The insanely popular song from South Korean recording artist PSY has just become the most watched video on YouTube ever, gaining more than 808 million views on the popular media site.

The record was previously held by another pop heavyweight, Justin Bieber, whose song“Baby”had a little more than 804 million views at press time. PSY made the announcement early today.
Since its release，the song has outshone such other popular videos as Jennifer Lopez’s“On the Floor.”and Eminem’s“Love the Way You Lie”.
And in September，“Gangnam Style”also became the most liked video on YouTube，now with nearly 5.4 million thumbs up．
At the time of the announcement, the Guinness Book of World Records released a statement saying: “In years past it was unthinkable that something would be viewed a hundred million times, and now Gangnam Style has achieved more than twice this figure in just three months on YouTube. PSY，your certificate is waiting here at our office，come and pick it up any time!”
Despite its massive popularity, the video shows no signs of slowing down, and it even has a shot at becoming the first video to get more than one billion views.
If it maintains its current rate of around six million new views per day, “Gangnam Style”would be in line to break that record by the end of the year.
It has found its way to the tops of music charts in more than 30 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, while providing material for thousands of parody videos.
It became a staple in the 2012 presidential elections with the now ramous “Mitt Romney Style” video and was even used by the North Korean government in propaganda(宣傳)films promoting their supreme leader. Meanwhile, such influential figures as President Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have all made mention of the hit song.
小題1:Which of the following ranks second in views on YouTube?
A．Gangnam Style．B．Baby．
C．On the Floor．D．Love the Way You Lie．
小題2:Which statement about Gangnam Style on YouTube is wrong?
A．It has become the most watched video．
B．It has become the most liked video．
C．It has won more than 5.4 million thumbs down．
D．It has more than two hundred million views in three months．
小題3:What does the statement made by the Guinness Book of World Records suggest?
A．Some video gained more views than Gangnam Style．
B．It is impossible that Gangnam Style should have 100 million views．
C．Guinness Book of World Records has recognized Gangnam Style’s achievements．
D．Guinness Book of World Records won’t believe Gangnam Style’s achievements．
小題4: Gangnam Style is to _______ if it keeps its current rate．
A．get more than one billion views
B．get more than two billion views
C．get more than 808 million Views
D．get one hundred million views
小題5:What can we learn about Gangnam Style from the last paragraph?
A．It is especially popular in developing countries.
B．It has played a part in the US presidential elections.
C．Few influential figures know it.
D．The supreme leader of North Korea has ever performed it.
 
小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:B

試題分析：本文敘述了南朝鮮的歌曲江南style是最受歡迎的一首歌曲，文中提到了它每年增長(zhǎng)的數(shù)字，世界吉尼斯紀(jì)錄已經(jīng)承認(rèn)了它的成就，就連美國(guó)及北朝鮮總統(tǒng)的選舉中它都起到重要的作用。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The insanely popular song from South Korean recording artist PSY has just become the most watched video on YouTube ever, gaining more than 808 million views on the popular media site.
和The record was previously held by another pop heavyweight, Justin Bieber, whose song“Baby”had a little more than 804 million views at press time.它排列第二，故選 B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)now with nearly 5.4 million thumbs up故選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In years past it was unthinkable that something would be viewed a hundred million times, and now Gangnam Style has achieved more than twice this figure in just three months on YouTube. 吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄已經(jīng)承認(rèn)江南style的成就。故選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)it even has a shot at becoming the first video to get more than one billion views.故選A。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It became a staple in the 2012 presidential elections with the now ramous “Mitt Romney Style” video 和such influential figures as President Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have all made mention of the hit song. 故選B。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)理解題主要考查考生對(duì)文章中某一些特定細(xì)節(jié)或文章的重要實(shí)事的理解能力。它一般包括直接理解題和語(yǔ)義理解題兩種。直接理解題的答案與原文直接掛鉤，從閱讀材料中可以找到。這種題難度低，只要學(xué)生讀懂文章，就能得分，屬于低層次題。而語(yǔ)義理解題須將題目信息與原文相關(guān)信息進(jìn)行語(yǔ)義上的轉(zhuǎn)換才能得出結(jié)論。這類(lèi)題目要求考生能理解原文中某個(gè)短語(yǔ)或句子的含義，從而找到與答案意思相同的詞語(yǔ)和句子。
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