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After I bought my new guitar, I started looking for apps to teach me how to use it. Finally, I chose Beginner Guitar Songs. Marty Schwartz, who is an amazing guitar teacher, showed me how to hold the guitar and then introduced how to play easy chords (和弦) to me. I quickly progressed through Beginner Lesson Series and advanced to Important Guitar Chords.
Two days later, I was ready to learn more chords. I found Guitar Lessons from Howcast. There are over 140 video lessons. I spent most of the day learning chords. Every day, I added a new chord and then reviewed the ones I had learned. By the end of the first week I had learned about ten chords. By the end of the second week, I had learned about fifteen chords. The app also taught me how to play scales (音阶). I learned the Pentatonic scale and the Blues scale. At that time, I felt like I was ready to dive into some music.
I also enjoyed GuitarJamz where I found more lessons from Marty Schwartz. Besides, I downloaded Blues Guitar Licks Lessons and Solo Guitar Lessons. Marty had hundreds of lessons for free on his YouTube channel. I watched, learned and experimented to see what I could do.
Then，I felt that some of my favorite classic rock songs were pretty easy. As I expected, now I can play America’s A Horse With No Name—two chords, The Beatles’s Let it Be—four chords, and Cat Stevens’s Peace Train—four chords.
Over the next few weeks I still watched YouTube videos and used Chromatic Tuner. I also downloaded guitar sheet music through Songsterr Plus. This guitar learning app showed me how to read guitar tablature (古记谱法) and chord diagrams.
【解题导语】 作者讲述了自己利用网上的软件学习弹吉他的经历。
1．What did the author most probably think of Beginner Guitar Songs?
A．Interesting. B．Expensive.
C．Useful. D．Difficult.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第一段的I quickly progressed through Beginner Lesson Series and advanced to Important Guitar Chords.可推断，作者觉得这个软件很有用。
2．What do we know about the author?
A．He was good at using iPad.
B．He was tired of other instruments.
C．He worked hard at learning to play the guitar.
D．He learned much from his guitar teacher at school.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的Every day, I added a new chord and then reviewed the ones I had learned.可知，作者学习吉他很刻苦。
3．What can we learn about Marty Schwartz’s online teaching?
A．It is only suitable for beginners.
B．It can be finished in just two weeks.
C．It’ s the most popular online guitar teaching.
D．It is important to the author’s guitar learning.
D 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段作者下载了很多 Marty Schwartz教弹吉他的软件并根据这些教学视频学习弹吉他可知，这些软件对他在学习弹吉他方面起了很重要的作用。
4．While learning to play his favorite songs, the author most probably ________．
A．lost interest in the songs
B．found it hard to learn them well
C．wanted to write some rock songs
D．felt sure he would be able to play them well
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的Then, I felt that some of my favorite classic rock songs were pretty easy.可知，作者学习这些曲子的时候应该充满了自信，觉得自己可以弹奏好这些经典摇滚歌曲。
