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Think Twice: It’s All Right A legend
Think Twice: It’s All Right A legend
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2023-12-25
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Think Twice: It’s All Right
A legendary figure in music history, Dylan, born in 1941, is【C1】________one of the most influential singers and songwriters in both folk and pop music. Not only【C2】________his work lead the transformation of American country music in the 1960s, but much of his most celebrated work became anthems for American civil rights, anti-war and student movements. He fused music with his own personal insight on social problems in a poetic form. He was previously nominated【C3】________the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996 and 2006.
Over five decades have passed since Dylan’s first solo album was【C4】________in 1961.【C5】________the 55 years, Dylan has won myriad prizes in the United States and the world as a whole for music and literature, including the Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the world’s top honors for musicians, an Oscar for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award.
Dylan is an extensively published writer as well. His notable books【C6】________the hyper-realistic novel Tarantula and autobiography Chronicles. He won the Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards in 2008.
Dylan was first【C7】________to China’s mainland as a writer more than as a musician. In 1978, The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932—1972 was published in China,【C8】________author William Manchester mentioned Dylan many times. In 1985, Chinese publishers released Gates of Eden by well-known American scholar Morris Dickstein, who【C9】________an entire chapter to Dylan.
Dylan was endowed with【C10】________creativity. He has released 37 solo studio albums and 240【C11】________of all types. His music was introduced to China during the 1980s, an era in which his solo albums could be found on the【C12】________of video stores, and covers of his songs, mostly by Asian artists, were all over the radio.
In the latter part of the decade and early half of the 1990s, Dylan’s stories were【C13】________in Chinese musical journals such as Music Heaven and Audio-Video World.
【C14】________his music was never officially published in China, it was only【C15】________through bootlegs of originals from the United States, leading Chinese music fans to head first into the world of music from Europe and America, with Dylan as a driving force.【C16】________fans wouldn’t hesitate to plunk down exorbitant prices for any latest arrival with his name and such【C17】________were the backbone forces of China’s rock ’n’ roll as well as some of its most respected music critics.
Dylan has never stopped performing. Since 1988 when he began his "Never Ending Tour", he has gone on stage an【C18】________of about 100 performances annually. So far, he has played more than 2,300 shows around the world.
In 2011, about 3,000 Chinese fans【C19】________a Dylan show at Beijing Workers’ Gymnasium, almost【C20】________the Rolling Stones drew in Shanghai in 2014, including Cui Jian, China’s "father of rock ’n’ roll."
(节选自 China Pictorial 2016年12月1日) [br] 【C7】
选项
A、imported
B、exported
C、deduced
D、introduced
答案
D
解析
词义辨析。此句意为“他首次被介绍到中国大陆时,更多的是作为一位作家而不是音乐家”。从词语搭配来看,某位人物的引进应该用introduce,故选D。
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