Tony Bennett, the American singer recently touring Britain, can’t remember how many times he has sung his standard hit “I left My Heart in San Fransisco”. He sang it again to his audience at the London Palladium last night.
“I never get tired of singing it.” He said. “I like it too much . It’s a great city and it’s a good song.”
Bennett is to record a TV program with American singer Lens Home while he is here. And a new LP recorded by him in London for Philips titled “Listen Easy” will be published in June.. “I like it here.” He added quietly over whiskey. “I would like to live here so many months of the year.”
He already keeps a large flat in Grosenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna. It has a studio where he likes to paint. Tony plans to have his first exhibition later in the year and he has already sold one picture for $4000. At the end of the year Tony is to star in a musical film , which has been specially written for him called “Two Bits”, an informal expression for 50 cents. It’s about an Italian immigrant who goes to America , but he becomes a failure.
“In many ways it’s very close to my life the way the story has been written,” said Bennett. “My father, an Italian ,was ill and died when I was nine. He always wanted me to sing, but he never lived long enough to be a part of my success.
小題1:The underlined phrase “standard hit” most nearly means______
A．Bennett’s favourite song but it’s not very popular.
B．a(chǎn) song that is always popular
C．a(chǎn) song which makes him standard
D．a(chǎn) song which is like a heavy blow to his audience
小題2:What does Tony Bennett want to do?
A．Buy a house and live in England.
B．Stay with his wife and daughter in England.
C．Live part of each year in England
D．Leave American and settle in England
小題3:What’s Tony’s hobby?
A．SingingB．DrinkingC．PlayingD．Painting
小題4: What can we learn about Tony’s father from this passage?
A．He liked his son’s singing.
B．He was born in Italy and died when Tony Bennett was a small boy
C．He was a part of Bennett’s achievement
D．He was glad that his son became famous.
小題5:What kind of man is Tony Bennett？
A．hardworking and humorous
B．family-centered and hardworking
C．outgoing and kind
D．a(chǎn)mbitious and trustworthy

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:B

試題分析：文章介紹歌手Tony Bennett除了在音樂(lè)方面的成功，還有自己的興趣愛(ài)好，并做出成就，他還涉及了電影行業(yè)。還有他是一個(gè)以家庭為中心的人。
小題1:猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)下文He sang it again...以及I never get tired of singing it和It's a good song可推知其意為“總是受歡迎的歌曲”。選B
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段I would like to live here so many months of the year. 一句可知Tony想每年一些時(shí)間呆在英國(guó)。選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：He already keeps a large flat in Grosenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna. It has a studio where he likes to paint.可知Tony 的愛(ài)好是繪畫(huà)，選D
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段最后一句. It’s about an Italian immigrant who goes to America , but he becomes a failure.及第六段“My father, an Italian ,was ill and died when I was nine.可推知其父親為意大利遷居美國(guó)的移民，在Tony很小的時(shí)候在美國(guó)去世，因此選B
小題5:推理題：從文章三四段的描寫(xiě)，可知Tony做了很多事情，說(shuō)明他很勤奮，另外從第四段的句子He already keeps a large flat in Grosenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna 和最后一段對(duì)爸爸的描寫(xiě)，說(shuō)明他是以家庭為中心的，選B
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

There were once three little butterfly（蝴蝶）brothers, one white, one red, and one yellow. They played among the flowers in the garden, but never grew tired because they were so happy. One day there came a    1   rain, and it wet their wings. They   2   home, but when they got there they found the door 3 and the key gone. So they had to stay outdoors in the    4  .
Soon they flew to the    5  and yellow tulip（郁金香）, and said, “Friend Tulip, will you open your flower and let us     6  till the storm is over?” The tulip    7    , “The red and yellow butterflies may enter, because they are   8    me, but the white one may not come in.”    9   the red and yellow butterflies said, “If our white brother may not find shelter in your flower, we’ll stay  10     in the rain with him.”
It fained harder and harder, and the   11  little butterflies flew to the white lily and said, “Good Lily, will you   12  your bud（花蕾）a little so we may fly in out of the rain?” The lily answered, “The white butterfly may  13  , because he is like me , but the red and yellow ones must stay outside in the storm..” Then the little white butterfly said, “If you won’t   14  my red and yellow brothers, I’ll stay out in the rain with them. We would rather be   15  than be separated.”
So the three little butterflies flew away. But the  16  , who was behind a cloud,   17  it all, and he knew what good little  18  the butterflies were. So he pushed his face through the clouds, drove away the rain, and  19  brightly on the garden. He dried the   20   of the butterflies, and warmed their bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.
小題1:
A．thickB．lightC．heavyD．small
小題2:
A．flewB．walkedC．jumpedD．moved
小題3:
A．draggedB．lockedC．protectedD．repaired
小題4:
A．treeB．waterC．windD．Rain
小題5:
A．blackB．greenC．redD．blue
小題6:
A．inB．outC．upD．down
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)pologizedB．roaredC．shoutedD．a(chǎn)nswered
小題8:
A．fromB．likeC．throughD．with
小題9:
A．HoweverB．IfC．ButD．Or
小題10:
A．insideB．a(chǎn)boveC．belowD．outside
小題11:
A．poorB．luckyC．richD．happy
小題12:
A．closeB．shakeC．openD．show
小題13:
A．go outB．come inC．get upD．take off
小題14:
A．inviteB．touchC．troubleD．receive
小題15:
A．wetB．sorryC．dryD．lonely
小題16:
A．moonB．skyC．sunD．star
小題17:
A．noticedB．heardC．reachedD．caught
小題18:
A．sistersB．classmatesC．workersD．brothers
小題19:
A．pointedB．a(chǎn)rrivedC．shoneD．returned
小題20:
A．wingsB．headsC．feetD．legs

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