题目内容
Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money listening to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that 1 least fifty rock stars have 2 of between two million and six million dollars per year.
Those who love rock music 3 about two billion dollars a year for records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in 4 . Some observers think the customers are buying more than music. According to one 5 , rock music has a special 6 because no real training is needed to produce it. There is no gulf 7 the audience and the performer. Every boy and girl in the audience 8 , “I could sing like that.” 9 rock has become a new kind of religion, a new form of worships. Young people are 10 to pay to worship a rock star because it is a way of worshiping 11 .
How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money stars 12 in like water? Most of the young stars simply throw the money 13. Many 14 stars live like Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a 15, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do 16 tour. They save no money, buy no stocks, and live from 17 to mouth.
In the end the rock star's life is 18. After two or three years riches and fames are gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the 19 ex-performer spends his remaining years trying to impress strangers. New stars have arrived to take his 20 .
1. A. of B. at C. in D. for
2. A. money B. salaries C. wages D. incomes
3. A. spend B. cost C. take D. reward
4. A. individual B. man C. person D. people
5. A. principle B. announcement C. theory D. opinion
6. A. need B. appeal C. request D. requirement
7. A. between B. among C. within D. during
8. A. thought B. think C. thinks D. thinking
9. A. For B. But C. Nevertheless D. So
10. A. anxious B. glad C. reluctant D. unwilling
11. A. themselves B. himself C. herself D. ourselves
12. A. moving B. entering C. pouring D. arriving
13. A. off B. around C. down D. out
14. A. football B. movie C. TV D. rock
15. A. journey B. trip C. tour D. travel
16. A. other B. several C. another D. few
17. A. hand B. mouth C. foot D. arm
18. A. priceless B. valuable C. invaluable D. unrewarding
19. A. individual B. single C. lonely D. alone
20. A. post B. place C. job D. work
解析：
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A．Do established musicians have a responsibility to guide and assist young up-and-coming musicians? B．Did anyone promote your musical education when you were growing up? C．What kind of “world music” do you enjoy? D．What’s your comment on pop music? E．Does the contemporary music press give jazz the coverage it deserves? F．What’s wrong with the music on the radio? |
An interview with Wynton Marsalis, a noted jazz musician
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There were the older jazz musicians who hung around our house when I was young. I saw how much they practiced, how serious they were about their art. I knew then I had to work just as hard if I wanted to succeed. Of course, my father inspired me a lot, and many teachers took the time to nurture my latent and the talents of other students in our school.
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Yes. We’ve done such a poor job with music education because, as a society, we haven’t maintained the kind of education that a true artist and musician needs. Young people haven’t been able to equate romance and talent with music. For instance, most of the people who make it in the music industry today have to look good. How they sound is secondary. Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald ― those big, romantic queens of jazz music wouldn’t make it in today’s music industry, and that’s a shame. We need to teach young people about the alternatives.
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Around the would people make music that, if you listen carefully to it, sounds a little like the cadence of their language. I’d call it folk music. When I’m away from home, I make a point of listening to regional folk music, not what’s on the radio.
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The same music is on the radio all over the world, and the American sound is overwhelming. Even the pop music that’s produced and created in foreign countries has that American beat, that underscore of funk. As a musician, I’m not interested in hearing recycled versions of the same genre over and over. Any music that doesn’t have a development section just isn’t interesting to me.
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The music press has so much to introduce these days, and jazz is just a small fraction of it. Because some people are intimidated by jazz, they don’t cover it unless it’s a big name. New jazz musicians don’t get much of break. A lot of editors don’t say anything about jazz these days unless it’s Marsalis. That’s a shame. What VH1 is doing with their Save the Music campaign is phenomenal. They’re getting all these instruments out to needy kids. It’s the kind of thing all networks should be doing.
Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18, 000 pounds in just 14 minutes. This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy（神童）who became one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century.
now, with so much still to learn, there’s only one thing he wants to be when he grows up. He said, “I think I’ll definitely be an artist. ”
view at the seaside.