1. What is the main reason why the woman loves Taylor Swift?
A.Taylor’s songs. |
B.Taylor’s hometown. |
C.Taylor’s appearance. |
A.In the news. |
B.On the Internet. |
C.At the concert. |
1. What do the speakers talk about first?
A.The man’s favorite actor. |
B.The man’s favorite country. |
C.The woman’s favorite movie. |
A.The weather. | B.The people. | C.The food. |
A.The city is noisy. | B.The life is colorful. | C.The cost of living is high. |
A.Reading. | B.Playing volleyball. | C.Having a barbecue. |
A.A video. | B.A singer. | C.A program. |
Animated film ‘Chang An’ love letter to golden age of poetry
A Chinese animated (动画) film, Chang An, featuring some of China’s most well-known poets has been a surprise hit at the box office. Since its release on July 8, the film
The film is set in the Tang dynasty,
Sitting in cinemas
Zou Jing,
A.He used to perform a lot on TV. |
B.He used to sing at the subway station. |
C.He used the Internet to draw people’s attention. |
1. How does the man like to watch football matches?
A.On live sports field. | B.With football players. | C.At home. |
A.Football fans. | B.The atmosphere. | C.Football songs. |
7 . Consisting of 39 episodes, the drama Knockout (狂飙) was directed by Xu Jizhou in 2021. It stars actors Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, who respectively play a fishmonger-turned-gang boss and a devoted police officer, recounting how they turn from friends to enemies over a period of two decades. Not only does it become a hit in China,
Set against the background of two decades of major social development in China and progress in it law-enforcement methods and capabilities, the story earned 8.6 points out of 10 on Douban and has won the market largely,
The show’s popularity index has reached 11,800—normally, 8000 marks a hit—on iQiyi.
A.for it’s an in-depth examination of the complexity of humanity. |
B.it was released on Feb 1 and reported by some domestic media. |
C.it has also been streamed overseas and translated to more than eight subtitled languages. |
D.However, he is bullied by two villains (恶棍) frequently and can’t do anything about it. |
E.Many viewers spent their Spring Festival holiday following the Suspense-filled drama. |
F.He makes people believe that even the darkest corner can be brightened by a glimmer of light. |
G.The company believes the drama’s success can be attributed to creative writing and the multifaceted characters. |
Talent shows are getting
What’s more,
However, every coin has two
All in all, we cannot live without amusement. As long as the talent shows could entertain and inspire
9 . To stream or not to stream? That is a question facing both music listeners and musicians.
Taylor Swift made news recently by pulling her music off Spotify, the world’s biggest streaming music service and turned to iTunes downloading and stores for sales. Back in July, Swift swept the pop music industry by selling almost 1.3 million copies of her album, 1989 in its first week. In an article Swift wrote, “The music industry is not dying... it’s just coming alive.”
Her cheerful attitude surely comes from her own unique position. So far this year, Swift has made $64 million, according to Forbes. She’ll make plenty more by bringing in about 70 cents for each dollar paid to download her music. It is much more than the royalty (版税) rate paid out by Spotify of between $0.006 and $0.0084 per song stream.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), money from streaming on YouTube, Pandora and Spotify has helped bring in more money. But the small amount Spotify pays to musicians still caused many of them to withhold some or all of their music from the service, like artists from Beyoncé to The Beatles.
Yet for bands struggling to get by, struggling even to be heard, keeping their music off streaming services is not so easy. Such bands need to get their music out any way they can, and if they’re going to make money, they need to make their music easily accessible to listeners.
To stream or not to stream is a difficult choice for fans, too. The streaming model puts ownership (所有权) of the music in the hands of the music industry. Rather than letting you own your collection, the music business is moving toward a model similar to on-demand cable TV. Every song written is available online whenever and wherever you’d like to hear, but the problem is that you, the user, need to pay over and over again each time you stream it.
1. Why did Taylor Swift say “music industry is coming alive”?A.Because she got a unique position in music industry. |
B.Because her new album made a great offline success. |
C.Because the birth of streaming brings great chances to music. |
D.Because Spotify becomes the world’s biggest streaming music service. |
A.Keep back. | B.Pick out. | C.Hold onto. | D.Put away. |
A.Taylor Swift promotes free music streaming. |
B.Streaming puts ownership of music in the hands of fans. |
C.Some bands still depend on streaming for chances to be heard. |
D.Fans can own music with a once-for-all pay on streaming platforms. |
A.The Music Industry Is Coming Alive |
B.Streaming Leaves Musicians and Fans in a Dilemma |
C.To Pay or Not to Pay: a Tough Choice for Music Fans |
D.The Rise of Streaming: a Threat or Opportunity for the Music Industry |
1. When did the man get the tickets?
A.On Monday. | B.On Friday. | C.On Sunday. |
A.Excited. | B.Sad. | C.Pressured. |
A.Spain. | B.Russia. | C.Switzerland. |