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Questions 31- 38 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 1930s -- songs like My Heart Belongs to Daddy -- and her recordings became best-sellers. During the 1940s 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 has said. To me, its a story. Theres only one thing better than singing… its more singing. Virginia弗吉尼亚州 orphanage孤儿院 amateur业余爱好者 sentimental感情的 trumpeter喇叭手, 号兵 31. Where did Fitzgerald spend most of her childhood? (A) Virginia (B) Yonkers (C) New York City (D) Louisiana 32. Who was the first to discover Ella Fitzgeralds talent? (A) Fitzgeralds father (B) Louis Armstrong (C) Bessie Smith (D) Chick Webb 33. The word spotted (line 3) means (A) noticed (B) stained (C) in the spotlight (D) of different colors 34. When Fitzgerald was sixteen, Chick Webb asked her to (A) marry him (B) hire him (C) take over his band (D) perform with his band 35. According to the passage, Bessie Smith was a (A) singer (B) music teacher (C) band leader (D) songwriter 36. Which of the following might be used in scat singing as described in the passage? (A) Hai-de . . . hai-di . . . hai-di ...ho (B) Home, home, home, Im going home (C) Golly! Wow! Were flying now! (D) Lady, be good 37. What does the passage imply about Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong? (A) They were the origin