Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hardly know a thing when it es to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a poser begins, how he manages to keep going – in fact, how and when he learns his trade – all are covered in plete darkness. The poser, in short, is a man of mystery .
One of the first things the mon man wants to know about is the part inspiration plays in a poser’s work. He finds it difficult to believe that posers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the poser as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the poser happens to have been born for.
The poser, therefore, does not say to himself: “Do I feel inspired?” He says to himself: “Do I feel like working today?” And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: “Do I feel sleepy?” If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don’t feel sleepy, you stay up. If the poser doesn’t feel like working, he doesn’t work. It’s as simple as that.
【小题1】What would be the best title for the text?A．Composer: a man of mysteryB．Practice makes good musicC．Relation between sleeping and musicD．Music: product of nature【小题2】Most people seem to think that a poser .A．finds it difficult to write musicB．considers it important to have a good restC．should like to talk about inspirationD．never asks himself very simple questions【小题3】The author will most probably agree that posers .A．are born with a gift for musicB．are people full of mysteryC．work late at night for their musicD．know a lot about eating and sleepingA
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(答案→)A
解析：作曲家是从哪里开始作曲的，怎样继续下去的，怎样学会这一技巧的，都是个谜，没有人知道，由此可以推断出答案。
【小题1】主旨大意题。第一段的最后一句The poser, in short, is a man of mystery .
是主题句，选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据短文第二段He finds it difficult to believe that posers are not much interested in that question.可知“普通人首先知道的事情之一就是灵感在作曲家的工作中所起的作用。他认为作曲家想要谈论这个问题”选C。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据短文第二段倒数一二句“ Writing music is…have been born for”可知作曲家是天生的，A项正确。