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I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the street. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely place, feeling as if I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a go.

I felt tense and shaking. I drew my violin from under my coat like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains passing overhead, that I was about to prove myself.

The first notes I played were loud and raw, and then they settled down and began to run more smoothly and to stay more or less in tune. To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all.

I walked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually knowing how to try and get money by being a street artist. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money — the sight could discourage the people; nor was it wise to empty it completely, which could also confuse them, giving them no hint as to where to drop his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a good idea. Before I played another tune, I took off the big money, but always left two pennies behind.

Old ladies were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls, and typists. As for the men: Heavy drinkers were always generous too and so were big young with muscles. But never a man with a hat, briefcase or dog; respectable types were the meanest of all, except retired army officers, who would bark “Why aren’t you working, young man?” and then threw much money into the hat to hide their confusion.

小题1:The underlined phrase “have a go” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A.have a try

B.run away

C.change a place

D.commit a crime小题2:When the writer began to play the violin, he thought that ________.

A.he could make a lot of money

B.he had chosen the wrong place

C.he would get into trouble

D.people would stop and listen to him小题3:According to the passage, the writer thought the best way of encouraging people to give a street-violinist money was to ________.

A.let the hat fill up with money first

B.leave a small amount of money in the hat

C.make sure that the hat was always empty

D.choose the best place to play more smooth tunes小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Most of the ladies were willing to give him money.

B.Retired army officers seldom gave him money.

C.Drinkers were generous with their money.

D.Not all the people would feel pity for street-violinists.

答案

小题1:A

小题2:C

小题3:B

小题4:B

题目分析:本文主要讲述了作者在经历第一次街头小提前演奏的紧张不安之后,逐渐适应并很快学会鼓励人们往帽子里放钱的技巧,观察到哪些人很大方,哪些人爱说教也会给钱的故事。

小题1:推理题:根据后文作者站在那里开始演奏,开始的时候音调不稳,可知作者很紧张,是第一次街头演奏,因此have a go 在此处是尝试一下的意思。故选A。

小题2:推理题:根据第三段中“To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up”令我惊讶的是既没有人抓我也没有人叫我闭嘴,由此可知作者还以为会有麻烦。故选C。

小题3:细节题:根据第四段中“ I took off the big money, but always left two pennies behind”我拿走大钱,但总是留下两个硬币,由此可知在帽子里留少量的钱才是让人们给钱的好办法。故选B。

小题4:推理题:根据最后一段最后一句“ then threw much money into the hat to hide their confusion”。然后扔下许多钱到帽子里来掩饰他们的疑惑,由此可知退役的军官也会给钱的,因此B错误。故选B。

材料题

政治制度文明是一个社会政治文明的基本载体。阅读材料,回答问题。

材料一  没有均衡,制度就会因缺乏必要的张力而松弛,如同长短不一的桌子腿难以支撑起平展的桌面一样。因此,“有衡”对于政治制度文明来说,犹如大坝之于河水。没有均衡,就没有制度,一项新的制度的建立,实际上就是形成一种新的权力或利益的均衡。制度因有均衡而存在,也会因打破均衡而消亡。——虞崇胜《论政治文明的内在灵魂》

材料二  合众国公民的选举权不得因民族、肤色或以前是奴隶而被合众国或任何一州加以拒绝或限制。合众国公民的选举权,不得因性别而被合众国或任何一州加以拒绝或限制。(此前满二十一岁的公民才拥有选举权)现规定年满十八岁和十八岁以上的合众国公民的选举权,不得因为年龄而被合众国或任何一州加以拒绝或限制。 ——《美利坚合众国宪法》修正案

材料三  政治制度,必然得自根自生。纵使有些可以从国外移来,也必然与其本国传统,有一番融合沟通,才能真实发生相当的作用。否则无生命的政治,无配合的制度,决然无法长成。 ——钱穆《中国历代政治得失·序》

(1)结合材料一和所学知识说明,美国是如何处处注重权力均衡的?

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(2)根据材料二,指出美国公民的选举权是如何变化的?

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(3)阅读材料三,结合所学知识回答,辛亥革命时期,资产阶级从“国外移来”了什么制度?试分析该制度没能“真实发生相当的作用”的社会原因。

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