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1、高考英语阅读理解专练(15篇)AOneofthemostsuccessfulsingersofthetwentiethcentury,EllaFitzgeraldhasmadeseveraldifferentstylesherown.ShewasborninVirginiabutwasbroughtupinanorphanageinYonkers,NewYork.ChickWebbspottedherinanamateurcompetitionwhenshewassixteen.Heengagedhertosingwithhisbandandwhenhediedi
2、n1939,shetookover.UnlikeBessieSmith,EllaFitzgeraldtaughtherselfthesentimentalmusicsopopularinthe1930’s------songslike“MyHeartBelongstoDaddy”-----andherrecordingsbecamebest-sellers.Duringthe1940’sshedevelopedherown“scatsinging”----abreathless,nonsense---syllablestyle----forsongslike“Fl
3、yingHome”and“LadyBeGood.”EllaFitzgeraldwastheperfectmusicalpartnerforherfriend,thetrumpeterLouisArmstrong,matchinghiminwarmthandartistry.“Ijustlikemusic,period,”shesaid.“Tome,it’sastory.There’sonlyonethingbetterthansinging….It’smoresinging.”1.Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?A.Acompari
4、sonofEllaFitzgeraldandBessieSmith.B.ThemusicalcareerofEllaFitzgerald.C.EllaFitzgerald’searlychildhood.D.EllaFitzgerald’smostrecentrecordings.2.Theunderlinedword“spotted”means______.A.noticedB.broughtupC.employedD.recognized3.WhatdoesthepassageimplyaboutEllaFitzgeraldandLouisArmstrong?
5、A.Theywerethefoundersof“scatsinging”.B.Theyplayedthesamemusicalinstruments.C.Theyperformedwelltogether.D.Theywereamarriedcouple.BFamilieshavealwayschanged.Forinstance,oncethefamilywastheworld.Inotherwords,atonetimeeverythingapersondidtookplacewithinthefamily.Thefamilywasachild’sonlysc
6、hool.Oneworshipedonlywithinthefamily.Therulessetupbythefamilyweretheonlylawsonehadtoobey,andthefamilywastheonlymeansonehadtosettleadispute.Thefamilyisstillthe“world’insomecultures.Butinmanycultures,theseformerfunctionsofthefamilyhavelargelybeentakenoverbyotherinstitutions,suchasschool
7、s,churches,andgovernments.Inthepast,familieschangedinotherways.Somescientistsbelievethatwhenpeopleobtainedfoodbyhuntinganimalsandgatheringrootsandplants,thenuclearfamilywastherule.Thefamilyhadtobesmallinordertomovearoundandliveofftheland.Whenpeoplesettledinoneplaceandbegantofarmtoobta
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