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Look out for the “Made in the USA” label (標簽) on some best-selling music from Japan’s top pop artists. Japan’s chart-topping (流行榜) musicians, looking to make music with some of the top talent in the United State, or just looking for a bit of anonymity (匿名) overseas away from the press pack at home, are heading to studios in places like New York and Los Angeles to record music.
Among the top 20 album (一套唱片) in Japan in May, 14 were made by Japanese artists and six of those were partially or completely recorded in the United States. The other six slots (位置) in the top 20 chart were filled by overseas artists. Japanese artists started coming in force to the United States to make music during the heady (輕率的) days of the late 1980s when the yen (日元) was strong and the novelty (新穎) factor was high. Yet despite the fact that the novelty factor has worn off and the economy has taken a nosedive, top artists are still heading stateside[在(向、來自)美國本土].
Japan is the world’s second-biggest music market after the United States with yearly sales of around US $ 5 billion. Top Japanese artists have earning power near that of their counter parts in the United States and Europe. “What brings Japanese artists to New York a lot of times is the cachet (威望) of recording in America, and the energy you get when you come to New York to record,” said Steve Rosenthal, the owner of the Magic Shop recording studio. “The city where you make a record has a lot to do with what the record eventually sounds like and feels like, and there is a certain energy you get when you make a record in New York.” The first Japanese artists started coming around 10 years ago and now make up about 15 percent of the studio’s clientele (客戶). Japanese artist Bonnie Pink recently cut an album at the studio and rockers (搖滾歌手), Super Car also paid a visit hoping to catch the vibe (氛圍) that helped propel (推進) the Ramones to stardom (明星身份,明星界).
1．From the passage we learn that ________.
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A．most of the top album in Japan in May were recorded in the United States
B．the label “made in the USA” can be found on most of the top artists’ album
C．the United States is the biggest music market in the world
D．Japan is the biggest music market
2．What brings Japanese artists to the United States is ________.
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A．the more powerful American musicians
B．the better economic circumstances on the United States
C．the better reward
D．the energy one can get in the United States
3．The word “nosedive” (para. 2) most probably means ________.
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4．Which of the following statements is true?
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A．The Japanese musicians began to come to the United States around a decade ago.
B．Japanese musicians have become the main clients of the American studios.
C．Japanese musicians came to the United States with the economic support from the home.
D．On the top chart, there is no foreign album.
5．We can infer from the sentence “what bring Japanese artists to New York… is the cachet of recording in America” ( Para. 3 ) that ________.
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A．Japanese musicians come to New York just to get a label of “made in the USA”
B．a label of “made in the USA” means that the music is the best
C．in Japanese’s mind, the foreign music is better than the domestic
D．the American music is the best in the world
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One day Burton took his children to the zoo. He told them to be ready at two o'clock, but they weren't all ready then: little Tommy couldn't find his shoes. He could find his brown shoes, but he couldn't find his black shoes, and wanted to wear his black shoes to the zoo. At a quarter past two his brothers and sisters told him to wear his brown shoes. Their mother waved goodbye and told them to enjoy their trip to the zoo. Then she sat down to read a book in the empty, quiet house.
When they got to the zoo, Burton told the children to stay with; he didn't want them to get lost in the zoo. Little Tommy asked his father to buy some food for the bears; but his father answered:“Look at that notice, Tommy. It tells us not to feed the animals.”
“Why does it tell us not to feed the animals?”asked Tommy.
“Because they get a lot of food already.”said Burton.“And people often try to give them the wrong food; that's bad for the animals.”
At three o'clock the dolphin (海豚) show began. All the Burtons wanted to see it, so Mr. Burton bought seven tickets and took the children down to the dolphinarium(海豚館). The dolphins did a lot of tricks: they jumped up into the air and flew through hoops (大鐵圈) over the water; they caught rubber rings with their noses; and they played‘basketball’with red and yellow balls. The trainer blew his whistle when he wanted the dolphins to do something, and when they did it he gave them some fish.
“How can the dolphins do all those tricks?”asked the little Tommy.
“Because they are very intelligent (聰明的),”said his big brother.“They can understand when their trainer tells them to do something; and they like to do tricks (耍把戲). because he always gives them some fish when they do them.”
“That's good,”said Tommy.“I like to do tricks too; why doesn't Father give me some candies (糖果) when I do them?”
1．Burton ________ the house at two o'clock.
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2．Tommy was looking for ________.
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3．Burton told his children ________.
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4．________ the animals the wrong food.
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5．The dolphins played basketball ________.
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What comes into your mind when you think about robots? Do you imagine armies of evil metal monsters planning to take over the world? Or, perhaps of mechanical men who have been created as guards or soldiers by a mad genius? Or maybe you think of man-like robots who act, think, and look like human beings. In fact robots like these have more to do with science fiction films than with real life. In the real world robots are machines that do jobs which otherwise have to be done by people. Robots either operate by themselves or under the control of a person.
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1．Robots in real life ________.
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A．can behave like human beings
B．have the ability to control the world
C．can act as the evil guards of a tyrant
D．can help us with a lot of work
2．According to this article, which of the following is NOT TRUE about robots in the real world?
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A．Some robots are as creative as artists
B．Some robots can help manufacture cars
C．Some robots can see and hear
D．Some robots can explore outer space
3．Robots can perform many tasks for man because ________.
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A．they have intelligence
B．they are supplied with computer programs
C．they can imitate human beings
D．they have the ability to learn new things
4．The robots in science fiction films and those in real life differ mainly in ________.
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