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Have you ever been in a position
where you were expected and required to take music lessons even though you had no
interest?
The situation was this: my father was a music teacher. My mother was a
piano player and, in fact, the whole family was very musical. I was the only one
who didn't know how to play a musical instrument.
And, as a lot of families do,
I was required to take the piano lessons even though I had no interest in learning
how to play it. So, it started. Lesson after lesson I suffered. Finally, I just
quit practicing and my piano teacher told my parents that I was hopeless. Great
— no more piano lessons.
But my parents still thought that
I should learn a musical instrument. In their opinion, having no interest in playing
the piano didn't mean that I had no interest in other instruments. So they chose
some other instruments for me, but the same things
happened. It seemed that I was a bit headstrong (任性的) but,
at the same time, I knew what I wasn't interested in.
The musical story didn't end here.
It went on to where I decided what I wanted to learn — to play the drums. I loved
playing the drums and played in several bands.
The point is this: if you are
not ready to do something, you won't do it no matter how much someone else wants
you to do it. Or, at the very least, you will certainly not put your heart and soul
into it and will surely fail.
Think now what you really love
doing and get down to it.
(1)
For the author, the piano lessons were probably .
A . interesting
B . necessary
C . difficult
D . boring
(2)
What does the underlined part "the same things" refer to?
A . The author refused to learn the instruments his parents chose for him.
B . The author's parents thought it important to play an instrument.
C . The author's parents knew nothing about the author.
D . The author had to learn other musical instruments.
(3)
In the author's opinion, if you are forced to do what you don't like, .
A . you still need to put your heart and soul into it
B . you'll like it as long as you make an effort
C . you'll know what you really want
D . it's very unlikely that you will do it well
答案: D
A
D