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【題目】 In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.

"My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame (名譽) or money," Chou said. That's how we luckily have such a music genius, who has since then composed (作曲) lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜).

"Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we really want to follow," he said.

Recently he has made public his latest work Lovers Genesis. In this album he explores human relationships In the Internet age. 'Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you're going to use it," is Chou's advice to teenagers.

Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country's language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.

Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career. He has flown to the UK to attend months-long English training schools three times. There he lives with local families and practices daily conversations.

"So I could easily read the English instructions on recording machines and communicate with the local music producers," said Chou, "The music reviews of the US or British singers that I appreciate could help me learn and grow with them."

【1】Which of the following about Steve Chou is the correct order?

a. He made public his work Lovers Genesis.

b. He passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.

c. He composed lots of hits for the pop music charts.

d. Few people bought his records.

A.abcdB.dbcaC.acbdD.dacb

【2】Why has Chou flown to the UK to learn English?

A.Because he wants to live in the UK.

B.Because his record company asks him to.

C.Because he wants to sell his album in the UK.

D.Because he thinks it will be helpful for his music career.

【3】Steve Chou may agree with the following EXCEPT that .

A.taking trips gives him some ideas of music

B.what we really want to follow is the most important

C.music is a thing that can bring him fame and money

D.in Internet age, technology itself is not a bad thing

【4】What is Steve Chou like according to the passage?

A.Kind and helpful.B.Proud and confident

C.Active and hard-working.D.Calm and disappointed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章介紹周杰倫的音樂理想和他成功的道路是如何走過來的。

【1】排序題：從第一段的句子：In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him. 在他最低潮的時候，很少有人買他的唱片，臺灣歌手周杰倫獨自住在加拿大，幾乎沒有做什么。一天，他路過當(dāng)?shù)匾患?/span>CD店，聽到一首非常吸引他的歌�？芍�，先是d然后是b，符合這個條件的只有B項。故答案為B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career. 周杰倫努力學(xué)習(xí)英語，以推動他的音樂事業(yè)�？芍�，是為了推動他的音樂事業(yè)。故答案為D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的句子：“My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame or money,” “我的心告訴我，音樂是我真正想做的事，不是為了名利，”可知，他認(rèn)為音樂不是為了名聲和金錢。故答案為C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第五段的句子：Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country’s language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it. 周杰倫經(jīng)常從旅行中得到他的音樂靈感。他去過世界各地，相信學(xué)習(xí)一個國家的語言是體驗其背后文化的最快方式�？芍�，他是積極的勤奮的。故答案為C。

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