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It was August 2nd, 1927. The news had sp...

It was August 2nd, 1927. The news had spread ______ .

A man named Craig Pierce was coming to the city of Bristol. He wanted to make recordings of local people singing and playing musical instruments. And he said he would ____ fifty dollars for each song recorded. That was a huge ____ in those days. Many people came to Bristol that day to ____ for Mr. Pierce. But one group seemed to have just the sound that he was ____.  They were a man named A.P. Carter,his wife Sara,and her cousin Maybelle. They ____ themselves the Carter Family.

Their first recordings were sent to _____ throughout the United States. Many listeners were ___ at what they heard. Instead of classical or jazz songs that radio stations usually played,a new ___ was born.  The Carter Family sounded ____ . They did not sound ____ they had taken music lessons. But it did not matter. The people in poor rural areas thought they sounded just like their ____ .

The Carters sang songs about living in the mountains of Virginia,Tennessee,and North Carolina. They sang about the _____ of a young man for a special girl. They sang about the beauty of nature. They sang about death and sadness. And they sang religious songs that told of the hope for a(an)  ____  life after death.

A.P. Carter sang in the group and also searched for ____ songs. He often traveled long ____ to small towns in the southeastern United States. He wanted to hear the songs that ____ people sang in their communities. He wrote down the words but kept the music in his ____. When he returned home, he helped Sara and Maybelle fit them to the Carter Family musical ____. The Carter Family soon became popular. Within three years, the Carter Family sold 300,000 recordings.

Life is like a stage, on which gold will _____.

1.A. wide    B. fast    C. well    D. short

2.A. bring    B. take    C. lend    D. pay

3.A. sum    B. celebration    C. money    D. instrument

4.A. wait    B. listen    C. play    D. learn

5.A. looking for    B. looking after    C. picking up    D. picking out

6.A. asked    B. called    C. wished    D. showed

7.A. rural areas    B. big cities    C. radio stations    D. families

8.A. surprised    B. good    C. slow    D. annoyed

9.A. story    B. singer    C. song    D. sound

10.A. interesting    B. great    C. appealing    D. different

11.A. in case    B. as if    C. even if    D. as long as

12.A. teachers    B. farmers    C. neighbors    D. owners

13.A. beauty    B. love    C. respect    D. description

14.A. bitter    B. early    C. worse    D. better

15.A. new    B. modern    C. same    D. exact

16.A. directions    B. distances    C. places    D. trains

17.A. talented    B. famous    C. local    D. old

18.A. diary    B. memory    C. songs    D. stories

19.A. style    B. program    C. show    D. concert

20.A. develop    B. distinguish    C. shine    D. change

 

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.B 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.A 20.C 【解析】本文向我们介绍了第一个以乡村音乐为曲风的家庭。 1.考查副词。A. wide 广阔的 B. fast 快的 C. well 好的 D. short短的。消息传播的很快,根据句意可知选B。 2.考查动词。A. bring 带来 B. take 带走 C. lend 借 D. pay付钱。他说他会给每一首录制的歌曲付50美元,根据句意可知答案为D。 3.考查名词。A. sum 总数 B. celebration 庆祝 C. money 钱 D. instrument乐器,工具。在哪个年代那可是一大笔数目啊,根据句意可知选A。 4.考查动词。A. wait等 B. listen听 C. play 演奏 D. learn学习。既然有那么高的报酬,所以许多人都去给Mr. Pierce演唱,根据语境选C。 5.考查动词短语。A. looking for 寻找 B. looking after 照顾 C. picking up 捡起 D. picking out挑选。但是只有一个组合似乎有他一直在寻找的声音,根据句意可知选A。 6.考查动词。A. asked 请求 B. called 称,叫 C. wished 希望 D. showed表现。他们称他们自己是Carter家族,根据句意 可知选B。 7.考查名词。A. rural areas乡村地区 B. big cities 大城市 C. radio stations 广播站 D. families家人。根据throughout the United States.可知是整个美国,不是哪个地方,而且后一句有原词复现radio stations,故肯定是把他们录制的歌曲送到了广播站,然后通过无线广播让所有人都听到,故答案为C。 8.考查形容词。A. surprised 惊奇的 B. good 好的 C. slow慢的 D. annoyed恼怒的。根据后文的描述可知听众们对他们所听到的歌曲非常的吃惊,故选A。 9.考查名词。A. story 故事 B. singer 歌手 C. song歌曲 D. sound声音。前面起到了classical or jazz两种音乐形式,所以这出现的肯定是一种新的声音,根据语境可知选D。 10.考查形容词。A. interesting 有趣的 B. great 伟大的 C. appealing 吸引人的 D. different不同的。Carter家族唱的歌听起来很不同寻常,根据语境可知选D。 11.考查连词。A. in case 以防 B. as if 仿佛 C. even if 即使 D. as long as只要。他们听起来仿佛没有上过音乐课,根据前后句意可知答案为B。 12.考查名词。A. teachers 老师 B. farmers 农民 C. neighbors 邻居 D. owners物主。那些贫穷的农村地区的人们认为他们听起来就像是他们的邻居一样。根据句意可知选C。 13.考查名词。A. beauty 美 B. love 爱 C. respect 尊重 D. description描述。根据空后a young man for a special girl.可知肯定是男女之间的爱情,故选B。 14.考查形容词比较级。A. bitter 更苦的 B. early 更早的 C. worse更糟糕的 D. better更好的。前面有一个很重要的词hope,希望,既然是希望,那么肯定是希望死后有更好的生活,选D。 15.考查形容词。A. new 新的 B. modern 现代的 C. same 相同的 D. exact确切的。根据下一句中说他经常长途跋涉去其它的小镇,肯定是寻找新的歌曲,总是唱一样的歌肯定不行,故选A。 16.考查名词。A. directions 方向 B. distances 距离 C. places 地方 D. trains火车。此处long distances指的是很远的距离,他长途跋涉,符合句意,故选B。 17.考查形容词。A. talented 有才能的 B. famous 有名的 C. local 本地的 D. old老的。他想听那些当地人唱的歌曲,根据句意可知答案为C。 18.考查名词。A. diary 日记 B. memory 记忆 C. songs 歌曲 D. stories故事。他写下那些歌词把音乐记在脑子里,根据语境和常识可知选B。 19.考查名词。A. style 样式 B. program 程序 C. show 表演 D. concert音乐会。回到家之后他帮助Sara 和 Maybelle一起把这些新歌调整成Carter家族的音乐样式,根据句意可知选A。 20.考查动词。A. develop 发展 B. distinguish 区别 C. shine发光,闪耀 D. change改变。生活就像舞台,金子总会在舞台上发光的,根据语境可知选C。 【名师点睛】 【名师点睛】 词汇复现包括原词复现、同义词复现、同根词复现、概括词复现以及结构复现等。完形填空所选的文章都是具有逻辑关系、意义相连的语篇,因此,在行文中不可避免地会出现词语的复现、前后同义或反义、相互照应等现象。所以,解题时应联系上下文寻找相关线索,如某一个词的原词、指代词、同义词、近义词、上义词、下义词和概括词等。但由于我们在做题时不可能总是重复地阅读文章,因此,在做完形填空时要培养一种捕捉并记忆相关信息的能力。 比如,第7题:Their first recordings were sent to ___7___ throughout the United States. 根据后一句中有原词复现radio stations,再结合语境,肯定是把他们录制的歌曲送到了广播站,然后通过无线广播让全美所有人都听到,故可更加确定答案为C。
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