Question

The music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks, 1.____ it doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very 2._____(skill)songwriting technique (技巧),” writes Leah Greenblatt with Entertainment Weekly.

Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used to 3._____(write) about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is always 4.___ true and honest. They seem like stories from 5._____ diary and that certainly helps Swift attract her audience.

She 6.____(sell) more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s self-titled debut (首張專輯) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever to 7.______(name) Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly, there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, 8._____ came out late last month, where she again returned 9._____ her own life for material. “The 14 songs are all about the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and10.______(crazy),” says Swift. “So I’ve written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18, 19 and 20.”

Answer 1

1.but

2.skillful

3.writing

4.something

5. a / her

6.has sold

7.be named

8.which

9.to

10.crazier

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的美國音樂人Taylor Swift的音樂創(chuàng)作故事。

1.but考查連詞。句意：音樂界從不缺少外貌出眾的流行歌手，但是沒有一個人像美國歌手Taylor那么美麗。but但是。

2.考查形容詞用法。形容詞作定語 。skillful熟練的。

3.writing考查非謂語。be used to doing習慣與做某事。

4.something考查不定代詞。句意：在她的歌曲里有一些真實和誠實的東西。something一些。

5.考查冠詞。句意：他們就好像她的日記中記錄的故事。她的her。或者是用不定冠詞a。

6.has sold考查現(xiàn)在完成時。到現(xiàn)在為止，所以用現(xiàn)在完成時。

7.be named考查動詞不定式。to be named被稱為。

8.which考查定語從句。根據(jù)句子結構可知此處是定語從句。從句中缺主語，先行詞是物，并且主從句間有逗號，所以用which。

9.to考查介詞。return to回到，返回，是固定短語。

10.crazier考查比較級。and連接并列結構，根據(jù)bigger，可知此處要用比較級。

考點：故事類短文