英语四级听力-短对话 227（在线收听）

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 think the (43) ______ are buying more than music. According 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 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 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 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 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。