When most people turn 21, they spend too much time partying and having fun. But when Adele turned 21, she did something completely different.
After going through a tough breakup(分手), the British singer turned her pain into glory and recorded one of the most moving albums of the year.
The album, 21, which was released in January, has already hit the charts in 14 countries, according to the Billboard magazine.
It also noted that Adele made history as the first artist since the Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums in the charts at the same time (Adele’s first album, 19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it).
Now, after touring around the world for almost a year, the DVD of her live concert, released on November 29, is Adele’s latest work.
Having topped the pre-order list of Amazon. com for over a month already, this one seems set to stay on top for a while.
Born in north London, Adele sang her way up honestly:  In 2006, she was signed by England’s XL Recordings on the strength of (基于)a three-song demo(樣本唱片) a friend of hers had posted on MySpace;within two years she had won the BRIT Awards ‘Critics’ Choice prize and been tipped by the BBC as the “Sound of 2008”.
In 2009 she got the best new artist Grammy Award, and went on a world tour in support of the album 19 with a sold-out show in Los Angeles.
According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup.
That’s probably what has made the singer’s success-that emotional certitude(確信), according to Dickins.
“The key to great singers is believing every single word they sing, ” he said. “And I think you believe every word that comes out of Adele’s mouth. You can feel her life force through her voice. ”
小題1:When she wrote album 19, she is at the age of______.
A．21B．18C．20D．19
小題2:How many awards did Adele get?
A．One.B．Two.C．Three.D．Four.
小題3:The underlined word “released” can be best replaced by ______.
A．recordedB．came out
C．soldD．written
小題4: In Adele’s opinion, where does her inspiration of music mainly come from?
A．Emotional certitude. B．One single breakup.
C．A three-song demo. D．A world tour.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B

試題分析：
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段Adele’s first album, 19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it說明她的某一個專輯的名稱都是以她發(fā)現(xiàn)該專輯的年齡來命名的，故album 19,是在她19歲的時候發(fā)行的。
小題2:C：細節(jié)題。C根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)4,5段she had won the BRIT Awards ‘Critics’ Choice prize and been tipped by the BBC as the “Sound of 2008”.和In 2009 she got the best new artist Grammy Award說明她已經(jīng)獲得了3個獎項，故D正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)本句The album, 21, which was released in January, has already hit the charts in 14 countries說明是發(fā)行專輯，指專輯的出版，發(fā)行。故B正確。
小題4:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup.說明B正確。
點評：文章介紹了流行天后Adele發(fā)行新專輯以及她的一些個人成就。集中考查細節(jié)題，細節(jié)題的考查要求考生在審題時要特別注意考點的定位，要在文章中準確找到相關(guān)的段落，合理的辨析推測。
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