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A Story of Elvis Presley

　When Elvis Presley died on 16th August, 1977, radio and television programmes all over the world were stopped to give the news of his death．President Carter said:“Elvis Presley changed the fact of American popular culture…”．Eight thousand people went to his funeral（葬礼）．The streets were crowded with cars, and Elvis Presley's films were shown on television, and his records were played on the radio all day．

　Elvis Presley was born on January 8th, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi．His parents were very poor and Elvis never had music lessons．He left school in 1953 and got a job as a truck driver．

　In the summer of 1953 Elvis paid $ 4 and recorded two songs for his mother's birthday at Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio．Sam Phillips heard Elvis and asked him to record “That's All Right”in July 1954．20000 copies were sold, mainly in and around Memphis．On January 10th, 1956, Elvis recorded “Heartbreak Hotel”, and a million copies were sold．In the next fourteen months he made another fourteen records, and they were all sold well．In 1956 he also made his first film in Hollywood．

　In March, 1958, Elvis had to join the army．He wanted to be an ordinary soldier．When his hair was cut thousands of women cried．He spent the next two years in Germany, where he met Priscilla Beaulieu, who became his wife eight years later on May lst, 1967．In 1960 he left the army and went to Hollywood where he made several films during the next few years．

　By 1968 many people had become tired of Elvis．He hadn't sung in public since 1960．But he recorded a new record' From Elvis' in Memphis and appeared in a special television programme．He became popular again, and went to Las Vegas, where he was paid $ 750000 for four weeks．In 1972 his wife left him．He died from a heart disease．He had been working too hard and eating and drinking too much for several years．He left all his money to his only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley．She became one of the richest people in the world when she was only nine years old．

1．Elvis Presley is a famous______．　　　

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A．film star　　　B．pop singer　　　C．president　　　D．musician

2．The first song Elvis recorded was______．　　　

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A．That's All Right

B．Heartbreak Hotel

C．for his mother's birthday

D．sold 20000 copies

3．In his last days, Elvis______．　　　

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A．made several films in Hollywood

B．became a drinker

C．joined the army

D．lived a happy life with his wife

4．Elvis left all his money to______．　　　

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A．his only daughter

B．his wife

C．Priscilla Beaulieu

D．one of his daughters

5．Which of the following is true?　　　

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A．Elvis's father taught his son music himself．

B．Presley's hair was cut in army because of his wrong doings．

C．Elvis once lost his popularity in 60's．

D．He left all his money to his 6-year-old daughter．

Answer 1

答案：B;C;B;A;C