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Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sum of money to listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that【C1】___
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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2011-03-01
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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】______.
【C18】
选项
A、priceless
B、valuable
C、invaluable
D、unrewarding
答案
D
解析
本题考查上下文语境理解。“到最后摇滚歌手的生活没了回报”。 Priceless“无价的”;valuable“有价值的”;invaluable“没有价值的”; unrewarding“没有回报的”。这里考生感到困惑的是选项invaluable,我们不能说他们的生活一文不值。特别要提醒考生注意priceless“贵重到无价”和invaluable“不值钱到没价”的区别。
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