What do you usually expect from a pop star’s ...

What do you usually expect from a pop star’s concert? Dazzling stage design, mysterious guest singers or sensational costumes? The answer is yes for most singers. But no when it comes to David Tao’s concerts. “ I won’t invite guests to perform. I won’t dance, take off my clothes or dress up like a peacock to attract attention,” Tao said.Tao insisted a concert should offer nothing more than music.

Tao has been on the music scene since 1997. Quality is the word that can best describe his works. With six albums in 10 years, the 38-year-old singer is not prolific(多产的 ), but he has achieved much more than other Chinese singers who have produced 10 or more albums in a short time.

Tao is called the “ Godfather of R&B” in China and has been a trendsetter(创新者) in China’s music industry. His albums have won various awards in Asia for his socially conscious lyrics, simple rhythms and creative mix of traditional sounds, like Peking Opera and traditional Chinese musical instruments.

Tao’s parents were famous entertainers in Taiwan. Tao spent some of his childhood in Hong Kong. His father was an actor, singer and composer, while his mother was a Peking Opera artist. His parents once moved to the United States and his father worked for Walt Disney. Later his parents returned to Taiwan where his father began his singing career, leaving David to finish his education in the United States. Tao met Taiwanese producer, Wang Zhi Ping, who offered him a job. So Tao went back to Taiwan to write and produce songs for many singers. In 1997 with the help of Wang and another Taiwanese producer, Jim Lee, Tao released his first album which set a record in Taiwan as the first album from a new singer. Tao won two awards, Best Newcomer and Best Producer, becoming the first new comer/singer to also win a Best Producer award during the 9th GMA (金曲奖). Later, Tao released his second album. In this album Tao tried many musical styles including his favorite rock music; in fact each song is different in their style and music arrangement.

“I grew up listening to the most fashionably mixed types of music with my father playing Elvis Presley’s songs in one room and my mother singing Peking Opera in another,” Tao said jokingly.

Tao said he will release a new album after the tour and then he will switch roles to become a film director. Preparation for the movie has already begun and it will be released in 2011. “ After the concert, I will switch my focus to that. I hope I can make it one thing after another.”

1.To pop star Tao, what is the most important thing to a concert?

2. According to the passage, the reasons for Tao’s albums to win awards are as follows EXCEPT____.

3.. Tao is successful and called the “ Godfather of R&B” because_______.

4. We can infer from the passage that after the concert,_______.

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---What do you think of last Friday’s charity pop concert, Tim?

---It was a great success as a whole. Actually we ____ with half of the money collected.

A. will be satisfied                                                                     B. were satisfied

C. would be satisfied                                                                D. would have been satisfied

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— What’s made you so upset?

— ____________ three tickets to the pop music concert.

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▲Hong Kong’s pop star Kelly Chan will hold a concert in Hong Kong this month. She has been working on it for two years. She will dance with a group of 40 dancers. Chan is going to wear a dress with quite a number of diamonds on it.

▲ Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, 17, won the Japan Open on Saturday. She beat America’s Mashona Washington. It was her second win in a week. She also did well in South Korea.

▲More than nine million American children have health problem because they are too fat. An American medical group announced this last week. The group said children should have less fast food and fewer soft drinks and that schools should have more sports for all students, not just the best athletes.

45. What is Kelly Chan going to do?

A. To hold a concert.  B. To go on a diet.   C. To watch a game.    D. To make a dress.

46. According to the news the player from ________ won the tennis match on Saturday.

A. Russia                 B. Japan                  C. South Korea           D. America

47.The medical group from America said last week that _________.

A. America has too many good athletes     B. children shouldn’t have too many soft drinks

C. schools should organize more picnics    D. most parents in America have health problem

48. From the news we know that __________.

A. Kelly Chan has been dancing with 40 people

B. Maria Sharapova has won the Japan Open 17 times

C. soft drinks and fast food are really good for children’s health

D. many American children have too much fast food and too little exercise

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---How do you like the concert?

---I really enjoy it. I didn’t expect it was _____ wonderful.

A. more          B. most         C. very             D. as

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— __________ do you like the film tonight?

— Better than __________.

A. How; expected     B. What; expected       C. How; to expect      D. What; to expected

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----What is it about him _____you dislike him .

----I don’t know .  But I don’t like him from the start .

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— What are you doing this Saturday?

— I'm not sure, but I go to the Rolling Stones concert.

A. must　 B. would　　 C. should　　 D. Might

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—What did you do in town last night?

—_____ a concert, we also watched a football match.

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---What did you do in the town last night?

---_______ a concert, we also watched a football match at home.

A. Instead of    B. Apart from   C. In addition     D. Except

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