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Module 4 小练习 I. cloze Michael Jackson’s full name is Michael Joseph Jackson. He is one of pop music’s biggest stars. He was born    2     August 29th, 1958 in Indiana, the USA. He is famous     1     the King of Pop. Michael Jackson is about 50 years old. And he has been a singer for more than 40 years. He started to perform on the stage     3     he was very young. Michael Jackson _  4     his brother’s pop group in 1964. He quickly became famous. Jackson made his first national TV appearance at the age of 11. Later on, his classical disco Off The Wall     5     10 million copies. He gave some concerts     6    the tickets always sold out.  But there’s     7     happening to him. He once said, “There is a lot of    8     in my past life.” Despite his private life, people all over the world still enjoy his music.     9     his songs are played, people will think of his dynamic(有力量的) performances. Though Jackson died in June, 2009, his fans said that he would be a great    10     forever.  1. A. on         B. in     C. at     D. to 2. A. with         B. for     C. to     D. as 3. A. because         B. when     C. if     D. since 4. A. attended         B. took part in     C. joined     D. joined in 5. A. went         B. sold     C. came     D. bought 6. A. because         B. so     C. but     D. and 7. A. something unhappy     B. unhappy something     C. something happy     D. happy something 8. A. happy         B. happiness     C. sad     D. sadness 9. A. Whenever         B. However    C. Whatever     D. Wherever 10. A. singer         B. song     C. music     D. dance II. Reading comprehension A Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. They started singing in 1965, and became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record in the name of I Want You Back. It was very popular. One of their hit records was Never Say Goodbye. Michael was good at dancing as well as singing. For example, his dance moves and moonwalking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world. Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever. 11. How many people are there in Michael’s group? A. Three.       B. Five.     C. Four.       D. Six. 12. What’s the name of their first record? A. Never Say Goodbye B. See You, See Me C. I Want You Back D. On the World 13. The underlined word “copies” means _______ in Chinese. A. 抄写         B. 张/份     C. 复制       D. 模仿 14. Michael was good at _______ according to the passage. A. rock music    B. street dance C. playing the piano D. moon walking 15. Why did Michael have to stay at home most of time? A. Because he was too famous. B. Because he often felt lonely. C. Because he had no friends. D. Because his company asked him to do so.  B Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop”, died on June 25, 2009. People all over the world were shocked at the news. He was considered as one of the most popular recording artists of all time. He had sold more than 750 million records worldwide and had received 13 Grammy Awards. Jackson was born in America on August 29th, 1958. He displayed a talent for music and dance from an extremely young age. When he was 6, he and his four elder brothers — Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon — first performed together at a talent show. They got the first prize and went on to become a best-selling band , The Jackson Five. Jackson made his first solo album（独唱唱片）in 1972. In 1982, he released（发行）his best-selling album Thriller, which had seven top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including Billie Jean, Beat it and Wanna Be Starting Something. The next year, he performed his signature dance move — the moonwalk while singing Billie Jean during an NBC special. Thriller remains the world’s best-selling album of all time and four of his other solo studio albums are among the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and History (1995). Michael Jackson was an artist who influenced many hip hop, pop music and R&B artists across several generations. 16.What was Jackson famous for when he was young? A. Music and dance.    B. Pop song.    C. Handsome.  D. Solo album. 17.When Jackson was ______ he began to perform on the stage. A.4                B.6          C.13        D.14 18.The names of solo albums which belong to Jackson are      . A. Thriller; Beat It; The Jackson Five; Off the Wall    B. Thriller; Off the Wall; Bad; Dangerous C. Thriller; Hip Hop; History; Dangerous D. Thriller; Marion; Billie Jean; Off the Wall C Michael Jackson has been on the road of performing since he was five years old. For anyone who wants to know, the road to fame and fortune is a long, hard one to travel. Michael remembers those early years when he was young. “My father was a machine operator,” he explained, “and he worked at a steel plant. My mother worked at Sears, a big department store. But they were both musicians.”