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18.[1]She has just released her second CD,"Say the Words,"and already Chinese-Canadian singer Wanting is NO.1 in China and several Asian countries.She is bridging the gap between Asian and Western cultures through her music.
[2]Wanting(full name Wanting Qu)didn't start out to be an international pop star.The   thin,delicately-featured Harbin,China native first touched a piano __________.
[3]"I actually played the first piano that I touched when I was five and that's when I   played Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star,"she said."We were at my mom's friend's house and my   mom was like‘did you just play"Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star"without any training or   anything?'And so she saw that I had some sort of musical talent and so she gave me a piano as   a birthday gift on my sixth birthday."
[4]She studied classical piano for three years,but then stopped playing for more than a     decade.Wanting moved to Canada when she was 16,learned English,and then studied     business for four years.But she was unhappy.
[5]"I was studying economics,"she said."Eventually I graduated in business   management.But I  spent four years not loving my life.I hated it.So I know,it was a lesson for me-it took four years to know that I don't want to do business."
[6]By 21,she had restarted her music,and began writing and composing her own   songs.She participated in a workshop conducted by Terry McBride,the founder of Vancouver's Nettwerk Records,which handled artists such as Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne.
[7]After four years of putting together CDs,Wanting sent one to McBride,who signed her to Nettwerk.She also returned to China where a friend Xiao Kui of the punk band Noodle   Killers helped her start valuable connections in her homeland.

66.How does Wanting help people from East and West to know each other's cultures?(no   more than 6 words)Through her music.
67.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(no more than 6 words)at the age of 5
68.why did her mom buy her a piano?(no more than 15 words)Because her mother saw her daughter have some of the musical talent.
69.What can be suggested in Paragraph 5?(no more than 8 words)Do what you like.
70.Who was Sarah McLachlan?(no more than 10 words)She was an artist handled by Vancouver's Nettwerk Records.

分析 本文介绍了加拿大华裔歌手 Wanting 试图通过音乐架起亚洲和西方国家之间的文化桥梁.

解答 66题.Through her music.细节概括题.第一段最后一句话She is bridging the gap between Asian and Western cultures through her music.可以看出,Wanting主要想通过她的音乐帮助东西方互相了解彼此的文化.由于字数限制,故用Through her music/with the help of her music.
67题.at the age of 5 细节理解题.I actually played the first piano that I touched when I was five 这句话可以推断出Wanting首次接触钢琴是在五岁的时候.
68题.Because her mother saw her daughter have some of the musical talent.细节理解题.第三段描述了 Wanting 童年一次偶然的经历让她妈妈发现她有这方面的天赋,所以给她买了钢琴做为生日礼物.so she saw that I had some sort of musical talent and so she gave me a piano as   a birthday gift on my sixth birthday.
69题.Do what you like.细节推断题.这段叙述了Wanting毕业之后从事商业管理工作,但是并不是自己喜欢的.四年后才意识到自己真正喜欢并要坚持的东西.
70题.She was an artist handled by Vancouver's Nettwerk Records.细节推断题.第六段the founder of Vancouver's Nettwerk Records,which handled artists such as Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne可以看出Sarah McLachlan是一位艺术家.

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