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人教版(2019)高一英语下学期期中复习查缺补漏冲刺满分
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(2022春.黑龙江大庆-高一大庆中学校考期中)Daughter of an opera singer,Pat Benatar first studied
opera at Juilliard before dropping out to marry her high school sweetheart.Together they moved to New York,but
the two soon separated.In the hope of living happily ever after,she remembered her earlier dream of becoming a
professional singer and started trying hard to realize it.At night,Benatar worked as a singing waitress.During the
day,she knocked at the doors of record companies with her demo tape().
For three years,she was met with nothing but rejections()from record companies.These record
companies were fond of her voice but they said that she was too feminine()for the style of music she
performed.Then,on Halloween night 1977,Benatar gave a performance dressed as a modern vampire().
The audience went wild.This experience led Benatar to change her looks.In her later performances,she usually
wore black tights and a short black top.
The new style made her performances more popular,and gave her a chance to work for Chrysalis Records.
Her first single,Heartbreaker,headed the Top 40 charts,as did several of her other songs.Benatar won four
Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal performance,from 1980 to 1983.Benatar was also the winner of three
American Music Awards:Favorite Female Pop/Rock Vocalist of 1981 and 1983,and Favorite Female Pop/Rock
Video Artist of 1985.
In 2010,Pat Benatar wrote a book,Between a Heart and a Rock Place,discussing her early life and success
in the music business
1.Benatar wanted to realize her dream of being a professional singer after
A.she ended her marriage
B.she had a daughter
C.she lost her job as a singer waitress.
D.she finished her studies at Julliard
2.Benatar was rejected by many record companies because of
A.her voice
B.her looks
C.her experience
D.her songs
3.The underlined word"wild"in Paragraph 2 probably means"
A.crazy
B.quiet
C.impatient
D.nervous
4.The