In 2015, Adele Adkins（阿黛尔·阿德金斯） said “hello” ...

In 2015, Adele Adkins（阿黛尔·阿德金斯） said “hello” to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble ___1.___(beat) the competition, ___2.___ (become) not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but also its ___3.___ successful one. Her third album, 25, ___4.__ (release) on Nov 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than US singer Taylor Swift’s 1989 to become ___5.__ best-selling album of 2015. No __6. USA Today named Adele “Musician of the Year” on Dec 28.

So what is behind the album’s __7.___ (popular)? First and foremost, the 27-year-old British singer has “an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent”, wrote The Christian Science Monitor. But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal（魅力）. As the Chicago Tribute commented, “Adele sings about her personal struggles” with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world.

Take the album’s hit single Hello ___8.___ an example. Adele has connected with people this tear-stained(泪痕斑斑的) song because, as the Chicago Tribute (芝加哥论坛报) put it, “who doesn’t need a good cry once in a while?” Music, after all, is __9.___ Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called “a social event.” The pain in her songs satisfies everyone’s need for love. “It is this sense of ‘we’ve been here before’___10.__ makes Adele,” said the Chicago Tribute.

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After four silent years, British singer Adele Adkins finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello, the opening song from her third album 25, which came out on Nov. 20, 2015.

Although Adele is a very successful singer now, music wasn’t always what she saw herself doing. At age 10, when she saw her grandmother’s pain over the death of Adele’s grandfather, she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.

“I wanted to fix people’s hearts,” she told the UK music website i-D, remembering the childhood interest she’d had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.

“Adele didn’t go to medical school, but many would agree that she still has healing (治愈)powers. Her songs find the kind of memory every listener holds somewhere in their heart. This kind of feeling is what people have always liked in Adele,” said The Telegraph. “She writes a pop diary, sharing the simple secrets of her heart.”

Most successful pop stars make albums at a fast pace, but not Adele. After her second album 21 won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, she made it clear with her label that she would spend “four or five years” making her next album. She told magazine. “I won’t come out with new music until it’s better than 21.”

Instead of seeking fame, Adele remained silent and moved to the countryside. In her free time, she loved to watch TV series Teen Mom, American Horror Story, and The Walking Dead.

Living life as normally as possible is important to the singer’s art. “Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone who’ s not living in the real world,” Adele told i-D.“So I live a low-key life for my fans.”

1.What does die text mainly tell us?

A. The popularity of Adele’s album 25

B. The healing powers of Adele’s music

C. The secrets of Adele’s success in music

D. TV reason Adele’s becoming a singer

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Adele wasn’t interested in music

B. Adele wasn’t good at music at first

C. Music wasn’t very important in Adele’s life

D. Music wasn’t all Adele wanted to be devoted to

3.Why doesn’t Adele want to make albums at a fast pace?

A. To live a low-key life

B. To win the Grammy Award

C. To guarantee the quality of her music

D. To share the secrets of her heart as a musician

4.What can we know about Adele?

A. Her album Hello will come out on Nov. 20

B. She has kept a diary since childhood

C. She moved to the countryside before 2012

D. Her works are based on real life

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(2013·杭州学军中学高三质检)—I said hello to you in the street yesterday，but you________me completely.

—I’m sorry.Maybe I didn’t notice you.

A．cheated　    B．hid

C．ignored　    D．recognized

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She said her ________ is enough to support her in later years and that her only hope is that her son can visit regularly. After all she had not much time left.

A. pension B. benefit C. allowance D. bonus

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When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “Success is _______ you look back at your life and the memories make you smile. ”

A. how　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　　 C. where　　　　　　 D. when

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Lang Ping, who is said to have started her coaching career in Turkey, ________volleyball in China for almost twenty years.

A．played             B．have played         C．was playing        D．had played

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Every time she was in trouble, she went to him for help, as he said he ___ do anything for her.

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Every time she was in trouble, she went to him for help, as he said he　　 ________　　　 do anything for her.

A．should　　　　　　　　　     B．must

C．would　　　　　　　　　     D．might

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Every time she was in trouble, she went to him for help, as he said he _____ do anything for her.

A．should            B．must             C．would            D．might

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. “This is a window, ________ the sun comes in.” said the lady to her baby.

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