【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
[解析] 细节题。此题四个选项均是Amos的专辑，但题目要求应看仔细。A项：Y Kant Tori
Read是Amos的第一张专辑，但并不是她同时作为歌手和词作者所推出的第一张专辑，此项为迷惑项。说话人说，Little Earthquakes，Amos
first album as a singer and songwriter，故应选B。
[听力原文] Questions
<14>-<16>
Born in North Carolina but raised in
Maryland, Toir Amos was the daughter of a preacher. By the age of four, she was
singing and playing the piano in the church choir; she began writing her own
songs shortly afterward. Amos moved to Los Angeles in her late teens to become a
pop singer.
Atlantic Records signed her in 1987, recording an
uninspired album called Y Kant Tori Read. The following year, the record was a
complete failure, attracting no attention from radio or press and selling very
few copies, nevertheless, she didn't lose her record contract. By 1990, Amos had
adopted a new approach. Atlantic sponsored a trip to England in 1991, where she
played a series of concerts in support on an EP, Me and a Gun. It gained
positive reviews throughout the media, and both the EP and the concerts sold
well.
Little Earthquakes, Amos first album as a singer and
songwriter, was released in late 1991 and sold well in both the U.S. and the
U.K. delivered in early 1993, Under the Pink, the follow-up to Little
Earthquakes, was a bigger hit, selling over a million copies.
Two years later, she delivered her third album, Boys for Pele, her most
ambitious and difficult record to date.
Known for the sexual way
that she plays the piano while in concert and for her radical and often
rebellious lyrics, Toir has developed a huge fan base and much critical acclaim.
She is now happily married, has just recently given birth to a baby girl, and
continues to please her millions of fans earning some new ones along the way.