Music can be a great power (力量) to change people’s lives. Regina del Carmen Sanchez, 14, always believes this. The girl from Kansas City, US, leads a hard life. She lives in a small house with her mom and grandparents. Her mom gets a very low pay.
But it doesn’t stop Sanchez’s love of music. She wrote her first song Keep Your Head Up when she was 12. It described the bad situation(情況) at her home, but it also sent the message of hope: “My house is old and poor, but it beats (勝過) being homeless… Love yourself and never give up. You’ll see a better life if you keep your head up…”
It took Sanchez several months to finish the song. Sometimes during a break in class, when lyrics (歌詞) came into her head, “I would have to write them down right then,” she told the local newspaper The Kansas City Star.
Jeremy Lillig was a spokesman for Bright Futures, a charity fund. When he saw the video of the song, he was moved. He shared it through social media (社交媒體). The fund has provided money for poor students in Kansas City.
Now Sanchez often plays the song in public. “I want to help people understand what is happening in the world in an easy way,” she said.
【小題1】 There are          people in Sanchez’s family.

A．three B．fourC．fiveD．six
【小題2】What’s true about Keep Your Head Up?  ______________________
A．It was written two years ago.
B．It showed a feeling of hopeless.
C．It described the good situation of a house.
D．It took Sanchez several weeks to write the song.
【小題3】The word “moved” can be replaced (代替) by         .
A．surprisedB．interested
C．touchedD．excited
【小題4】The best title of the passage can be          .
A．A girl and her song
B．Poor home is better than being homeless
C．Charity changes the girl’s life
D．Let’s support poor students.


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了Regina del Carmen Sanchez是美國一個(gè)14歲的女孩，她過著一種艱難的生活，但是她從不放棄希望，對生活充滿信心，在12歲就寫了她的第一首歌曲。得到了媒體和社會(huì)的關(guān)注。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)She lives in a small house with her mom and grandparents.可知她有祖父母和媽媽，共4口人，故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)She wrote her first song Keep Your Head Up when she was 12.可知她在12歲寫了她的第一首歌，她現(xiàn)在14歲了，所以是兩年前寫的歌，故選A.
【小題3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)這里的moved是“感動(dòng)”的意思，touched 也有“感動(dòng)”的意思，故選C。
【小題4】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可知這里敘述的是小女孩和她的歌曲的故事，故選A。
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