2 . 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.

2. What does the underlined word “withhold” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Keep back.

B．Pick out.

C．Hold onto.

D．Put away.

3. What can we learn from the text?

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.

4. What can be a suitable title for this text?

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

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Before the award ceremony began, several famous actors and actresses graced the red carpet, as fans were    1    (eager)waiting for their arrival. Many wondered who    2    (take) home the big awards. As the night went on, the tension grew, and the audience held their breath as the winners were announced one by one. All the winners were glorious when they stepped onto the stage    3    they accepted their awards and thanked their colleagues, families, and fans for their support.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．The changes of talk shows.

B．The ways of enjoying our lives.

C．The future of entertainment industry.

2. What do most talk shows usually rely on to make their shows lively?

A．Having a live audience.

B．Doing video-chat interviews.

C．Inviting their family members.

3. What does Jimmy Kimmel do in the video?

A．He makes a pizza at home.

B．He chats with a pop star.

C．He plays with his kids.

4. How does the speaker feel about these hosts?

A．Encouraged.

B．Disappointed.

C．Sympathetic.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A realistic drama A Lifelong Journey has become a huge hit on TV and online recently.    1    (focus) on the ups and downs of Zhou’s family over five decades, it has caused nostalgia (怀旧) among many viewers. With the drama    2     (release) on China Central Television and streaming platform iQiyi on Jan 28, its viewership is    3    (steady) on the rise. Many viewers issued a    4    (describe) of the show that it was like a time machine to drift into the past, reflecting how they got here.

Adapted    5    Liang Xiaosheng’s award-winning novel of the same name, the show explores themes of family, friendship and romance in a bittersweet story. Set in    6    1960s, it’s not surprising that the family has to deal with lots of social    7    (change). like the restart of Gaokao, the country’s Reform and Opening-up, the boom of Xiahai and the nation’s anti-corruption campaign. Following the lives of Zhou’s family, the Grama gives viewers an insight into the ordinary Chinese who have turned a country in    8    (poor) into the second largest economy in the world.

The show’s director Li Lu,    9    became well known for his anti-corruption series in the Name of the People in 2017, said “China    10    ( witness) dramatic changes over the past five decades and it is time to create such a drama to remember the past.”

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As COVID-19 continues to spread in China, watching a fitness livestreaming (网络直播) video,     1     (host) by Liu Genghong, has been a daily must for millions of people stuck at home.

Liu,     2     was a little-known singer born in Taiwan, took the Internet by storm and became the hottest fitness broadcaster on Chinese social media, with his videos     3     (attract) 230 million followers. Since the popularity of Li Jiaqi, China’s “Livestreaming King” famous     4     his eye-catching online sales strategy, no one     5     (enjoy) such a rise in livestreaming field. A comment says, “Li empties our wallets, while Liu empties our bodies.”

Experts voiced     6     (different) on whether the new trend would last long. “It has driven people to exercise, but in the long term, I think     7     difficult to form a new area within livestreaming”, according to Wang Peng from Renmin University of China. But Huang Haidong,     8     expert from the Chinese online fitness platform Keep, says the fitness wave is certain to be a firm, long-term trend, whether it’s about Liu Genghong or not.

China has the largest fitness market in the world. However, whether this trend has long-lasting power will depend on how money     9     (give) to the livestreaming platforms. Now broadcasters mainly have three     10     (source) of income including fans offering cash “gifts”, advertising brands, and selling products through videos. Yet, organizers and networks haven’t found a better solution to the problem.