山东省2013年高考英语二轮复习 专题升级训练卷十四 阅读理解（三）.docVIP

2013年高考第二轮复习英语山东版 专题升级训练十四　阅读理解(三) 第一节　阅读理解 A (2012山东日照二模，B) Though she is already one of the most famous pop stars of the 21st century，youve probably never heard of a 26-year-old singer-songwriter called of Stefani Germanotta—but thats only because almost everyone knows her by her stage name，Lady Gaga. Born in New York City in 1986，Lady Gaga enjoyed music，singing and dancing from an early age：she started playing the piano when she was only four years old and loved performing in musicals at high school.At 17 she went to a special school for the arts but later left because she wanted to become a professional singer as soon as possible. She became a global star with her first album The Fame in 2008 and followed it in 2009 with The Fame Monster.Earlier this year she released a single，“Born this Way”，which broke the record for quickest sales for a piece of music on iTunes，with one million downloads in only five days.Her third album，also called Born this Way，went on sale in May,2011. Because of how much money she earns，how much she is written and talked about in the media，and how many internet searches are made with her name，Forbes magazine recently put her at Number One in its list of the “worlds most powerful celebrities”． Most music critics say that what makes Lady Gagas music outstanding are her strong voice and also the strong electronic rhythm of most of her songs，which makes them popular in nightclubs.They also say her music often sounds a bit like the work of other artists，and she herself is quite open about the fact that singers such as Madonna have been a big influence on her. More original than her music，perhaps，is the way she looks.A big part of her image is her outlandish(奇异的)clothes，with her strangest piece of clothing probably having been a dress made partly out of meat，which she wore once in 2010. Part of what has made Lady Gaga so famous so quickly is the way she has used social media.She has over 30 million Facebook friends，for example，and almost 10 mil