解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第二、三、四段中的时间点"six months of age, he was two, he was five, he was just six and a half, at the age of six"可知答案为B。

　　2．After Marc's first performance, he________.

　　A．is popular all over the world

　　B．has won a musical scholarship

　　C．starts to learn from Lang Lang

　　D．often travels to perform or learn piano

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第四段中的"He is always traveling, either to perform at concerts or for piano lessons"可知。

　　3．According to the text, Marc________.

　　A．is skilled at playing two musical instruments

　　B．performed well at the Royal Albert Hall

　　C．now learns music from his mother

　　D．has a gift for soccer as well

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。根据第一段中的"He has learned two musical instruments"可知，他擅长两种乐器。

　　B

　　People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about autumn.Most of these songs express sadness that summer is over.Some songs about autumn also express the sadness of lost love.

　　Mary Dawson, in her Internet "Writing Journal"，writes that this season influenced songwriters to write some of the greatest songs of all time.Here are some of our favourite songs about autumn.

　　·September Song by Kurt Weill is one of the most well­known and saddest songs about the season.It was introduced back in 1938 in the Broadway musical Knickerbocker Holiday.Many people have recorded this song.Probably the most famous version (版本) is sung by Frank Sinatra.

　　·Another famous song about this season is Autumn Leaves.This song also expresses sad feelings.It was first introduced in a French movie in 1946.Later, the famous American songwriter Johnny Mercer was asked to write English words to the music.Since then, many artists have recorded it.There is a lovely version by Eva Cassidy from her album, Songbird.

　　·The Moody Blues is a British rock band that first became famous in the 1960s.They also recorded a song about fallen leaves, dark days and lost love.It is called Forever Autumn.

　　·The former rock group The White Stripes has a song called Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, from their album White Blood Cells.Jack White sings about a woman who did not wait for him while he was away.

·But not all the songs about autumn are sad.Here is a more hopeful song - James Taylor's