Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi
俞伯牙与钟子期
主题: 人与社会/人际交往
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Yu Boya likes music and he is good at playing the guqin. People like his music and all praise him, but Yu isn't happy. He thinks, "Nobody can understand the meaning of my music."
One night, Yu plays the guqin and hears a clap. He raises his head and sees a man. "Can you understand my music?" Yu asks. "Yes, I think I can," the man says. Yu asks the man to sit down and listen to his music. He plays music about mountains. The man says, "There are mountains in your music." Yu plays music about rivers. The man says, "There are rivers around." Yu gets excited and says, "You know me so well!" The man is Zhong Ziqi. Yu and Zhong become the best friends.
Unluckily, Zhong Ziqi dies later. Yu is sad. "No one will know my music like Zhong Ziqi," he thinks. Yu breaks his guqin and never plays the guqin again.

词汇积累
raise /reɪz/ v. 抬起
mountain /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n/ n. 山
die /daɪ/ v. 死
break /breɪk/ v. 弄坏
一、Read and judge. 根据文章内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
() 1. Yu Boya can play the guqin very well.
() 2. Yu Boya isn't happy because no one likes his music.
二、Read and choose. 根据文章内容,选择最佳答案。
() 1. What does the underlined word "praise" mean?
A. 批评 B. 赞美 C. 学习
() 2. Yu Boya plays music about for Zhong Ziqi.
A. mountains and parks B. rivers and parks C. mountains and rivers
() 3. Which is RIGHT about this story?
A. Zhong Ziqi can understand Yu's music very well.
B. Yu doesn't think that Zhong Ziqi is his best friend.
C. Yu often plays the guqin after Zhong Ziqi dies.

一、1. T 解析根据“Yu Boya likes music and he is good at playing the guqin.”可知，俞伯牙擅长弹古琴。 2. F 解析根据“Nobody can understand the meaning of my music.”可知，俞伯牙不开心是因为没有人能理解俞伯牙的音乐的意义。二、1. B 2. C 3. A

【分析】
先通读全文，理解文章讲述俞伯牙与钟子期知音的故事。对于判断正误题，需定位原文对应句子，对比题干描述；词义猜测题结合上下文语境推断词义；细节理解题直接查找原文信息，选出正确选项。
【解析】
一、Read and judge.
1. 根据原文“Yu Boya likes music and he is good at playing the guqin.”可知俞伯牙擅长弹古琴，题干描述正确，故填T。
2. 根据原文“Nobody can understand the meaning of my music.”可知俞伯牙不开心是因为没人理解他的音乐，而非没人喜欢他的音乐，题干描述错误，故填F。
二、Read and choose.
1. 原文“People like his music and all praise him”中，人们喜欢他的音乐，所以“praise”应是赞美之意，选B。
2. 原文提到俞伯牙先弹关于山的音乐，再弹关于河的音乐，对应选项C，故选C。
3. 原文中钟子期能准确说出俞伯牙音乐里的山和水，说明他很懂俞伯牙的音乐；俞伯牙和钟子期是最好的朋友，钟子期死后俞伯牙不再弹琴，所以A正确，B、C错误，故选A。
【答案】
一、1. T 2. F
二、1. B 2. C 3. A
【知识点】
阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本题围绕经典典故“俞伯牙与钟子期”展开，考察学生对文章细节的把握、词义推断能力，帮助学生理解知音的内涵，同时巩固英语阅读的解题方法。
【难度系数】
0.7