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One of the most successful singers of the twentieth century, Ella Fitzgerald has made several different styles her own. She was born in Virginia but was brought up in an orphanage in Yonkers, New York. Chick Webb spotted her in an amateur competition when she was sixteen. He engaged her to sing with his band and when he died in 1939, she took over.

Unlike Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald taught herself the sentimental music so popular in the 1930’s------ songs like “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”----- and her recordings became best-sellers. During the 1940’s she developed her own “scat singing” ---- a breathless, nonsense---syllable style---- for songs like “Flying Home” and “Lady Be Good.”

Ella Fitzgerald was the perfect musical partner for her friend, the trumpeter Louis Armstrong, matching him in warmth and artistry. “I just like music, period,” she said. “To me, it’s a story. There’s only one thing better than singing…. It’s more singing.”

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. A comparison of Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith.

B. The musical career of Ella Fitzgerald.

C. Ella Fitzgerald’s early childhood.

D. Ella Fitzgerald’s most recent recordings.

2. The underlined word “spotted” means______.

A. noticed B. brought up C. employed D. recognized

3. What does the passage imply about Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong?

A. They were the founders of “scat singing”.

B. They played the same musical instruments.

C. They performed well together.

D. They were a married couple.

B

Families have always changed. For instance, once the family was the world. In other words, at one time everything a person did took place within the family. The family was a child’s only school. One worshiped only within the family. The rules set up by the family were the only laws one had to obey, and the family was the only means one had to settle a dispute. The family is still the “world’ in some cultures. But in many cultures, these former functions of the family have largely been taken over by other institutions, such as schools, churches, and governments.

In the past, families changed in other ways. Some scientists believe that when people obtained food by hunting animals and gathering roots and plants, the nuclear family was the rule. The family had to be small in order to move around and live off the land. When people settled in one place and began to farm to

obtain food, they found that they needed more hands to do the work. The extended family developed in some cultures. Now in addition to their children, people lived together with their parents and even grandparents.

How are families changing today? The number of nuclear families seems to be increasing everywhere in the world. The number of extended families is declining. One reason for this seems to be that in many cultures today people are leaving farms and villages to find jobs in the city. Extended families are hard to maintain when people have to be free to move in order to find work.

4. In many cultures today, __________.

A. the family is the world

B. the family is not an institution.

C. the family does not have any functions.

D. the family has lost many of the functions it used to have.

5. The nuclear family was the rule because _________.

A. the family had to move around to find enough food.

B. people didn’t know many ways of hunting animals.

C. People needed many hands to do farming.

D. the extended family had not been invented yet.

6. The reason why many people are leaving farms to find jobs in the city is ________.

A. that there are more and more nuclear families in the world.

B. that extended families are hard to maintain.

C. that people do not like to settle down.

D. not stated in above article.

7. Which of the following is true?

A. Although the nuclear family developed before the extended family, the latter is gaining more and more popularity everywhere in the world.

B. the most important reason why people are leaving villages is that they do not enjoy living together with their parents or grandparents.

C. Different types of families have developed as different ways of life are accepted.

D. Families change because tides and fashions always change.