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C’est Si Bon or It’s So Good in French, was one of Eartha Kitt’s first hit songs. She recorded it in the early 1950s. But Eartha Kitt’s life was not always so good. She had a very difficult childhood although information about her early history is limited.

Eartha Mae Keith was born in a poor, rural family in South Carolina in 1927. Her mother was an African. Her father was a white farmer. When Eartha was eight, she was sent to New York to live with an aunt in the African-American neighborhood of Harlem. The aunt helped pay for piano and dance lessons for Eartha. But she also beat the girl. Eartha would run away after beating.

Eartha Kitt lived on the streets and worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day she decided to try out for a famous African-American dance company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe. In Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was unusual. She learned French quickly and gained many French fans. The film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha Kitt singing in Paris. He called her “the most exciting woman in the world”.

Eartha Mae Kitt died in 2008 because of the cancer. She was eighty-one.

1.Maybe Eartha Kitts’s first songs were recorded in _______.

A 1927

B 1935

C 1945

D 1952

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句She recorded it in the early 1950s.可知，故选D。

2.What does Eartha’s father do?

A A worker.

B A farmer.

C A doctor.

D A manager.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第三句Her father was a white farmer.可知，故选B。

3.3.Which subject did Eartha Mae Keith like best?

A English.

B French.

C Dance.

D Maths.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句But she kept up her dance lessons.可知，故选C。

4.Eartha Mae Kitt died at the age of 81 because of ___________.

A the cancer

B the fever

C the cough

D the accident

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第四段第一句Eartha Mae Kitt died in 2008 because of the cancer.可知，故选A。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A Eartha—an actress and singer.

B Eartha Kitt’s songs.

C The director Orson Welles.

D Eartha Kitt’s childhood.

解析：选A。文章标题题。根据第三段可知，Eartha不仅是演员，也是歌手，故选A。