甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015-2016学年高一上学期第二次月考 英语试题（含详解）
一、阅读理解（30分）
第一节： 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
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Eddie liked music very much when he was at school, but when he went to the university he decided to study medicine instead of music. When he passed his examinations and became a doctor, he had to work in a hospital for some time. There he discovered that a lot of patients were happier and caused less trouble if pleasant music was played to them When Eddie got an office and began to work for himself, he decided to keep his patients happy by having a tape recorder in his waiting-room play beautiful music for them.
But soon after the tape recorder had been put in, Eddie’s nurse heard a woman, who was sitting in the crowded waiting-room one morning, complained, “Here we’re all waiting to see the doctor, and he’s just playing the violin in his office instead of doing his work.”
1．Eddie became a student of medicine at university__________.
A．because he had lost interest in music
B．because he thought medicine was more important than music
C．to find out new use of music in hospital
D．for reasons unknown from this passage
2．Why did Eddie put a tape recorder in his office?
A．He wanted to help patients waiting to see him pass the time easily.
B．He discovered that music was of help to his patients
C．He enjoyed listening to music while he worked
D．He wanted to attract more patients to his office
