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.
1.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.
2.Who isn’t mentioned any cooperative experience with a film?
A. Fifth Harmony. B. Lorde. C. Troye Sivan. D. None.
3.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.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Where are millions of “Cokes” sold every day?
A. Almost everywhere in the world. B. In most European countries.
C. Some parts of the world.
2.What do the Americans think of coke?
A. It’s a drink for young people. B. It is only drunk on certain occasions.
C. Almost everyone likes it in the USA.
3.When did the first supermarket appear in the USA?
A. In the 1920s. B. In the 1930s. C. In 1930.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?
A. Tired. B. Sad. C. Happy.
2.What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Have a rest. B. Have a talk with him. C. Have a cigarette.
3.What’s the probable result of the conversation?
A. The man will give up smoking. B. The man will continue to smoke.
C. The man will listen to the woman’s advice.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where does this conversation most likely take place?
A. In the street. B. At the woman’s home. C. Over the phone.
2.What is the woman going to do tonight?
A. Help her sister with English. B. Meet her friend at the station.
C. Go to an exhibition with her parents.
3.When can the woman most probably go to see a film with the man?
A. Tonight. B. This weekend. C. Sometime next week.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What is the 21st Century?
A. It is a newspaper. B. It is a book. C. It is a TV program.
2.What can we know about the 21st Century from this conversation?
A. It sells well. B. Not so many people know about it.
C. It can not help students work hard.
3.What will the woman probably do after the conversation?
A. Borrow it from the man. B. Buy the 21st Century from a bookstore.
C. She won’t read it.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What is the man doing now?
A. He is fishing. B. He is preparing for fishing.
C. He is taking photos.
2.What’s the woman’s hobby?
A. Taking photos. B. Fishing. C. Making home movies.
3.What will the woman probably do in the future?
A. To buy a movie camera. B. To learn to fish. C. To change her hobby.
