（拉萨中学2010届高三第七次月考试题）

In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.

Some people find it difficult to   36   Bjork’s music.  Her sound is an acquired taste, but  37   you get into it, you’re hooked. After the   38   press conference, I was   39   to a room where we did a one-on-one   40   for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.

The   41   at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork   42   the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.

However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.

The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of   43   who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the   44   for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the   45  .

Then suddenly, she ran off to the   46  , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so   47   with the press a few days before.

After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that   48   around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who   49   said, “Welcome to Thailand!”

You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she   50   in that usual swan costume,   51   perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.

She’s   52   a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no   53   .

Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic   54   . It is   55   to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.

36. A. receive                    B. get                          C. hear                        D. accept

37. A. while                        B. after                        C. before                     D. once

38. A. heated               B. attended                  C. appointed               D. packed

39. A. led                           B. brought                   C. fetched                   D. carried

40. A. lecture               B. comment                 C. interview                 D. dialogue

41. A. game                   B. party               C. performance     D. play

42. A. held                         B. acquired                  C. seized                     D. focused

43. A. viewers                    B. tourists                    C. reporters                 D. officials

44. A. state                         B. mood                      C. situation                  D. position

45. A. cameras                   B. audience                 C. films                        D. directors

46. A. exit                          B. entrance                  C. edge                       D. side

47. A. communicative  B. conservative            C. cooperative             D. aggressive

48. A. turned                      B. went                       C. came                      D. ran

49. A. already                     B. hardly                     C. simply                     D. seldom

50. A. appeared                 B. accompanied           C. presented         D. joined

51. A. or                            B. and                         C. so                           D. but

52. A. showed                 B. collected                 C. produced                D. took

53. A. exception                 B. excuse                    C. way                        D. comment

54. A. spirit                        B. ability               C. talent               D. understanding

55. A. easy                     B. simple          C. difficult         D. funny