Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
Country music star Kenny Rogers， known for classics like“The Gambler”and“Islands in the Stream”， died Friday night.Hewas8l. He died of natural causes at home in Sandy Springs，Georgia.
During his six-decade career，the popular singers old more than 100 million albums worldwide， won three Grammy Awards and was given a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame.(76) He also published several photography books，donated time and money to noble causes appeared in a number of made-for-television movies and launched a restaurant chain.
Kenneth Donald Rogers was born in Houston on Aug.21，1938.The fourth of Edward and Lucille's eight children， Rogers grew up in a government housing project. He was the first person in his family to receive a high school diploma.
“As early as elementary school， I began to see music and singing as are lif from all the awkwardness and embarrassment of growing up poor， shy and often an outsider.”Rogers wrote in his 2012 book， Luck or Something Like It：A Memoir. He entered his first talent contest when he was 10. His version of “Lovesick Blues “won him the grand prize：a half-gallon of ice cream and a meeting with a country music star.
In high school， he formed a vocal group called the Scholars. They recorded a few regale songs， then went their separate ways.
As a solo art it， Kenneth Rogers recorded a song called “That Crazy Feeling”， which was released to the public.
In 1959， jazz pianist Bobby Doyle heard Rogers play at a club and asked him to join the Bobby Doyle Three as a basit (贝斯手) and harmony singer. Rogers wasn't a bass player but signed on any way. The group dis banded (解散) in the mid-1960s. By then， Rogers had“a med how to be a musician from Bobby Doyle， ”a she wrote half a century later.
1.From the passage we learn that Kenny Rogers was born in the .
early 1960s
late 1930s
early 1950s
late 1940s
【答案】 B
【解析】细节判断题。第三段第一句“Kenneth Donald Rogers was born in Houston on Aug.21，1938.”因此我们得知肯尼斯·唐纳德·罗杰斯出生于20世纪30年代末期， 即“in the late 1930s”。
2. According to the passage， ”is one of Kenny Rogers' best remembered songs.
The Gambler
That Crazy Feeling
Lovesick Blues
Luck or Something Like It：A Memoir
【答案】 A
【解析】细节判断题。第一段第一句“Country music star Kenny Rogers
known for classics like ‘The Gambler’and‘Islands in the Stream'， died
Friday night.”由此我们得知肯尼·罗杰斯最令人难忘的歌曲是“The Gambler”
and“Islands in the Stream”。选项中只有Ａ项符合。
3. The word version in Paragraph 4 is probably closest in meaning to .
translating
reading
singing
dancing
【答案】 C
【解析】词汇理解题。第四段最后一句“His version of‘Lovesick Blues ‘won him the grand prize：a half-gallon of ice cream and a meeting with a country music star.”此处的“version”本义为“版本”，
《相思布鲁斯》为一首歌曲，原句直译为“他的《相思布鲁斯》的版本…”，意思就是“他翻唱的《相思布鲁斯》…….， 即“version”等同于singing“歌唱”， 故选C。A项translating意为“翻译”； B项reading意为“阅读”； D项dancing意为“跳舞”， 均不符合句意。
4. According to the passage， Kenny Rogers .
came from a rich family
was very confident
didn't finish high school
wasn't a bass player
【答案】D
【解析】细节判断题。最后一段第二句“Rogers wasn't a bass player but signed on anyway.”“罗杰斯不是贝斯手，但还是签约了”。由此可知D项表述正确，其他选项均与原文不符。第三段第二句提到“罗杰斯在爱德华和露西尔的八个孩子中排行第四，在政府提供的住房中长大”，可知罗杰斯家并不富裕，排除Ａ项；第三段最后一句提到“他是他家里第一个获得高中文凭的人”，可知罗杰斯完成了高中学业，排除Ｃ项；第四段第一句提到“早在上小学时，我就开始把音乐和唱歌视为一种解脱，摆脱在成长过程中的贫穷、害羞和常常是局外人的所有尴尬与难堪”，可知罗杰斯曾经很自卑，并不自信，排除B项。
5. Which of the following contributes the most to his success as a country music star?
. The government housing project that he grew up in.
The first talent contest that he took part in
The association with Bobby Doyle.
The restaurant chain that he launched.
【答案】 C
【解析】细节判断题。最后一段最后一句“By then， Rogers had‘learned how to be a musician from Bobby Doyle， 'as he wrote half a century later.” “正如罗杰斯在半个世纪后写道的那样，那时他已经从鲍比·道尔那里学会了如何成为一名音乐家”，我们可知正是由于鲍比·道尔对罗杰斯的知遇之恩，促进了罗杰斯的极大进步，使得他成为一名成功的乡村音乐明星。