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Worldfamous violinist Itzhak Perlman was stricken with polio as a child. As a result, he wears braces on both legs and walks with the aid of crutches(拐杖). At concerts, getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He slowly crosses the stage until he reaches his chair. He lays his crutches on the floor, slowly undoes the clasps(扣环)on his legs, puts one foot backward and extends the other one forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin(下巴), nods to the conductor, and starts to play.
One fall evening in 1995, while performing at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman had to deal with one additional trouble. Jack Reimer, a famous reporter with the Houston Chronicle, described the scene. “Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear the sound go off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant.”
There was no mistaking what he had to do. People who were there said, “We figured he would have to get up…to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn't. Instead he waited a moment, closed his eyes, and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The band and he played from where he had left off. He played with enthusiasm and power.
Of course, it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulate(调音), change, recompose the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was turning the strings to get new sounds they had never made before.
本文为记叙文，讲述了著名残疾人演奏家Perlman演出过程中发生的意外以及他为此所采取的应对措施。
21．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．It's a piece of cake for Perlman to perform on the stage.
B．It's not easy for Perlman to get on the stage.
C．Perlman has achieved great success on the stage.
D．Perlman has small achievements on the stage.
解析 B 句意理解题。此处的achievement指的就是Perlman能够做到的事情。其后的几句话展示了他上台的细节，进一步说明了一个残疾人的行动不便，故选B项。
22．After the string broke, the audience thought that Perlman would ________.
A．get angry at his performance
B．give up the performance
C．do something about the violin
D．continue performing with the threestring violin
解析 C 细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，观众以为他会再找一把小提琴或换根琴弦，故选C项。
23．What is the best title for the passage?
A．A Worldfamous Disabled Artist
B．An Unexpected Accident
C．The Performance Went on
D．A Threestring Violin and Its Owner
解析 C 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章的核心不是断弦事件本身，而是断弦后Perlman镇定自信的表现，故选C项。
