Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz(爵士音樂) singers in America. Her life was just a mixture of success and tragedy. Her singing expressed her experiences and feelings.
Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents were Sadie Fagan and Clarence Holiday. They were young when their daughter was born. Their marriage failed because Clarence Holiday was often out. He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands and inspired his daughter.
Sadie Fagan cleaned people’s houses to make a living. But she could not support her family with the money she earned. So she moved to New York City where the pay was higher. She left her daughter in Baltimore with one of her distant relatives.
The young girl Eleanora Fagan changed her name to Billie, because she liked a movie star, Billie Dove. The talented Billie Holiday loved singing. She sang and listened  to music whenever she could. In one place near her home there was a machine that played records. The building was a theater where many famous singers also performed their newly-made songs for free.
Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the theater so that she could listen to the records. It was there that young Billie first heard the records of some famous black American blues artists of the 1920s. she heard Bessie Smith sing the blues. And she heard Louis Armstrong play the horn. Both musicians had a great influence on her.
Billie Holiday once said, “I do not think I’m singing. I feel like I am playing a horn. What comes out is what I feel. I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That is all I know.”
小題1:Billie Holiday’s parents divorced because _______.
A．Sadie Fagan wanted to move to New York City
B．the family couldn’t support itself
C．Clarence Holiday spent too much time in working
D．Clerence Holiday was a strange person
小題2:Who might originally have had an influence on Billie Holiday’s career in music?
A．Sadie FaganB．Clerence Holiday.C．Bessie Smith.D．Louis Armstrong
小題3:From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A．Sadie Fagan was fond of living in New York
B．Clerence Holiday didn’t love his wife at all
C．Billie lived a happy childhood
D．Billie had a gift for music
小題4:The underlined sentence “ What comes out is what I feel” means _____.
A．Billie Holiday doesn’t like to sing for others
B．Billie Holiday’s songs reflect her unhappy childhood
C．Billie Holiday is fond of the songs written for herself
D．Billie Holiday’s music is greatly determined by her emotions
小題5:In order to listen to the records in the theater, Billie Holiday_______.
A．cleaned floors for the theater B．changed her name
C．moved to New York D．separated from her parents

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：本文介紹了Billie Holiday的出生，家庭，對音樂的熱愛和獨特的才能。
小題1:推理題：從文章的第二段的句子：Their marriage failed because Clarence Holiday was often out. He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands 可知答案是C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands and inspired his daughter.可知Billie Holiday是受Clerence Holiday的影響。選B。
小題3:推理題：從第四段的句子：The talented Billie Holiday loved singing. She sang and listened  to music whenever she could.可知Billie 很有音樂天賦。選D
小題4:句意理解題：從最后一段的句子：I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That is all I know.”可知她唱歌是受自己的情緒影響。選D。
小題5:推理題：從第五段的句子：Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the theater so that she could listen to the records.可知答案是A
點評：。集中考查了推理題，題目設(shè)置較為合理，在推理的時候，準(zhǔn)確確定考點，準(zhǔn)確判斷。
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A．complainedB．preferredC．insistedD．promised
小題8:.
A．After allB．Above allC．In allD．At all
小題9:.
A．purposeB．struggleC．opportunityD．dream
小題10:
A．disappointedB．conflictedC．confused D．encouraged
小題11:
A．memoryB．decisionC．soul D．peace
小題12:.
A．supportB．watchC．comfort D．raise
小題13:
A．fed backB．pointed outC．came outD．turned out
小題14:
A．effortlessB．sorryC．late D．hard
小題15:.
A．a(chǎn)t lastB．in factC．without doubtD．in brief
小題16:
A．painsB．sufferingsC．defeatsD．regrets
小題17:
A．betterB．biggerC．worseD．more
小題18:.
A．obviousB．trueC．importantD．close
小題19:
A．AlmostB．CertainlyC．SurelyD．Not
小題20:.
A．1astsB．mattersC．worksD．rewards

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