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  3. Think Twice: It’s All Right A legendary figure in music history, Dylan, born in 1941, is【C1】______ one of the most influentia

Think Twice: It’s All Right A legendary figure in music history, Dylan, born in 1941, is【C1】______ one of the most influentia

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问题                      Think Twice: It’s All Right
   A legendary figure in music history, Dylan, born in 1941, is【C1】______ one of the most influential singers and songwriters in both folk and pop music. Not only【C2】______ his work lead the transformation of American country music in the 1960s, but much of his most celebrated work became anthems for American civil rights, anti-war and student movements. He fused music with his own personal insight on social problems in a poetic form. He was previously nominated【C3】______ the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996 and 2006.
   Over five decades have passed since Dylan’s first solo album was【C4】______ in 1961.【C5】______ the 55 years, Dylan has won myriad prizes in the United States and the world as a whole for music and literature, including the Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the world’s top honors for musicians, an Oscar for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award.
   Dylan is an extensively published writer as well. His notable books【C6】______ the hyper-realistic novel Tarantula and autobiography Chronicles. He won the Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards in 2008.
   Dylan was first【C7】______ to China’s mainland as a writer more than as a musician. In 1978, The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932 — 1972 was published in China,【C8】______ author William Manchester mentioned Dylan many times. In 1985, Chinese publishers released Gates of Eden by well-known American scholar Morris Dickstein, who【C9】______ an entire chapter to Dylan.
   Dylan was endowed with【C10】______ creativity. He has released 37 solo studio albums and 240【C11】______ of all types. His music was introduced to China during the 1980s, an era in which his solo albums could be found on the【C12】______ of video stores, and covers of his songs, mostly by Asian artists, were all over the radio. In the latter part of the decade and early half of the 1990s, Dylan’s stories were【C13】______ in Chinese musical journals such as Music Heaven and Audio-Video World.【C14】______ his music was never officially published in China, it was only【C15】______ through bootlegs of originals from the United States, leading Chinese music fans to head first into the world of music from Europe and America, with Dylan as a driving force.【C16】______ fans wouldn’t hesitate to plunk down exorbitant prices for any latest arrival with his name and such【C17】______ were the backbone forces of China’s rock ’n’ roll as well as some of its most respected music critics.
   Dylan has never stopped performing. Since 1988 when he began his "Never Ending Tour", he has gone on stage an【C18】______ of about 100 performances annually. So far, he has played more than 2,300 shows around the world.
   In 2011, about 3,000 Chinese fans【C19】______ a Dylan show at Beijing Workers’ Gymnasium, almost【C20】______ the Rolling Stones drew in Shanghai in 2014, including Cui Jian, China’s "father of rock ’n’ roll."
【C19】
选项 A、descended
B、intended
C、ascended
D、attended
答案D
解析 语境推理。此句意为“2011年，大约3000名中国歌迷在北京工人体育场观看了迪伦的演出”。由上下文分析可知，本句主语是观众，他们加入观看演出，故选D。
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