Recently, South Korean star PSY’s ‘Gangnam style” video has been popular on the Internet. It has become most people’s favorite music.
In fact, the song has set the Guinness World Record for the most popular video in the history of the Internet. More than two million people have said “l(fā)ike” since the song was on the Internet on July 15.
PSY”s special dance moves and funny horse riding style have attracted many people. Although many people do not understand the language, the video has become the talk of the Internet. The song has come to first place in the music charts(排行榜) in 31 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
“I just sang for my South Korean fans. I have never expected it to be popular in other countries,” PSY told the reporters on a concert. The song was so popular that a few of South Korean’s politicians showed PSY’s moves to attract supporters.
“The song came out in mid-July. It sings about the rich life of South Korea —especially Gangnam in Soeoul, where a lot of rich people live.
Millions of people have watched the video. Many stars, such as Katy Perry, Robbie Williams and Nelly Furtado said that they love the song. These stars performed part of the song at a recent concert.
Riding high on the success of “Gangnam Style”, PSY was signed by Scooter Braun to Braun’s Schoolboy Records, a label distributed by Universal Republic.
PSY has written many hit songs of varying styles for different singers. Prior to “Gangnam Style” his most famous composition perhaps was Lee Seung Gi’s debut(首次亮相) song “Because You Are My Woman”.
【小題1】What makes PSY’s “Gangnam Style” the famous music of millions of people?

A．The song has set the Guinness World Record.
B．The song has come to first place in the music chart.
C．They like the dance moves and the horse riding style.
D．They don’t understand the words of the song.
【小題2】Why did some of South Korea’s politicians show PSY”s moves?
A．They wanted to tell people that they were also fond of music.
B．They wanted people to support them.
C．They were PSY’s fans.
D．They liked PSY’s dancing style.
【小題3】 What’s “Gangnam Style” about?
A．The way of horse riding.
B．The rich life of people of Gangnam in Seoul.
C．The Guinness World Record.
D．The love of stars.
【小題4】What is the best title of the passage?
A．Life of the Music Star PSY
B．“Gangnam Styly” —— Most people’s favorite Music
C．PSY’s Famous Compositions
D．Meaning of “Gangnam Style”


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：本文介紹了江南style的流行。江南style很受歡迎，人們喜歡鳥(niǎo)叔的特殊的舞蹈動(dòng)作和滑稽的騎馬風(fēng)格。甚至連一些韓國(guó)政治家表演鳥(niǎo)叔的動(dòng)作是為了吸引支持者。這首載歌載舞的音樂(lè)唱的是韓國(guó)首都首爾，富裕的江南人的生活。這首歌已經(jīng)創(chuàng)造了因特網(wǎng)歷史上最受歡迎的視頻的吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句話PSY”s special dance moves and funny horse riding style have attracted many people. 判斷使“江南style”受到數(shù)百萬(wàn)人喜愛(ài)的原因是鳥(niǎo)叔的特殊的舞蹈動(dòng)作和滑稽的騎馬風(fēng)格。由此判斷C最佳。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句話The song was so popular that a few of South Korean’s politicians showed PSY’s moves to attract supporters. 判斷一些韓國(guó)政治家表演鳥(niǎo)叔的動(dòng)作是為了吸引支持者。故選B 。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段It sings about the rich life of South Korea —especially Gangnam in Soeoul, where a lot of rich people live.判斷“江南style”唱的是關(guān)于韓國(guó)的富有的生活— 尤其是首爾的江南，在那里住著很多的有錢人。
【小題4】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)第一段判斷，最佳題目應(yīng)該是介紹江南style成為大多數(shù)人喜歡的音樂(lè)。故選B 。
考點(diǎn)：文化類短文閱讀。

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