Question

根据课文内容用适当的词填空，使短文完整。

    Nowadays bands 1.________ one after another both in China and in other countries.
Then 2.________ do people get to form a band? Usually bands are formed by music lovers
3.________ come together to write and play their own music. First, they may play to
4.________ to earn money to make a living, and at the same time 5.________ their music
and improve themselves.
    6．________,there was a band called "The Monkees" which wasn't formed 7.________.
It was formed by TV organizers who had 8.________ for four musicians in a newspaper.
At first not 9.________ the members in the band could sing well, neither could they
create their 10.________ music. They 11.________ on each other while playing music. Both
the jokes and music were 12.________ loosely on the band called "The Beatles". In spite
of this, the band soon attracted many people, who supported them 13.________. After a
year 14.________, they began to play their own instruments and write their own music.
And they became even more popular than "The Beatles" and sold even more records. However,
the band 15.________ in 1970, but reunited in the mid-1980s.

Answer 1

1. come into being　 2. how　 3. who　 4. passers-by　 5. practise　
6. However　 7. this way 　8. advertised 　9. all 　10. own　
11. played jokes 　12. based　 13. fiercely　 14. or so  15．broke up