MarianAndersonwasanAmerican.Shewasbornin1897,inPh...

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       Marian Anderson was an American. She was born in 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up surrounded by poverty. Yet she remembered her family as a   21  one because of her parents’ love.

       It was in church that Marian first  22  to sing in public. She was six years old then. The songs were about   23  and the hope for a better life after death. Her interest in music  24  as she got older. When she was eight. her father brought home an old piano. But the Andersons were too 25  to pay someone to teach Marian. So she was able to  26  herself only a few simple songs. Her 27  remained her most important musical instrument.

       Marian’s father  28  when she was ten years old. She had to go to work to help  29  her family. She 30  to sing at church on Sunday. Soon, other churches  31  the young girl with a beautiful, deep voice, They invited her to sing for them. Marian  32  . She began singing in African-American churches  33  Philadelphia.

       At about this time, several people told Marian that she should have a voice teacher. They told her that a beautiful voice could be destroyed   34  it was not trained. Marian said she always sang 35  , without any thought of how she did it. She realized that she would need some  36  .

       The people in Marian’s church were very  37  her. They wanted to help,  38  many of them were as poor as the Anderson family. They  39  enough money to pay for a few voice lessons. She went to a local music school in Philadelphia.

       Marian was a talented singer. But without those people’s  40  , she might not have become so successful.

(    )al                  B. wealthy                  C. surprising                    D. happy

(    )22.A. tried                            B. began                   C. dreamed                     D. pretended 

(    )23.A. suffering                     B. joy                          C. trust                       D. love 

(    )24.A. decreased          B. changed               C. grew                      D. appeared 

(    )25.A. common                    B. poor                      C. unwilling                D. busy 

(    )26.A. find                      B. charge                  C. teach                            D. afford 

(    )27.A. piano                   B. voice                            C. skill                        D. interest 

(    )28.A. died                            B. moved                   C. escaped               D. concluded 

(    )29.A. protect                B. offer                       C. hold                       D. support 

(    )30.A. continued            B. decided                C. refused                 D. stopped 

(    )31.A. believed in          B. referred to            C. heard of                D. thought of

(    )32.A. considered         B. accepted                     C. doubted                D. followed 

(    )33.A. in the middle of  B. next to                   C. out of                     D. all over 

(    )34.A. so                        B. because               C. if                            D. unless 

(    )35.A. carefully                     B. strangely               C. differently              D. naturally 

(    )36.A. influence             B. encouragement   C. training                 D. effort 

(    )37.A. careful about             B. afraid of                C. angry with             D. proud of 

(    )38.A. only if                   B. even though          C. as if                       D. in case 

(    )39.A. collected                    B. counted                 C. promised                     D. returned 

(    )40.A. decision                     B. help                       C. opinion                 D. lessons 

【回答】

21-25DBACB  26—30 CBADA  31—35 CBDCD     36—40 CDBAB

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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