Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958 in Gary, Indiana. Being the seventh child in his family, Michael was often physically abused (虐待) by his father, beaten up and also orally abused. But Michael also owed his success to his father’s strict discipline.
Michael was always an entertainer. Even when he just started school, he would perform in front of his friends and classmates. He started his professional music career at the age of 11, as a member of The Jackson Five.
He is well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Before this, music videos were made just to promote the album. But Michael’s videos managed to change that by making them an art and a big business. Some of the music videos that are good examples of this are Beat It, Billie Jean, and thriller。Through these works the world got caught onto the idea of music videos and focused on music video channels.
Michael enthralled his fans and audience with his style of singing, dressing, and his complex dance moves, especially the moonwalks all around the world to show their love for him.
Through his work and various foundations(基金會), Michael raised and donated millions to charity, which is much more than any showman. He supported 39 charities in all. Apart from that, he had a great love for children, especially the poor ones, and he felt that children were the best thing than God.
Michael planned to start a 50-concert tour in July 2009. Sadly  on June 25th, 2009, Michael passed away at home. Besides a great performer, showman and entertainer, he was a good and charitable person. Nobody can be another graeter entertainer like Michael Jackson ever again.
小題1:According to the passage, Michael Jackson _____.
A．had nine brothers and sisters
B．live a happy life as a child
C．loved performing at school
D．fell in love with music at the age of 11
小題2:The underlined word “enthralled”in Paragraph 4 probably means ____.
A．encouragedB．puzzledC．developedD．a(chǎn)ttracted
小題3:In the author’s opinion, Michael Jackson ‘s greatest contribution lies in _____.
A．Five making MTV popularB．creating music video channel
C．joining the JacksonD．popularizing the moonwalk

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：本文介紹了邁克爾杰克遜的出生，經(jīng)歷和成功以及他的貢獻。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段1,2行Michael was always an entertainer. Even when he just started school, he would perform in front of his friends and classmates.說明C正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句Michael enthralled his fans and audience with his style of singing, dressing, and his complex dance moves, especially the moonwalks all around the world to show their love for him.說明他是用唱歌的風(fēng)格，舞步，尤其是太空步讓他的歌迷喜歡他，故該詞是指吸引，故D正確。
小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)文章第三段He is well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Before this, music videos were made just to promote the album. But Michael’s videos managed to change that by making them an art and a big business.說明他讓MTV變得流行，改變了原來的情況。故A正確。
點評：本文介紹了邁克爾杰克遜的具體信息，考查了細(xì)節(jié)題較多，答題時在文章找到對應(yīng)的地方，用筆進行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。
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