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"Gangnam Style" by singer Psy from Korea, is a popular song, but its extraordinary global success is really the result of its music video, which is a great piece of genius. On September 22nd, Guinness World Records listed "Gangnam Style" as the most-liked video in the history of YouTube. It's been performed at West Point (West-Point Style), and Google's CEO, has done the "Gangnam Style" horse dance at the company's office in Seoul. Even Samsung is trying to make Psy the new model for the latest type of fridge.
The song's global popularity is such that the vast majority of people who enjoy it don't speak Korean, and have no idea what it is about. That's fine --- part of what makes "Gangnam Style" so fun is, like international pop music, the difficulty in understanding it. When we sing along, "Hey, sexy lady", we don't really know what we're singing about.
The joy of incomprehensibleness is familiar to anyone who loves pop music from elsewhere. Anthony Lane, in his 2010 review of the Eurovision Song Contest, Only Mr. God Knows Why, used "Eurovision English" as one of its chief pleasures. It's "a complex tongue, spoken nowhere else, which raises the heartfelt poetry (???) but absolute nonsense to a level of what sci-fi writers could only have dreamed. " In similar ways, "Gangnam Style" is just an over-the-top video where a fat man does a funny dance and sings repetitive words that don't make sense to most of us.
But on the other, the magic of the song also lies in its funny dance, which reflects not just cultural morals specific to Korea, but cultural values easily recognizable to western viewers. This song's words may be in Korean, but its scenes are in clear American. The dance moves are simple enough to copy.
Nonsense, in other words, forces us to let down our guards. It makes us relax, and asks us to let in all sorts of feelings from which, otherwise, we might distance ourselves. "Gangnam Style" happens to be so interesting because of its incomprehensibleness.
1.Some complex languages are used in pop music because _______.
A. singers regard it as one of the chief pleasures at the concert
B. they make the music hard to understand but poetic and attractive
C. the music can sound more pleasant and beautiful to the audience
D. people like listening to the music which makes special sense to them
2.What is true about the popularity of "Gangnam Style"?
A. It was considered as the most popular video on the Internet.
B. It makes people amused and removes their emotional guards.
C. Its dance only reflects cultural and morals specific to Korea.
D. Psy, its singer, has been the new model for Samsung .
3.What does the underlined word "incomprehensibleness" mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Being interesting to listen to. B. Being simple enough to copy.
C. Being complex and repetitive. D. Being difficult to understand.
4.The text is mainly about ________.
A. how "Gangnam Style" becomes popular among the youths
B. why "Gangnam Style" is popular even if few people understand it
C. how Psy gains worldwide success through his talent and hard work
D. what emotions and cultural morals Psy wants to convey with his song
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HUMANS have spent years exploring space, but how much do we know about deep inside the planet on which we live? The idea of exploring the earth's core (地核)was detailed in an article called“Modest Proposal (建议)”. It was written in May by American scientist David Stevenson. It is similar idea to an American sci-fi movie that was released in March, The Core.
So, because they deal with the same topic, it wouldn't be too strange to compare a scientific report with a sci-fi movie.
Why explore
The report: The solid inner core of the earth is fluid(不固定的)and responsible for the earth's magnetic field (磁场). * Scientists don't know exactly why all this is so, nor do they know the exact make-up or temperature of the core. *
The movie: An unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating (旋转). With the planet's magnetic field rapidly decreasing, our atmosphere starts to come apart.
The result is deadly: birds lose their ability to fly in the right direction and the earth eventually (最终)becomes like a microwave oven (微波炉), cooked by the sun.
How explore
The report: A nuclear explosion (核爆炸)would be the best way to create a hole big enough to enter the earth. The crack (裂缝)needs to be as long and as deep as several football fields, but only about 30era wide. * The event would be as powerful as an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale (里氏震级).*
At least 100,000 tons of hot iron would be poured into the crack, along with a metal probe (探测器)the size of a grapefruit (柚子).
The weight of the iron, which is much denser than earth' s outer regions, would open a gap all the way to the planet core, about 3,000kin below. The probe would fall at about 16kin per hour as the crack doses up behind it. * Stevenson said the amount of iron needed is equal to what' s produced in factories around the world in a week. *
The movie: Send a manned vehicle that looks like a windowless subway (地铁)train into the earth's core. Virgil, the ship, is made of a metal that can stand the extreme temperature and pressure found in the core.
Virgil began its journey when it was dropped in the middle of the ocean because this is where the crust (地壳)is thinnest.
What to do
The report: The weeks-long mission would measure the temperature and chemical composition (make-up)of the core.
The movie: Blow up five 200-megaton (兆吨)nuclear bombs to restart the core.
Choose the best choice according to the story________.
(1)What do the report and the movie have in common?
[ ]
A．Both deal with exploring space.
B．Both deal with going deep to the inside of the earth.
C．Both offer the same reason to explore the earth's core.
D．Both consider it possible for the core to stop rata- ring.
(2)In the movie, a nuclear explosion would ________.
[ ]
A．help man enter the earth
B．create a big crack that leads to the earth's core
C．produce hot iron
D．make the earth's core work again
(3)How long would it take the probe to reach the core according to the report? ________.
[ ]
(4)What does the underlined word“stand”mean? ________
[ ]
(5)We can infer from the passage that the core________.
[ ]
A．is in the danger of stopping rotating
B．still has a lot for us to explore
C．controls the birds' sense of directions
D．might blow up
查看习题详情和答案>>What would the world look like if it lost its battle against the greenhouse effect and global warming? We are talking about worldwide disaster, including hurricane, earthquake, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age.
This is the scene that faces those who see “The Day After Tomorrow”, a new Hollywood sci-fi (科幻) movie. It is in the second place of
“The Day After Tomorrow” shows disaster and destruction on a global scale---all thanks to the weather.
In the movie, Jack Hall, a weather scientist, is the first man to realize that a new ice age is coming. In one of several natural disasters, his son Sam became trapped in
This film also brings a direct attack on the refusal of the current US government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (散发). It is hoped that “The Day After Tomorrow” may encourage a change in the government’s attitude towards environmental protection.
56．This text is meant to .
A．introduce a famous director, Richard Emmerich B．introduce Roland Emmerich and his films
C．introduce the film “The Day After Tomorrow” D．warn people of the greenhouse effect
57．The three films mentioned in the text share the same features EXCEPT that .
A．they are all set with the background
B．a terrible disaster happens to
C．they are all sci-fi movies
D．they all take the second place in
58．What’s the main idea of the last paragraph but one ?
A．The content of “The Day After Tomorrow”.
B．Why Roland Emmerich designed the film.
C．How terrible the weather is.
D．How people fight against nature.
59．What does the writer think of the government’s work on environmental protection ?
A．It has been good so far . B．It is far from satisfaction .
C．It is optimistic. D．It is satisfactory .
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HUMANS have spent years exploring space, but how much do we know about deep inside the planet on which we live? The idea of exploring the earth's core (地核)was detailed in an article called“Modest Proposal (建议)”. It was written in May by American scientist David Stevenson. It is similar idea to an American sci-fi movie that was released in March, The Core.
So, because they deal with the same topic, it wouldn't be too strange to compare a scientific report with a sci-fi movie.
Why explore
The report: The solid inner core of the earth is fluid(不固定的)and responsible for the earth's magnetic field (磁场). * Scientists don't know exactly why all this is so, nor do they know the exact make-up or temperature of the core. *
The movie: An unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating (旋转). With the planet's magnetic field rapidly decreasing, our atmosphere starts to come apart.
The result is deadly: birds lose their ability to fly in the right direction and the earth eventually (最终)becomes like a microwave oven (微波炉), cooked by the sun.
How explore
The report: A nuclear explosion (核爆炸)would be the best way to create a hole big enough to enter the earth. The crack (裂缝)needs to be as long and as deep as several football fields, but only about 30era wide. * The event would be as powerful as an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale (里氏震级).*
At least 100,000 tons of hot iron would be poured into the crack, along with a metal probe (探测器)the size of a grapefruit (柚子).
The weight of the iron, which is much denser than earth' s outer regions, would open a gap all the way to the planet core, about 3,000kin below. The probe would fall at about 16kin per hour as the crack doses up behind it. * Stevenson said the amount of iron needed is equal to what' s produced in factories around the world in a week. *
The movie: Send a manned vehicle that looks like a windowless subway (地铁)train into the earth's core. Virgil, the ship, is made of a metal that can stand the extreme temperature and pressure found in the core.
Virgil began its journey when it was dropped in the middle of the ocean because this is where the crust (地壳)is thinnest.
What to do
The report: The weeks-long mission would measure the temperature and chemical composition (make-up)of the core.
The movie: Blow up five 200-megaton (兆吨)nuclear bombs to restart the core.
Choose the best choice according to the story________.
(1)What do the report and the movie have in common?
[ ]
A．Both deal with exploring space.
B．Both deal with going deep to the inside of the earth.
C．Both offer the same reason to explore the earth's core.
D．Both consider it possible for the core to stop rata- ring.
(2)In the movie, a nuclear explosion would ________.
[ ]
A．help man enter the earth
B．create a big crack that leads to the earth's core
C．produce hot iron
D．make the earth's core work again
(3)How long would it take the probe to reach the core according to the report? ________.
[ ]
(4)What does the underlined word“stand”mean? ________
[ ]
(5)We can infer from the passage that the core________.
[ ]
A．is in the danger of stopping rotating
B．still has a lot for us to explore
C．controls the birds' sense of directions
D．might blow up
查看习题详情和答案>>A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off．She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes．
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew in a flurry．She was kept so busy that she forgot to deliver him the water．As a result, the passenger was held up to take his medicine．She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it．
In the following hours on the flight, each time the stewardess passed by the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid any attention to her.
When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might result in the loss of her job. But with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your sincere smiles?”
That’s right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?
What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．The air hostess forgot the passenger’s need on purpose.
B．The air hostess suddenly realized that trouble was coming.
C．The passenger wasn’t angry at being ignored.
D．The passenger was refused to be served.
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．The passenger refused to take his medicine.
B．The passenger set down his anger in the booklet.
C．The words in the booklet would never affect the air hostess.
D．The hostess finally moved the passenger with her smile.
What kind of person do you think the passenger is?
A．Forgiving. B．Curious. C．Sharp. D．Enthusiastic.
As a result, the air hostess would .
A．get fired by her company B．be hired by the passenger
C．keep her job D．get a promotion
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