单选题
单选题 When did Beth Orton begin singing?
[A] After she met William.
[B] Before she went to acting classes.
[C] After she dropped out of school.
[D] Before she joined a traveling group.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] 14-16
M: You experimented with a lot of musical styles. What's next?
W: It's hard to say where I'm going next, because my next record isn't finished.
M: You used to go to acting classes before you got into music. Did you ever consider becoming an actress?
W: That's what I wanted to do initially. I left school and joined a traveling theater company. We didn't have money for hotels. So we used to camp in parks. It was brilliant. Then I met William. He liked my voice and decided I should be a singer. It was queer because singing was something I never had in mind.
M: Is it true that the best time of a woman's life is in her thirties?
W: Well. Someone's been telling me that it really starts at forty. She is a wonderful woman. And she says the 30s are just as hard as the 20s, hut in a different way. They are just confusing. But when you get to forty, it' s just extraordinary. Apparently, the whole world opens up.
M: What would you like to achieve before you're... say.., sixty?
W: I'd love to learn how to play the violin but not before I'm sixty. I'd like to do it in the next year or so. One of the first instruments I learned was the drums. And I am quite good at that coordination in a strange way.
单选题 When is the best time of a woman's life, as Beth Orton was told?
[A] In her 60s. [B] In her 40s.
[C] In her 30s. [D] In her 20s.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】
单选题 What does Beth Orton want to do in the next year or so?
[A] Improve her skills in playing the drums.
[B] Learn how to play the violin.
[C] Try some strange musical instruments.
[D] Train herself in coordination.
【正确答案】 B
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