阅读理解Aroundtheworldyoungpeoplearespendingunbelievablesumsofmoneytolistentorockmusic．ForbesMagazinereportsthatatleastfiftyrockstarshaveincomesbetweentwomillionandsixmil

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阅读理解

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 miillion dollars a year when he was popular in 1950s．“Performers aren't worth this kind of money．In fact noboby 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 5 000 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(名声)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 ________．
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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?
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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

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．A;3．B;4．C;

提示：

(1)	本文主要围绕的问题是歌星们钱挣得很多却没有钱，他们如何花钱的。
(2)	前面有这样一句话Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many“很多人的成功在于幸运。”然后举了例子，包括Neil Young。
(3)	从这句话中可以找到答案。After paying expense Young leaves with about 18 000 in his blue jeans。
(4)	从文中讲到的他们花钱的方式和这句话They save no money可以猜测短语的意思为“他们赚得的全部都用掉，仅够花费而已”。