听力题

Interview One

单选题

Why was Jonas Day invited to the studio for the interview?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

女士开场介绍时就说Jonas Day, who's just won an award for student journalism with an article about Madonna,可推测邀请男士的原因是他写的关于麦当娜的文章获奖了。

【听力原文】
W: In the studio today, we had Jonas Day, who' s just won an award for student journalism with an article about Madonna for his college newspaper. Jonas, welcome! I believe Madonna herself ring to congratulate you.
M: It' s true that I had a letter from her PR Company, but I didn' t speak to her myself.
W: So let's start the beginning. She was born in Detroit in 1958. Is that right?
M: Actually, at a place called Rochester.
W: All right, OK. Tell us how her career took off.
M: Well, of course the thing most people don' t associate with Madonna is the fact that she is chief executive of a large company called Maverick Entertainment which is a multimillion dollar company and dares her more than her records and films.
W: Yes, her image is certainly different, isn' t it? She' s had a lot of bad publicity about her private life, hasn't she?
M: She said at the time that what they said in the newspapers took her by surprise. She believed her life to be totally under control. Everything she had every done has been carefully planned. You know, in order to get a record contract when she came to New York, she went to clubs where she knew record producers went. She even managed to get an appointment with the head of Sier Records when he was in hospital. He reckoned she was a very determined lady.
W: I heard a similar story about how she got a manager. Apparently she asked herself who managed the biggest act in the world. And of course that was Michael Jackson' s manager. And she decided she wanted him to manage her too. She just walked into his office and told him.
M: Well, there you have it: determination, charm, intelligence and above all, talent.

单选题

When and where was Madonna born?

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

女士说She was born in Detroit in 1958,男士接着说到Actually,at a place called Rochester,整合二者的 信息可知答案为B选项。

单选题

What is one thing most people don' t associate with Madonna?

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

对话中男士提到the thing most people don't associate with Madonna is the fact that she is the chief executive of a large company called Maverick Entertainment,可知答案为A选项。

单选题

What was Madonna' s reaction to the bad publicity about her private life?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

男士提到She said at the time that what they said in the newspapers took her by surprise,故当时麦当娜的反 应是十分惊讶。take one by surprise让人大吃一惊。

单选题

Why did she want Michael Jackson' s manager to be her manager too?

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

根据女士的话Apparently she asked herself who managed the biggest actor in the world. And of course that was Michael Jackson's manager可知麦当娜对杰克逊的经纪人十分看好,故选他做自己的经纪人,而不是要超越杰克逊或者是利用他接触唱片制作人。