Question

    We all have our favourite music, films or books — but which are the most popular ever?

The most popular album (音乐专辑) Thriller by Michael Jackson At the time Jackson started writing his best-selling album Thriller, he hoped that his album would sell 50 million copies. He was wrong — it sold over ten million more than that. Even today around 130,000 copies are sold in the USA every year.

The most popular classical music Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony When Beethoven was alive, his Fifth Symphony wasn’t his most popular piece of music. But now most people know the da da da dah introduction. In the 20th century, the first four notes (音符) were used by other musicians to make different types of music like hiphop and rock and roll.

The most popular novel A Tale of Two Cities Many people think the best-selling book of all time is one of the Harry Potter books. It’s true that all the Harry Potter books together have sold about 450 million copies. But the most popular single novel is much older. A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens in 1859 and has sold 250 million copies.

The most popular ________ The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema. It only became popular later on video, DVD and TV. It was based on a book by Stephen King. The writer sold the story for only a dollar.

1.The best word for the blank is ________.

A.painting B.film C.poem D.sculpture

2.Which of the following is true?

A.Thriller turned out to be more popular than Michael Jackson expected.

B.The Fifth Symphony was used in many other music forms by Beethoven.

C.A Tale of Two Cities has sold more copies than all the Harry Potter books.

D.The Shawshank Redemption made much money as soon as it came out.

3.Which section of a magazine is the passage probably from?

A.Sports Time. B.Science Study. C.Culture World. D.Nature Watch.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要向我们介绍了几个世界之最：最受欢迎的音乐专辑——《Thriller》；最受欢迎的古典乐——《第五交响曲》；最受欢迎的小说——《双城记》；最受欢迎的电影——《肖申克的救赎》。

1.The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema.”讲到一开始在电影院没赚多少钱，可推出此处是说最受欢迎的电影。故选B。

2.·杰克逊预期的更受欢迎，A项正确；根据表格2中“In the 20th century, the first four notes were used by other musicians to make different types of music like hiphop and rock and roll.”可知《第五交响曲》被其他音乐家用在许多其他的音乐形式中，B项错误；根据表格3中“It’s true that all the Harry Potter books together have sold about 450 million copies. ...A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens in 1859 and has sold 250 million copies.”可知《双城记》（2.5亿本）没有整个哈利波特系列（4.5亿本）卖的多，C项错误；根据表格4中“The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, didn’t make much money at the cinema.”可知《肖申克的救赎》一开始没赚多少钱，D项错误。故选A。

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