2014DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD2014DDDDASamuelOsmondisa19-year-oldlawstudentfromCornwall,England.Heneverstudiedthepiano.However,hecanplayverydifficultmusicalpiecesbymusicianssuchasChopinandBeethovenjustafewminutesafterhehearsthem.Helearnsapieceofmusicbylisteningtoitinparts.Thenhethinksaboutthenotesinhishead.Twoyearsago,heplayedhisfirstpieceMoonlightSonataDDDDDbyBeethoven.Hesurprisedeveryonearoundhim.Amazedthatherememberedthislonganddifficultpieceofmusicandplayeditperfectly,histeacherssaySamuelisunbelievable.Theysayhisabilityisveryrare,butSamueldoesntevenrealizethatwhathecandoisspecial.Samuelwantedtobecomealawyerasitwasthewishofhisparents,butmusicteacherstoldhimheshouldstudymusicinstead.Now,hestudieslawandmusic.Samuelcantunderstandwhyeveryoneissosurprised.Igrewupwithmusic.Mymotherplayedthepianoandmyfatherplayedtheguitar.Abouttwoyearsago,Isuddenlydecidedtostartplayingthepiano,withoutbeingabletoreadmusicandwithouthavinganylessons.Itcomeseasilytome---1hearthenotesandcanbeartheminmind---eachandeverynote,saysSamuel.Recently,Samuelperformedapieceduringaspecialeventathiscollege.Thepiecehadmorethanathousandnotes.Theaudiencewasimpressedbyhisamazingperformance.Heisnowlearningapiecethatissodifficultthatmanyprofessionalpianistscantplayit.Samuelsaysconfidently,Itsallaboutsupermemory---IguessIhavethatgift.However,Samuelsabilitytorememberthingsdoesntstopwithmusic.Hisfamilysaysthatevenwhenhewasayoungboy,Samuelheardsomeonereadastory,andthenhecouldretellthestorywordforword.Samuelisstillonlyateenager.Hedoesntknowwhathewantstodointhefuture.ornow,heisjusthappytoplaybeautifulmusicandcontinuehisstudies.26. WhatisspecialaboutSamuelOsmond?A. Hehasagiftforwritingmusic.B. Hecanwritedownthenotehehears.C. Heisatopstudentatthelawschool.D. Hecanplaythemusicalpiecehehears.27. WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2?A. Samuelchoselawagainstthewishofhisparents.B. Samuelplannedtobealawyerratherthanamusician.C. Samuelthinksofhimselfasamanofgreatmusicalability.D. Samuelstudieslawandmusicontheadviceofhisteachers....
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