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1、SamuelOsmondisa19-year-oldlawstudentfromCornwall,（2014广东高考英语阅读理解答案与解析） A SamuelOsmondisa19-year-oldlawstudentfromCornwall,England.Heneverstudiedthepiano.However,hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesbymusicianssuchasChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterheh
2、earsthem.Helearnsapieceofmusicbylisteningtoitinparts.Thenhethinksaboutthenotesinhishead.Twoyearsago,heplayedhisfirstpieceMoonlightSonata（奏鸣曲）byBeethoven.Hesurprisedeveryonearoundhim. Amazedthatherememberedthislonganddifficultpieceofmusicandplayeditperfect
3、ly,histeacherssaySamuelisunbelievable.Theysayhisabilityisveryrare,butSamueldoesn’tevenrealizethatwhathecandoisspecial.Samuelwantedtobecomealawyerasitwasthewishofhisparents,butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudymusicinstead.Now,hestudieslawandmusic. Samuelca
4、n’tunderstandwhyeveryoneissosurprised.“Igrewupwithmusic.Mymotherplayedthepianoandmyfatherplayedtheguitar.Abouttwoyearsago,Isuddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano,withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons.Itcomeseasilytome---Ihearthenotesandcanbe
5、artheminmind---eachandeverynote,”saysSamuel. Recently,Samuelperformedapieceduringaspecialeventathiscollege.Thepiecehadmorethanathousandnotes.Theaudiencewasimpressedbyhisamazingperformance.Heisnowlearningapiecethatissodifficultthatmanyprofessionalpianistsc
6、an’tplayit.Samuelsaysconfidently,“It’sallaboutsupermemory---IguessIhavethatgift.” However,Samuel’sabilitytorememberthingsdoesn’tstopwithmusic.Hisfamilysaysthatevenwhenhewasayoungboy,Samuelheardsomeonereadastory,andthenhecouldretellthestorywordforword. Sa
7、muelisstillonlyateenager.Hedoesn’tknowwhathewantstodointhefuture.Fornow,heisjusthappytoplaybeautifulmusicandcontinuehisstudies. 26.WhatisspecialaboutSamuelOsmond? A.Hehasagiftforwritingmusic. B.Hecanwritedownthenotehehears. C.Heisatopstudentatthelawsch
8、ool. D.Hecanplaythemusicalpiecehehears. 27.WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2? choselawagainstthewishofhisparents. B.Samuelplannedtobealawyerratherthanamusician. C.Samuelthinksofhimselfasamanofgreatmusicalabil
