北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
2020年11月真题PartIReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
CountrymusicstarKennyRogers,knownforclassicslikeTheGamblerandIslandsintheStream,diedFridaynight.Hewas81.HediedofnaturalcausesathomeinSandySprings,Georgia.
Duringhissix-decadecareer,thepopularsingersoldmorethan100millionalbumsworldwide,wonthreeGrammyAwardsandwasgivenaplaceintheCountryMusicHallofFame.(76)Healsopublishedseveralphotographybooks,donatedtimeandmoneytonoblecauses,appearedinanumberofmade-for-televisionmoviesandlaunchedarestaurantchain.
KennethDonaldRogerswasborninHoustononAug.21,1938.ThefourthofEdwardandLucilleseightchildren,Rogersgrewupinagovernmenthousingproject.Hewasthefirstpersoninhisfamilytoreceiveahighschooldiploma.
Asearlyaselementaryschool,Ibegantoseemusicandsingingasarelieffromalltheawkwardnessandembarrassmentofgrowinguppoor,shyandoftenanoutsider.Rogerswroteinhis
2012book,LuckorSomethingLikeit:Memoir.Heenteredhisfirsttalentcontestwhenhewas10.His
versionofLovesickBlueswonhimthegrandprize:ahalf-gallonoficecreamandameetingwithacountrymusicstar.
Inhighschool,heformedavocalgroupcalledtheScholars.Theyrecordedafewforgettablesongs,thenwenttheirseparateways.Asasoloartist,KennethRogersrecordedasongcalledThatCrazyFeeling,whichwasreleasedtothepublic.
In1959,jazzpianistBobbyDoyleheardRogersplayataclubandaskedhimtojointheBobbyDoyleThreeasabassist(贝斯手)andharmonysinger,Rogerswasnta