Africa is now facing many problems. People
are suffering(遭受)
from a shortage(短缺)
of food. They do not have enough health care. Deserts (沙漠) are spreading (扩大) in many places.
In Africa millions of people starved (饿) to death, and two thirds of
them were children. Harry Belafonte, a famous singer in America, felt sad when
he saw a film about the starving people in Africa. He said to himself, "I
should do something to help them. What can I do?" He thought of a plan to
gather the stars from the music world and make a special record. The money from
the record would help the starving people in Africa. Those famous singers and
musicians were always very busy. "How can you gather them?" everyone
said to Belafonte. But they were willing to come to the event(活动) from all over the country.
Then who wrote the words and music for the
record?
During the Christmas holidays in 1984,
Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie were writing the words and music for the
record at Jackson’ s home in Los Angeles. They often talked about the music far
into the night. When they finished the music, they called it "We Are the
World". On the evening of January 28th, 1985 ,forty -five superstars made
a historical(历史性的)
recording in a Hollywood studio(演播室)." Everyone should do something active like this, "said
Cyndi Lauper. "We have to be the voice," Stevie Wonere said," to
help those people that have lost their future. "A sign was put at the door
of the studio: "Please cheek your ego (自我) at the door!"
At 10 P.M. they began their work. They
finally finished recording at 8 A.M. that morning. Just at that moment Diana
Ross sat down with tears in her eyes and said, "I just don’ t want this to
end!"
On April 5, more than 800 radio stations
all over the world played "We Are The World" at the same time.
53. What did Harry Belafonte think he
should do?
A. He thought he should tell other people
about it.
B. He thought he should send a lot of food
to Africa.
C. He thought he should ask the government
to help them.
D. He thought he should do something to
help the starving people.
54. Who was he going to make a record with?
A. With Michael
Jackson. B. With
the movie stars.
C. With the baseball
stars. D. With the
stars from the music.
55. What would help the starving people in
Africa?
A. The special
record.
B. The money from record.
C. The money from the
stars. D. The money from the
government.
56. What did Diana Ross want?
A. She didn’t want to continue such
kindness.
B. She wanted to continue doing such
kindness.
C. She didn’t want to stop recording.
D. She wanted to have a good rest.
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