By day she looks like so many other older women out shopping，going slowly along on feet that move as though （好像） they hurt.She likes to ride the city's buses，often singing softly to herself as she rides.If you hear her，listen carefully，for the little old lady is the famous jazz singer Alberta Hunter.After over twenty years away from the stage（舞臺），the eighty-three-year old singer is a star once again，and，she says， "I'm the happiest woman in this world."
   At night Ms Hunter is on stage，wearing large round gold earrings，and singing the blues （sad songs） for the people who crowded into the theater.
   Ms Hunter，who has loved music all her life，began her life's work when she was only eleven years old.She ran away from her home in Memphis，Tennessee，because she'd heard that singers in Chicago were making ten dollars a week.Even though she was young and small，she was able to get a job，and people began to recognize her great talent（天才）.She traveled all over the world and became famous not only as a singer，but also as a songwriter.
   During all those years，Ms Hunter was very close to her mother whom she brought from Memphis to live and travel with her.But when her mother died in 1954，there was a sudden and complete change in Alberta Hunter's life.
   A few days after her mother's death，Ms Hunter attended school and became a nurse.She gave up singing forever.She thought.
   For more than twenty-three years，she worked happily as a nurse at a New York hospital，where no one had an idea of her unusual past.Nor did they have any idea of her age.When she finally retired （退休），they believed she had reached age seventy. "I was eighty-two，" Ms Hunter says with a smile.She became terribly bored and told some of her old friends.One of them suggested that she should go back to singing.She did and she had been busy ever since.

（1）Why don't many people recognize Alberta Hunter in the daytime？

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A．Because she walks very slowly when going shopping.
B．Because she enjoys riding the city's buses.
C．Because she doesn't look different from other old women.
D．Because she only sings to herself on the bus.
（2）What is Alberta Hunter famous for ？

B

B

A．Wearing large round gold earrings.
B．Singing the blues for the people.
C．Running away from home at seven.
D．Traveling all over the world.
（3）Why did Alberta Hunter run away from her home at eleven years of age ？

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A．To see the city of New York.
B．To show her talent for music.
C．To make money by singing.
D．To begin her life's work.
（4）When she worked as a nurse at a New York hospital，Alberta

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A

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A．never talked about her past
B．pretended to be younger than her age
C．often thought of her mother's death
D．sang songs only for her friends
（5）Why is Ms Hunter a star once again when she has reached old age？

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D

A．She is terribly bored.
B．She loves music all her life.
C．A friend of hers helped her.
D．She is still good at singing.