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　　In former generations, young people were under their parents' control; now the teenage children of the West's richest generation were ready for something to get excited about. The Beatles simply put a spark （火星） to a fuse （导火线） that was waiting to be lit.

　　Everything changed, and what changed for the Beatles was their lives and their working habits, in the middle of the crazy fans the band attracted of the demand of the fans to see them perform , they played in bigger and bigger places , especially in America.

　　But John, Paul, George and Ringo became increasingly unhappy that, because of the screaming of their fans, neither the band nor the audience （观众） could hear the music. Disappointed and tired of the pressures from their fans, they stopped playing concerts in 1966 and decided to devote themselves to recording.

　　It was from this point that the greatness of the Beatles really began to show itself: they would record some 200 songs. Never before nor since has any recording and writing group even developed and yet remained the same in the way the Beatles did.

　　Their songs never lost their attraction thanks to the warmth and timelessness of their music and words.

　　John and Paul were powerful singers with special styles. It became obvious that , in spite of the fact that the songwriter credits （声誉） were always attributed to （归因于） them , Paul and John wrote and sang their own songs. George also contributed two or three of his own compositions to each of the Beatles eleven albums （专辑） . Even Ringo wrote and sang the occasional song.

1．Which of the following is NOT true about the Beatles according to the passage?

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A．They made the young people of their time very excited.

B．They attracted lots of fans wherever they played.

C．They were always pleased with their popularity.

D．No other pop group had played more successfully.

2．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

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A．John and Paul were more gifted and did more for the band

B．John and Paul didn't like each other's style

C．George and Ringo never wrote or sang their own songs

D．The Beatles was so popular that no other group could compare

3．It is implied （暗示） in the third paragraph that ________.

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A．the Beatles had no desire for fame

B．the audience were unhappy about the sound effect

C．pop musicians get easily tired when under great pressures of life

D．the crazy fans prevented the Beatles performing happily

4．The Beatles' excellent qualities were really shown when ________.

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A．they devoted themselves to recording and composition

B．they played on the American continent

C．they played their own music on the stage

D．they sang on the stage pop songs they wrote themselves

Mr. Smith ( John’s English teacher): John Brown? Yes, I remember John. I know he was a usually bright boy from the moment he entered the school. Writing came as naturally to him as walking. He enjoyed playing with words, in the same way that other boys play with a football. He wrote stories whenever he had the chance: stories that most of us couldn’t hope to write, with the experience of a person two or three times his age.

Mrs John Brown (John’s mother): When he was young, John was always writing. He wrote in bed; he wrote while the rest of us were watching television, in the half darkness; he would even write at the breakfast table if I let him. He was a very quiet boy. Even now, I’m not sure that I’d know my son very well, if I didn’t read his stories!

1. Mr. Smith ______.

　 A. recognized John Brown as soon as he entered the school

　 B. knew that John was a clever boy as soon as he met him

　 C. remembered John as a boy to whom walking came naturally

　 D. remembered writing to John when he entered the school

2. To John words _______.

　 A. were what football to other boys

　 B. were like a game, not to be taken seriously

　 C. came more naturally than walking

　 D. came almost as naturally as playing football

3. The stories that John wrote were _____.

　 A. about the experiences of someone two or three times his age　

　 B. two or three times better than the stories that most people wrote

　 C. of the kind that few people can write, even after years of experience of life

　 D. of the kind that most people older than John hope to write

4. Mrs Brown says John wrote ______.

　 A. to her instead of talking to her　

　 B. instead of going to bed or eating breakfast

　 C. except when he was watching the television

　 D. whenever he had the chance

5. Mrs John knows John ______.

　 A. better as a writer than a talker

　 B. only because she has read his stories

　 C. only through what Mr. Smith said about him

　 D. is a writer, but this is almost all she knows about him

John wrote me a letter ________ that he would come to Beijing next month.

1. A.
   said
2. B.
   telling
3. C.
   speaking
4. D.
   reading

John wrote me a letter_______that he would come to Beijing next month.

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A. said   B. telling   C. speaking   D. reading

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A． said　　　B． telling　　　C． speaking　　　D． reading