Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz(爵士音乐) 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.”
小题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 |
小题2:Who might originally have had an influence on Billie Holiday’s career in music?| A．Sadie Fagan | B．Clerence Holiday. | C．Bessie Smith. | D．Louis Armstrong |
小题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 |
小题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 |
小题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 |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:A |
试题分析：本文介绍了Billie Holiday的出生，家庭，对音乐的热爱和独特的才能。
小题1:推理题：从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。
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands and inspired his daughter.可知Billie Holiday是受Clerence Holiday的影响。选B。
小题3:推理题：从第四段的句子：The talented Billie Holiday loved singing. She sang and listened to music whenever she could.可知Billie 很有音乐天赋。选D
小题4:句意理解题：从最后一段的句子：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绪影响。选D。
小题5:推理题：从第五段的句子：Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the theater so that she could listen to the records.可知答案是A
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A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the 1 – five dollars was far beyond Reuben Earle’s money. Five dollars would 2 almost a week’s food for his family.
But hearing the sound of hammering (捶打的声音) from a side street, Reuben had a(n) 3 . He ran towards the sound and discovered he could 4 the hessian sacks (麻袋) which were thrown away and sell them for five cents a piece.
Every day 5 , Reuben walked down the town, collecting 6 . On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more 7 than Reuben, for he had more time for his “work”. Then one day the time had 8 .
Reuben ran down Water Street to the 9 . “Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.” The man took the sacks, 10 into his pocket and placed four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben said a thank you and 11 home. On arriving home, Reuben uncovered the tin can 12 he kept the money. He poured the coins out and began to count. He had 13 .
Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he told the owner 14 . The man went to the window and 15 Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off, carefully wrapped (包裹) it in brown paper and 16 it to Reuben.
Racing home, Reuben shouted, “Here, Mom! Here!” He placed a small 17 in her hands. She unwrapped it carefully. A jewel box 18 . Dora lifted the lid (盖子), tears beginning to fill her eyes. Dora had 19 received such a gift; she had no jewelry 20 her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled and gathered her son into her arms.
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Son’s Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
小题1:Mr. Lang was paid much because _______. | A．he was a driver | B．he worked in a factory | | C．he had worked there for a long time | D．he had a lot of work to do |
小题2:Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______. | A．she thought her husband was tired | B．she couldn’t find any work | | C．her husband spent all time in gambling | D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling |
小题3:_______, so he was put into lockup. | A．Mr. Lang was late for work | B．Mr. Lang often gambled | | C．Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home | D．Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police |
小题4:The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______. | A．he wouldn’t stop gambling | B．he didn’t love her any longer | | C．he had been put into lockup | D．he was hardly sent away by the factory |
小题5:Which of the following is right? | A．The boy thought his father needed some policemen | | B．The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again. | | C．The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon. | | D．The boy hoped his mother to come back. |
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Some say every day miracles are predestined (注定的)---- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.
In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother"s Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn"t planned to be there that day, but at the last minute,she had changed her shift (轮班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions (按压). And he came to life.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking .
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he"d first learned in Scouts, the food that was trapped in the woman"s throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
“The food was stuck. I couldn"t breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
小题1:Kevin Stephan fell to the ground and fainted probably because ________.| A．he stood close to the boy who was swinging his bat | | B．he suffered from heart attack all of a sudden | | C．he was too excited when watching the game | | D．he swung the bat too hard to keep his balance |
小题2:Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?| A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life. | | B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills. | | C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college. | | D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke |
小题3:Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?| A．She was there to give her son directions. | | B．She volunteered to give medical services. | | C．She was a little worried about her son’s safety. | | D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him . |
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“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For years March (possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.
He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning: “Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications (复杂化), ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.
In one interesting part of the book, for example, he turns a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the complicated truth of things. He says “The more accurately reality is presented, the less understandable the story, and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”
Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher, March is also a poet, and his gift shines through in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding: Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.
小题1:According to the text, James March is ________.| A．a poet who uses experience in his writing | | B．a teacher who teachers story writing in university | | C．a researcher who studies the way humans think and act | | D．a professor who helps organizations make important decisions |
小题2:According to James March, experience ________. | A．is overvalued | B．is easy to explain | | C．should be actively sought | D．should be highly respected |
小题3:What can we learn from Paragraph 3?| A．Experience makes stories more accurate. | | B．Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth. | | C．The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning. | | D．Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described. |
小题4:What’s the purpose of this text?| A．To introduce a book. | B．To describe a researcher. | | C．To explain experiential learning. | D．To discuss organizational decision making. |
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Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s very beautiful, I could read lots of books there and I made lots of friends there. But it’s hot in 11 . So I usually returned to my hometown when my 12 began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could 13 in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.
One day I had some problems to solve. But I didn’t take the 14 home. My father told me Charlie, one of my 15 , had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I 16 my middle school. At first he didn’t 17 me. He looked me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred! I haven’t seen you for a long time!”
Of course we were 18 to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and 19 . We also talked about the interesting things at that time. Later on he showed me around his 20 . It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I 21 were in it too. At last I said, “Can you 22 some dictionaries to me, please?”
“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to others,” said the young man.
“Are you afraid I’ll 23 them?”
“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t 24 them to me. Look! All the books in my library are not 25 , but borrowed!”
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| 小题14: | | A．pay | B．return | C．send | D．give |
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