoy his playing and singing

B．it Was Ronnie White that recognized stevie's talent and led him to a successful career

C．Berry Cordy helped him to set up his own recording company

D．Stevie's parents played a very important part in training his sense of hearing

10．The"Fingertips"__________．

A．recorded Stevie's musical performance that won him instant fame

B．Was a record that turned out to be a great success

C．carded the message that the blind could work miracles with their fingertips

D．all ofthe above

【答案】

6-10：BADCD

【参考解析】

在美国Steveland道德是个家喻户晓的名字。问Steveland莫里斯和他告诉你失明不一定是禁用。Steveland早产（过早地，不到期地），完全没有在1950年代。他成为Stevie Wonder，作曲家、歌手、钢琴家。十个格莱美奖的得主，史蒂夫是广受好评（喝彩）他的音乐世界的杰出贡献。

作为一个孩子，史蒂夫学会不去想他不能做的事，而是专注于他能做的事情。他的父母鼓励他参加他的兄弟尽可能多的活动。他们还帮助他提高他的听觉，通常残疾是如此依赖的感觉。

因为声音是如此重要，史蒂夫从小开始尝试不同的声音。他会爆炸的东西在一起，然后用他的声音模仿声音。经常依靠声音来娱乐，他唱歌，打在玩具鼓，玩一个玩具口琴（口琴），和听收音机。

史蒂夫很快毕业玩具乐器真正的乐器。他第一次学会了打鼓。然后，他掌握了口琴和钢琴。他成了一名初级教堂唱诗班的成员（唱诗班）和主唱。在晚上和周末，史蒂夫将扮演不同的装置和唱流行的节奏和蓝调音乐在前面门廊（走廊）的邻居的家园。

史蒂夫会话被罗尼·怀特听到流行歌唱组的成员被称为奇迹。罗尼立即承认史蒂夫人才和带他去试镜（试听）Berry Gordy，Hitsville美国总统一家大型唱片公司现在被称为汽车城。

史蒂夫记录他的第一个轰动的“指尖”1962十二岁的史蒂夫，其余的是音乐历史的故事。