Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers.Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of the city of Gary, Indiana, in 1958.He began singing with his four brothers.They called the group “The Jackson Five”.The group became very popular after appearing on a television program.They started singing in 1965, and became popular soon.In 1970 the group made their first record with the name of “I Want You Back”.It was very popular.One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.
Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking.He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, and in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight millioncopiesall over the world.
Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous.Once his fans went off in a faint(晕倒)when they saw him at the concert.No one can do it by now.He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals.He never ate meat.He often raised money for Charity.This made him win the Guinness World Records(吉尼斯世界记录)in 2006.He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.
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How many people are there in Michael’s group?
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A.
Three.
B.
Five.
C.
Four.
D.
Six.
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What’s the name of their first record?
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A.
“Never Say Goodbye”.
B.
“See You, See Me”.
C.
“I Want You Back”.
D.
“On the World”.
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The underlined word “copies” means _________ in Chinese.
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A.
抄写
B.
张/份
C.
复制
D.
模仿
(4)
Michael was good at _________ according to the passage.
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A.
rock music
B.
street dance
C.
playing the piano
D.
moon walking
(5)
Why did Michael have to stay at home most of time?
His cool looks and hot hip-hop songs and dancing make his fans happy.Now Will Pan Weibo is happy, too? The 23-year-old was named New Artist of the Year in both Hong Kong and Thawan by the Chinese Music Chart and Pepsi Music Chart last week.
Pan made two albums during the past two years, and his fans love them both.Pan always wanted to be a singer.In 2002, he was in a singing contest, but he was told he was not ready yet.“So I went into acting first.And when I got the chance to make an album, I was so happy that I cried.”He said.
His song“Pass Me the Mic”tells about how hard it is to become a singer.“I felt people had taken my Microphone away, so I could not sing.But I didn't give up, and I got better.At last, I got a second chance.”
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Will Pan looks cool, and his hip-hop songs are very popular.
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(2)
Pan was named New Artist of the Year at the age of 23.
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(3)
In 2000, after a singing contest, Pan soon became a singer.
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(4)
The song“Pass Me the Mic”tells people not to be a singer.