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 (首张专辑) 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】

试题分析：本文讲述的美国音乐人Taylor Swift的音乐创作故事。

1.but考查连词。句意：音乐界从不缺少外貌出众的流行歌手，但是没有一个人像美国歌手Taylor那么美丽。but但是。

2.考查形容词用法。形容词作定语 。skillful熟练的。

3.writing考查非谓语。be used to doing习惯与做某事。

4.something考查不定代词。句意：在她的歌曲里有一些真实和诚实的东西。something一些。

5.考查冠词。句意：他们就好像她的日记中记录的故事。她的her。或者是用不定冠词a。

6.has sold考查现在完成时。到现在为止，所以用现在完成时。

7.be named考查动词不定式。to be named被称为。

8.which考查定语从句。根据句子结构可知此处是定语从句。从句中缺主语，先行词是物，并且主从句间有逗号，所以用which。

9.to考查介词。return to回到，返回，是固定短语。

10.crazier考查比较级。and连接并列结构，根据bigger，可知此处要用比较级。

考点：故事类短文