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【題目】閱讀理解
In the fall of 1959, Freed suffered a bad reputation for rumors of bribery (賄賂行為), and his troubles were too strong to be resisted. When WABC asked Freed to sign a statement swearing that he had never taken bribes, he refused and was fired. Although he later signed such a statement for WNEW-TV, he lost his television show as well.
Finding himself unwelcome in New York, Freed fled to the West Coast, where he managed to land a daytime disc jockey (流行音樂播音員) job at KDAY in Los Angeles in 1960. Legal problems continued to bother him, though, and he was charged with taking bribes of more than $30,000 from a number of record companies. Publicly, Freed denied that he had ever accepted direct bribes, although he acknowledged that he had accepted gifts from record companies, but only for playing records that he was certain would become hits anyway. After a short time at KDAY, he left when the station management refused to let him promote his live rock ‘n' roll shows. He returned to New York, but not as a broadcaster. At the height of the great enthusiasm for the twist dance, he hosted a Manhattan twist revue (時事諷刺劇), but when this enthusiasm cooled, he found a disc jockey job at WQAM in Miami in 1962. During this difficult period, Freed began drinking heavily and lost his job in Miami after only two months. In December of 1962 he was found guilty in New York of two charges of commercial bribery and was given a six-month sentence and fined $300. This effectively ended his career.
Freed spent the last years of his life in Palm Springs, California. Although he had redefined what it meant to be a disc jockey and named the music that had become an anthem (圣歌) for the world's youth, he was a disgraced (恥辱的) and broken man, no longer able to work in the business he loved. On January 20, 1965, he died in a hospital in Palm Springs.
（1）Why was Freed fired by WABC?
A.Because he took bribes.
B.Because he swore he didn't take bribes.
C.Because he refused to admit taking bribes.
D.Because he refused to make a statement as WABC required.
（2）According to Freed, he accepted the gifts from record companies only when _______.
A.the gifts were not valuable
B.the gifts had no connection with playing records
C.the records he was asked to play were very famous
D.the records he was asked to play would surely become popular
（3）What can we learn from the passage?
A.Freed didn't take bribes at all.
B.Freed showed no talent for music.
C.Freed had made contributions in his career.
D.KDAY fired Freed because of his addiction to alcohol.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）D
（3）C
【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹電視主持人Freed因為接受了唱片公司給的禮物而被指控為有賄賂行為，從此后麻煩不斷。這不僅讓他失去了電視節(jié)目的主持人的工作，還因此做過牢。在這段時間內(nèi)他做過流行音樂播音員，他主持過時事諷刺劇等，由此可知他做過好工作，最終因為這件丑事而不能做自己所愛的工作，最后死在醫(yī)院。
（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的” When WABC asked Freed to sign a statement swearing that he had never taken bribes, he refused and was fired.“可知，當WABC要求Freed簽署一份聲明，說他沒有貪污受賄，他拒絕了，于是他被解雇了，可知選D。
（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Freed denied that he had ever accepted direct bribes, although he acknowledged that he had accepted gifts from record companies, but only for playing records that he was certain would become hits anyway.” 可知，他公開否認自己接受過直接賄賂，盡管他承認自己接受了唱片公司的禮物，但只是因為播放他確信他播放的唱片會成為熱門。而選項D項（請他放的唱片一定會很受歡迎）符合題意，故選D。
（3）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一、二段內(nèi)容可知Freed確實是受賄了，故A是錯誤的，從文章中可知Freed是一個電視節(jié)目的主持人，沒有涉及他有無音樂天賦，故B不正確，在文章第一段“, he lost his television show”可知他是個電視主持人，第二段“Freed fled to the West Coast, where he managed to land a daytime disc jockey job at KDAY” 做過流行音樂播音員�！癶e hosted a Manhattan twist revue (時事諷刺劇), but when this enthusiasm cooled, he found a disc jockey job at WQAM in Miami in 1962. During this difficult period, Freed began drinking heavily and lost his job in Miami after only two months.”（因對扭舞的熱情的高度，他主持了曼哈頓時事諷刺劇，但當這種熱情冷卻時，他1962在邁阿密WQAM DJ工作。在這個艱難時期，開始酗酒，并在兩個月后失去了在邁阿密的工作。）此句可知他因為酗酒失去了在邁阿密的DJ工作，故D是錯誤的。分析以上的內(nèi)容可知他主持過時事諷刺劇，做過DJ等工作，由此可知他做過好工作，在工作中取得一定的成績，因而C是正確的。故選C。