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Zhang Kemin tried his hardest to resist becoming a professional musician like his grandfather，the late Chine conductor Li Delun (1917～2001)．
“I was rebellious.Almost everyone in my family is a musician and I wanted to be different.”
says Zhang，36，who has learned piano，violin and viola since childhood.He took on a variety of jobs to distract him from music，from working in venture capital firms to comedy clubs.
But he has found himlf in music nonetheless，and recently he played piano to accompan
y US soprano(女高音) Kerry Holahan，kicking off The Spirit of America Tour，organized by American Cultural Center Tours' Ping Pong Productions in association with Li Delun Music Foundation.
More than 200 people，Chine and expatriates，packed the library of the Beijing American Center.They performed songs by Broadway legend Cole Porter，including Night and Day and Anything Goes，and told stories about the compor's life.
自制干脆面“We became friends a long time ago.He is very nice and funny.When I made mistakes during a performance，he will say it's his fault，” says Holahan，who moved to Beijing as an exchange student 10 years ago.索尼WX300
Zhang and Holahan will tour universities around China，spreading their love of Broadway music to Chine audiences.
“My aunt told me that the project I am doing is just like what my grandfather ud to do，” Zhang says.“He ud to go around with a castte player and a stack of tapes，and gav
e lectures about classical music everywhere，from universities to factories.He enjoyed classical music so much that he loved sharing his knowledge with people in the hope that they can learn to appreciate it，too.”
Zhang and his parents moved to Toronto，Canada in 1990.When he returned to Beijing，he stayed with his grandparents.It is an old apartment in the capital's downtown area and it is where he was born and raid.
Located near the China National Symphony Orchestra，the apartment block is home to many of China's great musicians，including Li and his violinist wife Li Jue (1922～2013)．
“That's me，around 2 years old，sitting in my grandfather's arms，” says Zhang，pointing to a black－and－white photo，in which he is wearing a pair of big headphones and waving his tiny arms like a conductor.
【语篇导读】 尽管年轻时候的张克敏想尽一切办法不再作像他祖父那样的音乐家，但是最终他还是从事了音乐事业。
1.What's the meaning of the underlined word? A．Draw someone's attention away from something.
B．Draw someone's attention禁忌乱论 on something.
C．Pay someone's attention to something.
D．Pay someone's attention to only one thing.
解析 词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“Zhang Kemin tried his hardest to resist becoming a professional musician like ”以及第二段中的“I was rebellious.Almost everyone in my 张玉栋family is a musician and I wanted to be different.”可以推出 distract 的意思是“转移注意
力”。故选 A。
答案 A
2.From the passage we can learn ．
A.Zhang Kemin didn't choo the career in music
B.Zhang Kemin gave up music at last
C.Zhang Kemin takes up music as his career
D.Zhang Kemin has never learned music at all
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But he has found himlf in music nonetheless，and
recently he played piano to accompany US soprano(女高音) Kerry ”可知选 C。
答案 C
3.What does Kerry Holahan think of Zhang Kemin?
A.He is a handsome boy.
B.He is friendly and easy－going.
C.He is cruel and hard－working.
D.He is kind but strict.
解析 推理判断题。根据第五段中的“He is very nice and funny.When I made mistakes
during a performance，he will say it's his ”可以推出 Kerry Holahan 认为张克敏是一位友好的、容易相处的人。
答案 B
4.拓林湖How old was Zhang Kemin when he moved to Toronto? A．About 10. B．About 36.
C．About 2. D．多少钱的英文About 12.
解析 数字计算题。根据第二段中的“...Zhang，36，who has learned 镜头参数piano，violin and viola
since childhood.”以及倒数第三段中的“Zhang and his parents moved to Toronto，Canada in 1990.”可知现在(2014 年)张克敏 36 岁，那么 1990 年他大约是 12 岁。
答案 D
