A
What’s it like to become a music star with millions of fans? These young artists know the feeling. Over the course of their short careers, they have attracted the attention of the biggest stars in the world and taken home prizes from major shows. For now they’re just kids that everyone in music is watching. Check out the next generation of stars below.
FIFTH HARMONY
The 1990s was a brilliant period for girl groups. But after that few groups have been able to make much of an influence. This doesn’t seem to bother Fifth Harmony, who landed the biggest hit of their career in 2016 with “Work from Home”, a pop song that encourages everyone to ask for leave more often. When it climbed to No.4 on the Billboard Hot100, it was the first time that a girl group had entered the top 5 in the past ten years.
LORDE
It’s been four years since the release of Born Heroine ---- the hot selling CD that made her a 16-year-old global sensation and the spokeswoman for a new generation of smart, strong-minded, creative female pop artists. She contributed to The Hunger Games soundtrack (插曲) in 2014, and for this time setting foot in Hollywood production also brought her more opportunities in her following career.
TROYE SIVAN
You might recognize the rising star Troye Sivan from YouTube, where he’s been uploading videos since he was 12 and his channel already has millions of fans, or from the movies, where he played the role of young Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
21. What does the underlined “it” mean in the second paragraph?
A. The girl group. B. The pop song “Work from Home”.
C. The girl group’s career. D. Fifth Harmony.
22. Who isn’t mentioned any cooperative experience with a film?
A. Fifth Harmony. B. Lorde. C. Troye Sivan. D. None.
23. What do you know about Billboard and YouTube from the passage?
A. Billboard is a price list of singers’ albums and YouTube is a TV station.
B. Billboard is a price list of singers’ albums and YouTube is a video website.
C. Billboard is a ranking(分等) list of pop songs and YouTube is a video website.
D. Billboard is a ranking list of pop songs and YouTube is a TV station.
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。成为拥有数百万歌迷的音乐明星是什么感觉?这些年轻的艺术家知道这种感觉。在他们短暂的职业生涯中，他们吸引了世界上最大牌明星的注意，并在大型演出中获奖。现在他们只是孩子，音乐圈的每个人都在看着他们。文章介绍了下一代明星。
【21题详解】
词义指代题。根据FIFTH HARMONY中This doesn’t seem to bother Fifth Harmony, who landed the biggest hit of their career in 2016 with “Work from Home”, a pop song that encourages everyone to ask for leave more often.” 这似乎并没有影响到Fifth Harmony，她在2016年凭借一首流行歌曲《Work from Home》获得了职业生涯的最大成功，这首歌鼓励大家更频繁地在家里工作。”由此推知下句中的it指代的是流行歌曲“Work from Home”。故选B。
【22题详解】
推理判断题。根据LORDE中---for this time setting foot in Hollywood production also brought her more opportunities in her following career.和TROYE SIVAN中---or from the movies,可知，Lorde和 Troye Sivan都有过与电影合作的经历，而Fifth Harmony没有提到。故选A。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据FIFTH HARMONY中---When it climbed to No.4 on the Billboard Hot100, TROYE SIVAN中You might recognize the rising star Troye Sivan from YouTube, where he’s been uploading videos从文章中可知，Billboard是一个流行歌曲排行榜，而YouTube是一个视频网站。故选C。
