题目内容
It’s one of the coldest days of the year in Manhattan, with icy winds keeping most people indoors, but not Esperanza Spalding. The 27-year-old jazz artist is racing all over town. She spent the morning at a photo shoot for DownBeat magazine. Now she’s heading to a recording studio to fine-tune her next album. She rarely tweets, texts, or watches TV. She goes to bed early, gets up early, and practices the bass—her instrument of choice—every day.
Her diligence pays. Since winning the Grammy for Best New Artist last year—besting Justin Bieber and making his fans angry, her new album, Radio Music Society, comes out next month. The album is her fourth, and its 11 tunes are accompanied by short films, shot in New York, Spain, and Oregon.
Spalding became famous the old-fashioned way: No reality shows, She credits her mother, a single parent, with her early interest in the arts, She listened to the “oldies”—Motown and British rock bands from the ’60s and ’70s—because her mother didn’t think the modern stuff was good for her.
She says. “ I’m sure my whole life we were under the poverty line, you know, but I still felt rich. I had a rich upbringing, rich in the sense of a lot of love, a lot of education, nature, music and art, and laughing.” She adds, “It’s not just about the income you make.”
57. From the text, we can know that Spalding often .
A. does some reading B. works into the night
C. takes some outdoor exercise D. practices playing the bass
58. Why was Spalding able to win the Gammy for Best New Artist?
A. she had a great gift for a jazz music.
B. she devoted herself to music she loves.
C. her mother helped her with jazz music.
D. she beat Justin Bieber and his fans.
59. Spalding’s fourth album, Radio Music Society, was successfully filmed in
A. Manhattan B. Boston C. Oregon D. Washington
60. In Spalding’s eyes, which of the following mean “rich”?
A. leading a full life B. becoming famous
C. having enough money D. living a simple life
DBCA
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It can boost （促进） productivity. In one of the few studies ever done on this subject, Allan Allday, a 50 assistant professor of special education at Oklahoma State University, had middle school teachers greet their students individually each morning. This exchange of greetings raised the kids’ productivity. School went from impersonal to p 51 , and that resulted in more class participation and better grades. Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good.” Miss Gorgers answered, but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes? Kate.”
“I disagree. Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock he
re and it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” Kate said.
【小题1】
Miss Gorgers was teaching her class .
| A．how to telephone | B．about electricity | C．about time zone | D．about sound |
Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether .
| A．it was easy to phone to Los Angeles |
| B．her student could hear her from 75 feet away |
| C．her students had understood her lesson |
| D．sound waves were slower than electricity |
Kate thought Tom was wrong because .
| A．clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York |
| B．electricity was slower than sound waves |
| C．Tom was not good at physics at all |
| D．Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves |
Whose answer do you think is correct according to the laws of physics?
A. Tom’s. B. Kate’s. C. Both A and B. D. Neither A nor B.