英语四级听力-短对话 227

Test 5Section CAround the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes Magazine (36) ______ that at least fifty rock stars have (37) ______ of between two million and six million dollars per year.

"It doesn't make sense," says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music (38) ______ , who made a million dollars a year when he was most (39) ______ , in the 1950s. "(40) ______ aren't worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is." But the rock stars' (41) ______ seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for (42) ______ . They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.

Some observers 1 think the (43) ______ are buying more than music. According 2 to one theory, to play rock music doesn't require much training. (44) ______________________________________________________________ . Every boy and girl in the audience thinks, "I could sing like that." Rock music has become a kind of religion. (45) ____________________________________________________________________________________ .

Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Don McLean, who wrote and sang "American Pie." McLean earned more than a million dollars from recordings 3 of "American Pie." (46) ______________________________________________________________________________ .

答案解析：

36. claims解析：此处需要第三人称谓语动词，注意拼写ai。

37. incomes解析：根据后面的数字，此处需要表示“收入”的名词，注意复数形式。

38. millionaires解析：根据后面的定语从句可知此处需要名词，表示“百万富翁”，注意拼写aire和复数形式。

39. popular解析：根据he was most可知此处需要形容词，注意拼写ar。

40. Performers解析：根据aren't可知此处需要名词复数形式，此单词位于句首，应注意首字母大写。注意拼写er和or。

41. admirers解析：根据所有格和seem可知此处需要 名词复数形式，注意拼写er。

42. records解析：介绍for后接名词或动名词，records在此处作名词，注意拼写or。

43. customers解析：根据are可知此处需要名词复数形式，注意拼写o和er。

44. 标准答案：There is no gulf 4 between the audience and the performer听音关键：no gulf，audience，performer答案重构：No gulf lies between the audience and the performer画龙点睛：关键是要把两者之间没有距离的信息表达出来45. 标准答案：Young people are glad to pay to worship 5 a rock star because it is a way of worshipping themselves听音关键：glad，play，worship star，worship themselves答案重构：Young people like to spend money adoring 6 rock stars for it's a way of adoring themselves画龙点睛：本句中pay表示“付款”，其后稍有停顿；不定式to worship表示目的。注意这里并不是pay worship to短语。如果原词照搬，要注意worshipping应双写p；如果担心会拼错worship这个词，可用其同义词adore，admire等来代替。

46. 标准答案：Then too, by writing his own music, McLean earns some extra money听音关键：writing music，earn extra money答案重构：Then, McLean earns some extra money by writing his own music, too.

画龙点睛：状语的位置可以调换。