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Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music．Forbes Magazine reports that at least fifty rock stars have incomes between two million and six million dollars every year．“It doesn’t make sense,” says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was popular, in 1950s．“Performers aren’t worth this kind of money．In fact, nobody is．” But the rock stars’ admirers seem to disagree．Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for records．They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person．Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many．In 1972 one of the luckiest was Kon Mclean, who wrote and sang “American Pie”．Mclean writes his own music, so he earns an extra two cents on every single record of the song．Neil Young who performs in torn blue jeans, sometimes sings to an audience of 10 000, each of whom has paid five dollars for a ticket．After paying expense, Young leaves with about 18 000 in his blue jeans at the end of an evening．How do the rock stars use their money?What do they do when the money stars pouring in like water?Most of the young stars simply show the money around．England’s Elton John gave someone a ＄38 000 Rolls Royce car and bought himself 5000 pairs of eyeglasses then lighted up and spelt E-L-T-O-N．He also bought himself two cars, “one for each foot”．Many rock stars live like Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane．Those performers return from a tour, pay their bills, and buy new toys．Then when they need money again, they do another tour．They save no money and live from hand to mouth．After two or three years riches and fame(名聲)are gone．Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely ex-performer spends his remaining years trying to attract strangers．But new stars have arrived to take his place．

(1)

This passage is mainly about ________．

[　　]

A．

the success of a rock star

B．

the way rock stars live

C．

rich rock stars

D．

the admirers of rock stars

(2)

What makes the rock stars Neil Young paid for a performance?

[　　]

A．

Luck．

B．

A wonderful performance．

C．

Their own music．

D．

Ability．

(3)

How much expense does Neil Young pay for a performance?

[　　]

A．

＄10 000．

B．

＄18 000．

C．

＄32 000．

D．

＄38 000．

(4)

According to the passage, the underlined phrase “from hand to mouth” means ________．

[　　]

A．

they have to earn money by hand

B．

they know how to spend money in a reasonable way

C．

they earn money only for their immediate enjoyment

D．

they steal to feed their mouth when they need money

答案：1．B;2．A;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)

本文主要圍繞的問題是歌星們錢掙得很多卻沒有錢，他們是如何花錢的。

(2)

前面有這樣一句話“Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many”“很多人的成功在于幸運(yùn)。”然后舉了例子，包括Neil Young。

(3)

從這句話中可以找到答案“After paying expense, Young leaves with about 18 000 in his blue jeans”。

(4)

從文中講到的他們花錢的方式和這句話“They save no money”可以猜測短語的意思為“他們賺得的全部都用掉，僅夠花費(fèi)而已”。


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