Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sum of money to listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that【C1】___

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问题     Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sum of money to listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that【C1】______least fifty rock stars have【C2】______of between two million and six million dollars per year.
    Those who love rock music【C3】______about two billion dollars a year on records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person. Some observers think the customers are buying【C4】______than music. According to one【C5】______, rock music has a special【C6】______to the young because no real training is needed to produce it. There is no gulf【C7】______the audience and the performer. Every boy and girl in the audience【C8】______, "I could sing like that".【C9】______rock has become a new kind of religion, a new form of worship. Young people are【C10】______to pay to worship a rock star because it is a way of worshipping【C11】______
    How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts【C12】______in like water? Most of the young stars simply throw the money【C13】______.  Many【C14】______stars live like Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a【C15】______, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do【C16】______tour. They save no money, buy no stocks, and live from【C17】______to mouth.
    In the end the rock star’s life is【C18】______. After two or three years riches and fame are gone.
【C19】______his memories and his tax problems, the lonely ex-performer spends his remaining years trying to impress strangers. ’New stars have arrived to take his【C20】______.
【C3】

选项 A、spend
B、cost
C、compensate
D、reward

答案A

解析 本题可以说考查词义辨析,也可以说是词语搭配。spend有 spend...on sth或spend...doing的搭配,其它几个词没有。另外从词义上判断:spend表示花费时间或金钱,其主语应是“人”;cost意思也有花费,但主语常是“物”;compensate是“赔偿”的意思;reward是“酬劳”的意恿。文中的意思是“歌迷们花两个亿买唱片”,所以spend更合适。
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