Question

The popular Korean male artist Rain swept through Asia recently, gaining popularity among both male and female fans. 36 his popularity, Pepsi(百事可樂), which did not 37 to offer any Korean artist the opportunity to be one of its ambassadors (大使), has changed their mind. They now have 38  Rain to be its new “blue blood(藍(lán)血家族)” and have offered him a high price.

For the past two years, Pepsi has 39 an enormous amount of money in signing up world popular mega stars to be the company’s ambassadors. They 40 soccer star David Beckham, Taiwan popular Idols F4, Jay Chou, Hong Kong star Edison Chen, Nicholas Tse, Louis Koo etc. Now with the 41  rising of Korean star Rain, Pepsi was quick to put him on its 42.

According to sources, Pepsi has recently sent a(an) 43 to Korea to discuss details with Rain and they are about to 44 a contract. When a reporter called Ms Li to verify this matter, she didn’t deny it, and 45 that “At this point, we can’t reveal anything”. Also according to sources, Pepsi will be the sponsor of Rain’s October 46 in Hong Kong, but Rain’s Hong Kong manager Ms Chan Ka Ying 47 , “At this moment, it’s not 48 to talk about this. There will be an announcement shortly!”

49 the old Chinese saying goes: “One mountain cannot be ruled by two tigers”, Pepsi has somehow created an internal 50  between Rain and Jay Chou. Rain’s popularity is rising and he has the 51 “single eye-lid” feature as Jay, whose status has somehow been 52. There’s a rumour that the skin product brand DHC is intending to 53  their ambassador from Jay to Rain, in order to capture the Korean, Japanese, Chinese 54.

Rain’s recent Beijing concert was a tremendous hit, 55 in “Korean Fever” in Mainland China.

1.	A．Thanks for B．Due to C．According to D．Based on

 

2.	A．target B．point C．a(chǎn)im D．intend

 

3.	A．a(chǎn)ccepted B．invited C．a(chǎn)dopted D．a(chǎn)pproved

 

4.	A．spent B．depended C．cost D．paid

 

5.	A．contain B．include C．cover D．enclose

 

6.	A．up-to-date B．new C．modern D．recent

 

7.	A．schedule B．record C．list D．program

 

8.	A．manager B．a(chǎn)rtist C．boss D．representative

 

9.	A．sign B．mark C．get D．keep

 

10.	A．supplied B．increased C．joined D．a(chǎn)dded

 

11.	A．concert B．show C．display D．exhibition

 

12.	A．recognized B．responded C．reacted D．a(chǎn)cknowledged

 

13.	A．comfortable B．pleasant C．convenient D．relaxed

 

14.	A．As B．When C．After D．While

 

15.	A．struggle B．competition C．fight D．conflict

 

16.	A．same B．a(chǎn)like C．different D．similar

 

17.	A．infected B．effected C．a(chǎn)ffected D．caused

 

18.	A．exchange B．vary C．shift D．switch

 

19.	A．markets B．shops C．malls D．stores

 

20.	A．resulting B．causing C．leading D．directing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B 

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.A 

【解析】

1.B。due to因?yàn)椤?/p>

2.D。后文的has changed their mind和前文did not說明Pepsi最初沒有打算要韓國人做代言人。

3.B。to be its new “blue blood”和have offered him a high price說明他們要高薪“邀請”Rain。

4.A。spend money in doing … 意為“花費(fèi)金錢在做……”。

5.B。they作主語，隨后文章列舉了一些為百事可樂做代言人的名字，所以謂語動詞用include。

6.D。上文提到了百事公司改變主意，想啟用韓國藝人Rain，其原因就是Rain近期的勢頭比較猛。

7.C。is quick to put him on its list，和前文的invite呼應(yīng)。[來源:學(xué)§科§網(wǎng)Z§X§X§K]

8.D。Pepsi和Rain要商洽，應(yīng)該派代表。

9.A。sign a contract簽署協(xié)議。

10.D。此處用added 表示“補(bǔ)充道”。

11.A。Pepsi要做Rain的 sponsor幫助他在香港舉辦音樂會。Rain 是個藝人，所以最可能的資助就是舉辦音樂會。

12.B。respond回應(yīng)，回答上文提到的信息。

13.C。后文there will be an announcement shortly表明當(dāng)時(shí)不便說，所以用convenient。

14.A。As the old Chinese saying goes意為“正如中國老話所說”。

15.B。Jay和Rain分別來自中國臺灣和韓國，后文說到Rain’s popularity is rising，而且兩人有共同的特征，因此兩者之間形成了競爭。

16.A。the same … as 固定搭配。

17.C。前文描述了Rain的上升勢頭給Jay一定的沖擊，所以Jay的位置受到影響。

18.D。前文提到了Jay的位置受到影響，后文用一傳言作為例證。switch “更換”。

19.A。目的應(yīng)該是贏得“市場”，所以用markets。

20.A。result in 以……為結(jié)果。resulting in “Korean Fever” in Mainland China 意為“在中國大陸引起了‘韓流’”，說明Rain在中國獲得了巨大的成功。