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.”

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

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

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

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

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

I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother
and his friends were all 36  of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they 37  that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought 38  for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother  39  me the ticket. I was really 40 !
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our 41 . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became 42 . I could barely make out the stage in the 43 . We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band 44  the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t 45  what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as 46  as a jet engine. I could 47  the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just 48  that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to 49 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50  and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51  from a long sleep. My ears were still 52  with the beat of the last song.
After the 53  , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54 , I listen to one of their songs and 55  I’m back at that first show.

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mum keeps telling me “Turn the radio down!” or “Can’t you listen to anything else” or “I don’t know how you can  36  with all noises.” Even my friends at school don’t appreciate the  37  I love, and my best friend told me I am a ‘radio junkie.’
I thought about the music that  38  me each day. It represented a wide range of music  39  ——I certainly wasn’t narrow—minded. I don’t only listen to hard roc, but also to music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, and it isn’t really that  40  . Perhaps my mum and dad aren’t as square as I thought they were, if that’s the sort of music they  41  .
While music is the most important  42  I listen to my radio, it’s not the only one. my favorite station has many  43  presenters, from the wake—up show to the latest night ‘stop—outs’, and with all sorts of up —beat variations in between. My ‘must—listen—to’  44  is the top 40 countdown where I get to   45  all the latest and very best music selections.
Do I learn anything form the  46  I listen to? Of course I do! If you listen   47  to the lyrics of most songs, they have something to  48  about every aspect of life. People who are sad, mad, glad or bad, all  49  their feelings in the songs they sing or in the music they play. You see, I’m learning  50  other people cope with these feelings, and in some small way, it’s helping me too.
Competitions, talk—back programs and the dreaded ‘ads’, are all  51  of radio, but it’s the music that attracts me most. I’ve   52  learned to do all sorts of things while listening to the music on the radio. I can do my homework, play sport, have a shower, get dressed,   53  while listening to the radio!
I’d rather not be  54  radio junkie, but if that’s the word that describes my radio listening  55  most exactly, then I guess I’ll have to live with it. my music suits me and I suit my music.
36．A．talk          B．think     C．listen         D．deal
37．A．noise         B．radio     C．music          D．thing
38．A．surrounds     B．encouragesC．educates      D．touches
39．A．lovers          B．boxes       C．lessons         D．styles
40．A．new         B．bad      C．perfect         D．particular
41．A．repeated      B．played      C．enjoyed       D．wrote
42．A．reason         B．thing     C．excuse         D．subject
43．A．experienced     B．different   C．popular        D．excellent
44．A．performance    B．record      C．edition         D．favorite
45．A．collect         B．see       C．hear         D．buy
46．A． songs         B．concerts    C．bands          D．programs
47．A．exactly        B．carefully   C．immediately     D．constantly
48．A．worry          B．argue     C．care          D．say
49．A．express        B．understandC．share         D．describe
50．A．whether       B．that      C．how         D．why
51．A．topics          B．sorts     C．value         D．part
52．A．even         B．ever     C．already        D．just
53．A．those         B．all        C．ones         D．everything
54．A．regarded      B．elected      C．called          D．named
55．A．stations        B．hobbies     C．selections      D．habits

对话填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

A: He is very good, isn’t he?

B: Sorry, what did you say?

A: I 1.s__________ the singer was great.

B: Yes, and interesting to watch.

A: Have you seen him here 2.b_________?

B: Oh, yes. He’s always at 3. e__________ the same place on Saturdays when I come into town. I think he probably 4.w__________ the music and words by himself, 5.b________ I’ve 6.n________ heard any of the songs before.

A: It’s not fair

B: What do you 7.m__________?

A: People with musical ability 8. l_________him have to stand around here to make a living.

B: Perhaps he enjoys 9.i_________ or more money than you think.

A: I 10. h_________ so.

I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother
and his friends were all  36  of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they  37  that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought  38  for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother  39  me the ticket. I was really  40 !
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our  41 . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became  42 . I could barely make out the stage in the  43 . We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band  44  the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t  45  what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as  46  as a jet engine. I could  47  the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just  48  that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to  49 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the  50  and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just  51  from a long sleep. My ears were still  52  with the beat of the last song.
After the  53  , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while,  54 , I listen to one of their songs and  55  I’m back at that first show.