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【題目】Tony Bennett, the American singer recently touring Britain, can’t remember how many times he has sung his standard hit “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”. He sang it again to his audience at the London Palladium last night. “I never get tired of singing it,” he said. “I like it too much. It’s a great city and it’s a good song.” Bennett is to record a TV special with American singer Lena Home while he is here. And a new LP recorded by him in London for Philips titled “Listen Easy” will be published in June. “I like it here,” he added quietly over whiskey. “I would like to live here so many months of the year.” He already keeps a large flat in Grosvenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna. It has a studio where he likes to paint. Tony plans to have his first exhibition later in the year and he has already sold one picture for $4, 000. At the end of the year, Tony is to star in a musical film which has been specially written for him called “Two Bits”, an informal expression for 50 cents. It’s about an Italian immigrant (移民) who goes to America, but he becomes a failure. “In many ways it’s very close to my life the way the story has been written,” said Bennett. “My father, an Italian, was ill and died when I was nine. He always wanted me to sing, but he never lived long enough to be a part of my success.” The film is to be made by Italy’s top director Vittoria De Sica.

【1】The underlined phrase “standard hit” most nearly means .

A. Bennett’s favorite song but it’ s not very popular

B. a song that is always popular

C. a song which makes him standard

D. a song which is like a heavy blow to his audience

【2】What was he doing when Tony Bennett was interviewed?

A. Recording a TV show. B. Making a musical film.

C. Staying with his wife. D. Drinking.

【3】What does Tony Bennett want to do?

A. Buy a house and live in England. B. Stay with his wife and daughter in England.

C. Live part of each year in England. D. Leave America and settle in England.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】文章大意：本文主要介紹了美國著名歌手Tony Bennett在音樂方面的成功和家庭方面的情況，以及他的興趣愛好，除在繪畫方面的成就，他還涉及了電影行業(yè)，而且他還是一個以家庭為中心的人。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據下文"He sang it again…他又唱起了它"以及"I never get tired of singing it我對唱它從不厭煩"和"it's a good song它是一首好歌"可推知劃線的詞意為"總是受歡迎的歌曲"，故答案選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的句子“I like it here,” he added quietly over whiskey.“我喜歡這里”他一邊喝威士忌，一邊平靜地補充說�？芍�，D選項符合題意，故答案選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據文中的句子“I would like to live here so many months of the year”我想每年在這里住幾個月"可知，Tony想每年在英國住一段時間，故答案選C。