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The insanely popular song ‘Gangnam Style’ from South Korean recording artist PSY has just become the most watched video on YouTube ever, garnering more than 808 million views on the popular media site.

The distinction was previously held by another pop heavyweight, Justin Bieber, whose song ‘Baby’ had a little more than 804 million views at press time. PSY made the announcement on his Twitter page earlier today.

Since its release, the song has defeated such other popular videos as Jennifer Lopez’s ‘On the Floor,’ Eminem's ‘Love the Way You Lie’ and LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem.’ And in September, 'Gangnam Style' also became the most liked video on YouTube, now with nearly 5.4 million thumbs up.

At the time of the announcement, the Guinness Book of World Records released a statement saying: “In years past it was unthinkable that something would be viewed a hundred million times, and now Gangnam Style has achieved more than twice this figure in just three months on YouTube. PSY, your certificate is waiting here at our office, come pick it up any time!”

Despite its massive popularity, the video shows no signs of slowing down, and it even has a shot at becoming the first video to get more than one billion views.

If it maintains its current rate of around six million new views per day, ‘Gangnam Style’ would be in line to break that record by the end of the year.

The YouTube honors are just the latest in a long list that shows just how popular the song has become. Since it was released in July, the song has seen a meteoric rise through the music industry.

It has found its way to the tops of music charts in more than 30 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, while providing material for thousands of parody(恶搞)videos.

It became a staple (主要部份) in the 2012 presidential elections with the now famous ‘Mitt Romney Style’ video and was even used by the North Korean government in propaganda films promoting their supreme leader.

Meanwhile, such influential figures as President Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have all made mention of the hit song.

1.This passage mainly talks about a world famous________.

A. music          B. music video

C. video website   D. Korean pop singer

2.Which of the following about “Gangnam Style” is NOT true according to the passage?

A. “Gangnam Style” has defeated Justin Bieber’s “Baby” on You Tube’s views.

B. “Gangnam Style” has been the favorite to at least 5.4 million people.

C. “Gangnam Style” has been the first to get more than 1 billion views.

D. “Gangnam Style” has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.

3.What can we infer from this passage?

A. PSY will become one of the greatest musicians due to the popularity of “Gangnam Style”.

B. Obama won the presidential election partly because of the ‘Mitt Romney Style’ video.

C. Despite its massive popularity, the fever of “Gangnam Style” has decreased.

D. The influence of “Gangnam Style” has spread far and wide.

 

1.B 2.C 3.D 【解析】 试题分析: 这篇文章讲的是世界上著名的音乐视频江南style,它的受欢迎程度从点击率上可见一斑,它的影响也是深远的 1.B考查主旨题:从第一段的句子:The popular song ‘Gangnam Style’ from South Korean recording artist PSY has just become the most watched video on YouTube ever,可知这篇文章讲的是世界上著名的音乐视频,故选B项。 2.C考查细节题:从第五段的句子,it even has a shot at becoming the first video to get more than one billion views.可知在江南style还没有达到10亿播放量,故选C项。 3.D考查归纳题:从文章最后三段的内容:It has found its way to the tops of music charts in more than 30 countries, 和It became part of the 2012 presidential elections with the now famous 等句子:可知江南style的影响是深远的,故选D项。 考点:文化类阅读。
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