新编四级听力练习 第241期

Test 5
Section C
Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes Magazine (36) ______ that at least fifty rock stars have (37) ______ of between two million and six million dollars per year.
"It doesn't make sense," says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music (38) ______ , who made a million dollars a year when he was most (39) ______ , in the 1950s. "(40) ______ aren't worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is."
But the rock stars' (41) ______ seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for (42) ______ . They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.
Some observers think the (43) ______ are buying more than music. According to one theory, to play rock music doesn't require much training. (44) ______________________________________________________________ . Every boy and girl in the audience thinks, "I could sing like that." Rock music has become a kind of religion. (45) ____________________________________________________________________________________ .
Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Don McLean, who wrote and sang "American Pie." McLean earned more than a million dollars from recordings of "American Pie." (46) ______________________________________________________________________________ .