Question

【題目】The music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks, 【1】____ it doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very 【2】_____(skill)songwriting technique (技巧),” writes Leah Greenblatt with Entertainment Weekly.

Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used to 【3】_____(write) about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is always 【4】___ true and honest. They seem like stories from 【5】_____ diary and that certainly helps Swift attract her audience.

She 【6】____(sell) more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s self-titled debut (首張專輯) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever to 【7】______(name) Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly, there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, 【8】_____ came out late last month, where she again returned 【9】_____ her own life for material. “The 14 songs are all about the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and【10】______(crazy),” says Swift. “So I’ve written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18, 19 and 20.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】but

【2】skillful

【3】writing

【4】something

【5】 a / her

【6】has sold

【7】be named

【8】which

【9】to

【10】crazier

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的美國(guó)音樂(lè)人Taylor Swift的音樂(lè)創(chuàng)作故事。

【1】but考查連詞。句意：音樂(lè)界從不缺少外貌出眾的流行歌手，但是沒(méi)有一個(gè)人像美國(guó)歌手Taylor那么美麗。but但是。

【2】skillful考查形容詞用法。形容詞作定語(yǔ) 。skillful熟練的。

【3】writing考查非謂語(yǔ)。be used to doing習(xí)慣與做某事。

【4】something考查不定代詞。句意：在她的歌曲里有一些真實(shí)和誠(chéng)實(shí)的東西。something一些。

【5】 a / her考查冠詞。句意：他們就好像她的日記中記錄的故事。她的her�；蛘呤怯貌欢ü谠~a。

【6】has sold考查現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。到現(xiàn)在為止，所以用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。

【7】be named考查動(dòng)詞不定式。to be named被稱為。

【8】which考查定語(yǔ)從句。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處是定語(yǔ)從句。從句中缺主語(yǔ)，先行詞是物，并且主從句間有逗號(hào)，所以用which。

【9】to考查介詞。return to回到，返回，是固定短語(yǔ)。

【10】crazier考查比較級(jí)。and連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)bigger，可知此處要用比較級(jí)。