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(天才), 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(集)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(事業(yè)). 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(感激) could help me learn and grow with them.”

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

①. He made public his work Lovers Genesis.

②. He passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.

③. He composed lots of hits for the pop music charts.

④. Few people bought his records.

A. ①②③④         B. ④②③①       C. ①③②④      D.④①③②

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 International 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.

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文敘述了臺灣音樂制作人周傳雄的奮斗過程。剛開始他的唱片幾乎沒人買,后來他聽到了一首歌曲,努力創(chuàng)作。后來他創(chuàng)作了許多在流行音樂排行榜上出名的音樂。周傳雄喜歡通過旅行,接近大自然尋找音樂靈感。為了推進他的音樂事業(yè),他去英國學習英語。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In his lowest days when few people bought his records,可知文中先敘述了周傳雄的唱片幾乎沒人買。One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song 后來他經(jīng)過一家CD店,聽到一首歌; who has since then composed(作曲)lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜). 后來他創(chuàng)作了許多在流行音樂排行榜上出名的音樂。 Recently he has made public his latest work Lovers Genesis.最近,他公布了他的最新作品《戀人創(chuàng)世紀》。故選B。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career(事業(yè))可知他去英國練習英語是為了推進他的音樂事業(yè)。故選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we really want to follow,” 和    Chou often gets his music ideas from trips.  以及  Technology itself is a good thing,可知周傳雄認為了解自己真正想去追尋的很重要,他會經(jīng)常通過旅行得到音樂靈感,他還認為技術本身不壞。故ABD三項符合文中的意思,故選C。

4.推理判斷題。文中敘述了周傳雄喜歡通過旅行,接近大自然尋找音樂靈感,從中看出他比較活躍。通過他為了自己的音樂失業(yè),去英國學習英語,看出他是一個努力學習的人。故選C。

考點:人物傳記類短文閱讀。

 

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