When 16-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage to perform at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934, she had no idea that her life was about to change. Her childhood had been    36 . After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school.   37 , the teachers at the school mistreated her,   38  she ran away. Homeless and orphaned, Fitzgerald was trying her best to   39  on the streets of New York City when she won a contest to perform during an amateur night at the Apollo. She had   40  planned to dance, but at the last second, she decided to sing her mother’s favorite song   41 . Her performance earned her   42  from several well-known musicians. Ella Fitzgerald went on to become a   43  jazz singer.

During a musical career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald   44  more than 200 albums. She won 13 Grammy Awards, the last of which she received in 1990. She worked with some of the greatest American singers of the twentieth century, including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her talent and charm   45  a wide range of listeners around the world. The worldwide   46  of Ella Fitzgerald helped make jazz a more popular genre.

Until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the United States   47  African American citizens the same treatment   48  white citizens received. Fitzgerald’s manager and her band   49  to perform at places where discrimination was practiced. They also decided not to perform unless they were paid the same   50  as white singers and musicians. Ella’s fight for   51   received support from numerous celebrity admirers, including Marilyn Monroe. Fitzgerald never took her good fortune for granted. She gave money to charities and organizations that contributed to   52  disadvantages children. For her many civic contributions, in 1992 President George Bush   53  her the Presidential Medal of Honor, one of the highest honors   54  to civilians.

In 1991, Fitzgerald gave her   55  performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Although Ella Fitzgerald died in 1996, the American “First Lady of Song” continues to live in the hearts and ears of music lovers worldwide.

1.                A．rich            B．rough          C．tiresome D．happy

 

2.                A．Importantly      B．Unforgettably    C．Naturally  D．Unfortunately

 

3.                A．therefore       B．but            C．so   D．then

 

4.                A．survive         B．experience      C．learn D．stand

 

5.                A．strangely       B．blindly          C．originally D．probably

 

6.                A．in spite         B．instead         C．in place   D．though

 

7.                A．jealousy        B．recognition      C．reputation D．gratitude

 

8.                A．creative        B．dependent      C．undiscovered  D．distinguished

 

9.                A．released        B．sold            C．copied   D．showed

 

10.               A．compared with   B．a(chǎn)ppealed to     C．composed of   D．depended on

 

11.               A．celebration     B．a(chǎn)dmiration      C．relaxation  D．indication

 

12.               A．denied         B．supported      C．offered   D．hated

 

13.               A．which          B．what           C．that  D．like

 

14.               A．decided        B．refused        C．started    D．a(chǎn)fforded

 

15.               A．number        B．quantity        C．a(chǎn)mount   D．lots

 

16.               A．wealth         B．future          C．equality   D．a(chǎn)greement

 

17.               A．caring for       B．playing with     C．preferring to   D．taking after

 

18.               A．rewarded       B．a(chǎn)warded        C．paid  D．presented

 

19.               A．a(chǎn)ccessible      B．inadequate      C．a(chǎn)vailable   D．official

 

20.               A．best           B．vivid           C．open D．final

 

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹Ella Fitzgerald是如何從無家可歸的女孩成為世界著名的爵士樂歌手的，以及她為爭取平等和慈善做出的貢獻(xiàn)。

1.考查形容詞：A. rich富有B. rough困難的C. tiresome厭煩的D. happy高興的，從后面的句子：After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school. 可知她的童年很艱辛。選B

2.考查副詞：A. Importantly重要地B. Unforgettably難忘的C. Naturally         自然地D. Unfortunately不幸地，從后面的the teachers at the school mistreated her, 可知她很不幸。選D

3.考查詞義辨析：A. therefore因此B. but 但是C. so所以D. then然后，老師虐待她，所以她逃跑了。選C

4.考查動(dòng)詞：A. survive幸存B. experience經(jīng)歷C. learn學(xué)習(xí)D. stand忍受，F(xiàn)itzgerald 盡最大努力在紐約的街頭生存。選A

5.考查副詞：A. strangely奇怪地B. blindly 盲目地C. originally原始地D. probably可能地，她原來打算跳舞的，但是最后一刻她決定用唱歌代替了。選C

6.考查詞組：A. in spite雖然B. instead代替C. in place在適當(dāng)?shù)奈恢肈. though雖然，解析同上。選B

7.考查名詞：A. jealousy嫉妒B. recognition認(rèn)可C. reputation名氣D. gratitude感激，她的表演贏得了幾個(gè)著名音樂人的認(rèn)可。選B

8.考查形容詞：A. creative有創(chuàng)造力的B. dependent依賴的C. undiscovered沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)的D. distinguished著名的，Ella Fitzgerald 繼續(xù)成為著名的爵士歌手。選D

9.考查動(dòng)詞：A. released發(fā)行B. sold  買C. copied復(fù)制D. showed展示，在60年的音樂生涯中，Ella Fitzgerald發(fā)行了200多張唱片。選A

10.考查詞組：A. compared with和…相比   B. appealed to吸引C. composed of組成D. depended on依賴，她的才能和魅力吸引了全世界很多人。選B

11.考查名詞：A. celebration慶祝B. admiration 羨慕，敬佩，C. relaxation放松D. indication暗示，全世界對(duì)Ella Fitzgerald的敬佩幫助爵士樂成為更受歡迎的種類。選B

12.考查動(dòng)詞：A. denied否認(rèn)B. supported支持C. offered提供D. hated憎恨，直到20世紀(jì)60年代的人權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)，美國一直否認(rèn)非洲裔美國公民和白人公民有同樣的待遇。選A

13.考查定語從句，先行詞是the same treatment，定語從句中缺少賓語，用that引導(dǎo)定語從句。選C

14.考查動(dòng)詞：A. decided決定B. refused拒絕C. started開始D. afforded提供，Ella Fitzgerald的經(jīng)理和樂隊(duì)拒絕在有歧視的地方演出。選B

15.考查名詞：A. number數(shù)量，修飾可數(shù)名詞B. quantity數(shù)量，修飾可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞，C. amount數(shù)量，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，D. lots許多，這里表示同樣的包車，用amount。選C

16.考查名詞：A. wealth財(cái)富B. future未來C. equality平等D. agreement協(xié)議，Ella Fitzgerald為平等做出的斗爭得到很多名人仰慕者的支持。選C

17.考查詞組：A. caring for想要，照顧B. playing with玩耍C. preferring to更喜歡D. taking after長得像，她把錢捐給慈善機(jī)關(guān)，為照顧劣勢(shì)兒童做貢獻(xiàn)。選A

18.考查動(dòng)詞：A. rewarded回報(bào)，B. awarded授予獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)C. paid付款D. presented呈現(xiàn)，布什總統(tǒng)授予她總統(tǒng)榮譽(yù)獎(jiǎng)。選B

19.考查形容詞：A. accessible易到達(dá)的，B. inadequate不適合的C. available可獲得的D. official官方的，這是公民獲得的最高榮譽(yù)之一。選C

20.考查形容詞：A. best最好的B. vivid生動(dòng)的C. open開放的D. final最終的，1991年，她在紐約卡內(nèi)基音樂廳舉行最后一場表演。選D

考點(diǎn)：考查人物傳記類短文

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要是測(cè)試學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測(cè)試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對(duì)英語習(xí)慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運(yùn)用。考生做題時(shí)必須時(shí)刻從上下文考慮，不應(yīng)該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內(nèi)是否可行。因此，在做題時(shí)最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。

 

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