Question

Gao Xiaosong was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His grandfather was headmaster of the famous Tsinghua University. His wife’s father graduated from the Imperial College London and founded Shenzhen University. He basically grew up on Tsinghua's campus, and studied in the top schools in China, before he, unsurprisingly, entered Tsinghua's electronic engineering department, one of the school's best majors.

He wrote On the Same Page as You are at age 24. Almost overnight, every young person knew the song by heart. That tune and his later works made him a household name in the country. He later became a judge on the hot variety show (综艺节目) China's Got Talent. 

Everything has gone right for him aside from one major bump in the road—he was arrested for drunken driving in 2011, after he left the first press conference for his film, My Kingdom.

"For me, the six months was not only a result of the trial but also an atonement,（赎罪）" he says. "Six months is like a leaf falling from the tree of life—no big deal. I was a spoiled person in many ways before 40. So, maybe it was an opportunity to pay for my wildness and arrogance(傲慢) in my youth." The hardest thing for him in prison wasn't sleeping between a thief and a bad man but missing his daughter's development from ages 3.5–4.

Gao has become even busier after getting out of prison for drunken driving. A tour concert of his songs is going around the country, while Morning Talk airs weekly. He is searching for new vocal talent for a music company, and his next film is in progress. But he knows clearly what he wants from life—he plans to focus on music until he turns 60, after which he'll focus on writing and film directing. "You can never write pop music at 60," he says. "I don't complain about that. But you can always write a good book or direct a good film, no matter how old you are."

1.What caused him to become well-known to every family in China? 

(No more than 7 words)                                                  (3 marks)

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2.What did he find it the most difficult to do when he was in prison?

(No more than 11 words)                                                 (2 marks)

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3.When is he going to devote himself to writing and directing films ？

 (No more than 7 words)                                                  (2 marks)

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4.What words can be used to describe Mr. Gao’s character before he was forty?

(No more than 6 words)                                                  (3 marks)

Answer

1.The song/tune and his later works.

2.To miss/Missing his daughter's growth/development from ages 3.5-4.

3.After 60/After he was 60/sixty (years old.)

4.(He was) Spoiled, wild/crazy and arrogant/proud.

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本文对中国著名音乐人高晓松进行了介绍：家庭背景显赫，自己一帆风顺是家喻户晓的名人，因醉酒驾车而入狱的经历给了他启迪和领悟。

1.据第二段That tune and his later works made him a household name in the country.那曲调和他后来的作品使他在全国家喻户晓而得出答案。

2.据第四段最后一句 The hardest thing for him in prison wasn't sleeping betweena thief and a bad man but missing his daughter's development from ages 3.5–4. 在监狱里最难的事情不是谁在一个小偷和一个坏人中间，而是错过了陪伴不到四岁的女儿的成长而得出答案。

3.据最后一段he plans to focus on music until he turns 60, after which he'll focus on writing and film directing他计划把事业的重点放到音乐方面直到60岁，60岁以后把重点放在写作和导演电影方面。

4.据第四段I was a spoiled person in many ways before 40. So, maybe it was an opportunity to pay for my wildness and arrogance(傲慢) in my youth.在我40岁之前我在许多方面都被宠坏了，因此这可能是我承担年轻时期的狂野和傲慢的机会而得出答案。

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