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14．Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz singers in America．Her life was just a mixture of success and tragedy （悲剧）．Her singing expressed her experiences and feelings．
Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915in Baltimore，Maryland．Her parents were Sadie Fagan and Clarence Holiday．They were young when their daughter was born．Their marriage failed because Clarence Holiday was often out．He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands and inspired his daughter．
Sadie Fagan cleaned people's houses to make a living．But she could not support her family with the money she earned．So she moved to New York City where the pay was higher．She left her daughter in Baltimore with one of her distant relatives （亲戚）．
The young girl Eleanora Fagan changed her name to Billie，because she liked a movie star，Billie Dove．The talented Billie Holiday loved singing．She sang and listened to music whenever she could．In one place near her home there was a machine that played records．The building was a theater where many famous singers also performed their newly-made songs for free．
Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the theater so that she could listen to the records．It was there that young Billie first heard the records of some famous black American blues artists of the 1920s．She heard Bessie Smith sing the blues．And she heard Louis Armstrong play the horn．Both musicians had a great influence （影响） on her．
Billie Holiday once said，"I do not think I'm singing．I feel like I am playing a horn．What comes out is what I feel．I hate straight singing．I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it．That is all I know．"

72．Who might be the first to have an influence on Billie Holiday's career in music？B
A．Sadie Fagan        B．Clerence Holiday．
C．Bessie Smith．     D．Louis Armstrong
73．From the passage，we can learn thatD．
A．Sadie Fagan was fond of living in New York
B．Clerence Holiday didn't love his wife at all
C．Billie lived a happy childhood
D．Billie had a gift for music
74．The underlined sentence"What comes out is what I feel"meansD．
A．Billie Holiday doesn't like to sing for others
B．Billie Holiday's songs complain about her unhappy childhood
C．Billie Holiday is fond of the songs written for herself
D．Billie Holiday's music is filled with feeling
75．In order to listen to the records in the theater，Billie HolidayA．
A．cleaned floors for the theater      B．changed her name
C．moved to New York                   D．separated from her parents．

分析 本文介绍了Billie Holiday的出生，家庭，对音乐的热爱和独特的才能．

解答 72：B 细节题：从第二段的句子：He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands and inspired his daughter．可知Billie Holiday是受Clerence Holiday的影响．选B．
73：D 推理题：从第四段的句子：The talented Billie Holiday loved singing．She sang and listened  to music whenever she could．可知Billie 很有音乐天赋．选D
74：D 句意理解题：从最后一段的句子：I hate straight singing．I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it．That is all I know．"可知她唱歌是受自己的情绪影响．选D．
75：A 推理题：从第五段的句子：Billie cleaned floors and did other jobs for the theater so that she could listen to the records．可知答案是A

点评 本文是人物故事类阅读理解．做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．

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