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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