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第三部分突破五大题第Ⅱ题专题一

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SamuelOsmondisa19-year-oldlawstudentfromCornwall，England.Heneverstudiedthepiano.However，hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesbymusicianssuchasChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterhehearsthem.Helearnsapieceofmusicbylisteningtoitinparts.Thenhethinksaboutthenotesinhishead.Twoyearsago，heplayedhisfirstpieceMoonlightSonata(奏鸣曲)byBeethoven.Hesurprisedeveryonearoundhim.

Amazedthatherememberedthislonganddifficultpieceofmusicandplayeditperfectly，histeacherssaySamuelisunbelievable.Theysayhisabilityisveryrare，butSamueldoesntevenrealizethatwhathecandoisspecial.Samuelwantedtobecomealawyerasitwasthewishofhisparents，butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudymusicinstead.Now，hestudieslawandmusic.

Samuelcantunderstandwhyeveryoneissosurprised.“Igrewupwithmusic.Mymotherplayedthepianoandmyfatherplayedtheguitar.Abouttwoyearsago，Isuddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano，withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons.Itcomeseasilytome—Ihearthenotesandcanbeartheminmind—eachandeverynote，”saysSamuel.

Recently，Samuelperformedapieceduringaspecialeventathiscollege.Thepiecehadmorethanathousandnotes.Theaudiencewasimpressedbyhisamazingperformance.Heisnowlearningapiecethatissodifficultthatmanyprofessionalpianistscantplayit.Samuelsaysconfidently，“Itsallaboutsupermemory—IguessIhavethatgift.”

However，Samuelsabilitytorememberthingsdoesntstopwithmusic.Hisfamilysaysthatevenwhenhewasayoungboy，Samuelheardsomeonereadastory，andthenhecouldretellthestorywordforword.

Samuelisstillonlyateenager.Hedoesntknowwhathewantstodointhefuture.Fornow，heisjusthappytoplaybeautifulmusicandcontinuehisstudies.

1．WhatisspecialaboutSamuelOsmond?

A．Hehasagiftforwritingmusic.

B．Hecanwritedo