A．She had a very poor memory.

　　B．She couldn't read music well.

　　C．She couldn't find much music to play.

　　D．She couldn't play music without notes.

　　D　[细节理解题。根据第二段的最后一句可知，作者所面临的问题是没有乐谱就不会弹钢琴。]

　　3．At first the author considered playing the piano by ear was ．

　　A．interesting　　 B．challenging

　　C．popular D．boring

　　B　[推理判断题。根据第三段的第一句可推断，作者觉得通过记忆声音弹钢琴很难。]

　　4．How does the author usually play the piano now?

　　A．By looking at notes carefully.

　　B．By looking at notes and remembering them.

　　C．By playing the piano without looking at notes.

　　D．By playing the piano without adding accompaniments.

　　C　[推理判断题。根据第四段的最后一句可知，作者现在弹钢琴时不用完全对着乐谱了。]

IV.完形填空

　　My most memorable occasion with an old song in a new place was in late April, 1974.While I was then teaching mathematics in an American university，a small grant (拨款) allowed me to teach at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

　　I had just 1 ．One evening I went to a 2 that had a young piano player.Almost all the songs he played were ones I'd never heard before.He asked for 3 ， and people asked for other songs completely 4 to me.

Then someone pointed to me，"We have an American 5 －he's new here.Let's hear a request from him."In my great ignorance (无知) of 6 music, either American or Australian, I was on the spot.But I had begun to learn Australian