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    Les Paul is one of the most influential people in modern popular music. He was a skillful guitarist who
played an energetic mixture of jazz and country songs. He was also an inventor.
     The electric guitar and recording devices he created changed the sound of popular music and greatly
influenced rock and roll.
     Les Paul is best known for creating one of the first solidbody electric guitars and the eighttrack
recording device. He also perfected new recording methods to give special effects to his music.
     Les Paul was born Lester William Polfuss (POLLfuss)in 1915 in Waukesha, (WAHkuhshaw)
Wisconsin. By the age of nine, he had taught himself to play the harmonica and had built a radio. He also
learned to play the guitar and banjo. He could not read music, but he could play music that he heard.
And he had a good sense of musical structure.
     Les Paul was soon performing in country bands in the Midwest. He left high school to perform full
time on radio shows. He performed using the names "The Wizard of Waukesha", "Hot Rod Red" and
"Rhubarb Red". He also started playing music influenced by great jazz guitarists including Django
Reinhardt.
     By 1937, he had formed the Les Paul trio. He moved to New York City the next year. Les Pau
l played with many famous performers including the popular singer Bing Crosby.
      Around 1941, Les Paul invented his famous guitar. He wanted to make an instrument that could play
a note longer than notes played on a traditional acoustic guitar. He developed a new kind of electric guitar
that had a solid body. On an acoustic guitar, the strings vibrate and the hollow part of the instrument, or
the sound box, also vibrates. Les Paul wanted an instrument in which only the strings vibrated.
     In the 1970s, Les Paul made two records with the country guitarist Chet Atkins. One was called
"Chester and Lester". It won a Grammy Award in 1976. Starting in the early 1980s, Paul began playing
in jazz clubs in New York City. He kept on performing weekly until a few months before his death.
                
1. Which of the following shows the right order of Les Paul's experience?

a. He moved to New York.
b. He had taught himself to play the harmonica.
c. He performed full time on radio shows.
d. He began playing in jazz clubs in New York City.
e. He invented his famous guitar.
A. abcde  
B. bcade  
C. bcdea  
D. bcaed

2. According to the passage, the author develops the passage ________.

A. in order of time  
B. in order of importance
C. by giving examples  
D. by listing reasons

3. Which of the following best describes Les Paul?

A. He is a creative man.  
B. He is a lazy man.
C. He is a naughty man.  
D. He is a crazy man.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. He influenced Django Reinhardt.
B. He had no good sense of musical structure.
C. He could play and read music when he was a child.
D. He made two records with Chet Atkins in the 1970s.
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　　Darlene and Les and some other kids got together and started a band. Soon they hoped to become stars and have their own records. Until then, though, they would have to promote themselves.

　　“Darlene, why don't we advertise?”Fred asked. They talked it over. Here is what Darlene thought the ad could say:

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　　Parties Dances Shows

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　　Darlene 473-7588 Les 961-1660

　　“That sounds like a really dull outfit you're talking about——not the Joy Jumpers,”Les laughed. Les wrote this ad:

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　　Live music by the JOY JUMPERS

　　Tomorrow's Recording Artists Stars of Stage and Screen

　　You've never heard anything like them!

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　　Les 961-1660 Darlene 473-7588

(1)What is the main purpose of both of the advertisements?

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A．To inform you about kinds of music the band plays.

B．To persuade you to hire the band.

C．To entertain you with stories about starting a band.

D．To persuade you to join the band.

(2)Which advertisement is biased?

[　　]

A．Darlene's, because it tells both good and bad sides.

B．Les's, because it says the band is low priced.

C．Both, because they are trying to sell the band.

D．Neither, because everything they say is true.

(3)Why did Les object to Darlene's advertisement?

[　　]

A．It was dishonest.

B．It was too short.

C．He disliked the big words.

D．He thought it was dull.

(4)In the first paragraph, what does then refer to?

[　　]

A．When they were hired.

B．When they stared a band.

C．When they became stars.

D．When they advertised.

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     Les Paul is one of the most influential people in modern popular music. He was a skillful guitarist who
played an energetic mixture of jazz and country songs. He was also an inventor.
The electric guitar and recording devices he created changed the sound of popular music and greatly
influenced rock and roll.
     Les Paul is best known for creating one of the first solidbody electric guitars and the eighttrack
recording device. He also perfected new recording methods to give special effects to his music.
Les Paul was born Lester William Polfuss (POLLfuss)in 1915 in Waukesha, (WAHkuhshaw)Wisconsin. By the age of nine, he had taught himself to play the harmonica and had built a radio. He also learned to
play the guitar and banjo. He could not read music, but he could play music that he heard. And he had a
good sense of musical structure.
     Les Paul was soon performing in country bands in the Midwest. He left high school to perform full time on radio shows. He performed using the names "The Wizard of Waukesha", "Hot Rod Red" and "Rhubarb Red". He also started playing music influenced by great jazz guitarists including Django Reinhardt.
     By 1937, he had formed the Les Paul trio. He moved to New York City the next year. Les Paul played with many famous performers including the popular singer Bing Crosby.
     Around 1941, Les Paul invented his famous guitar. He wanted to make an instrument that could play a note longer than notes played on a traditional acoustic guitar. He developed a new kind of electric guitar that had a solid body. On an acoustic guitar, the strings vibrate and the hollow part of the instrument, or the
sound box, also vibrates. Les Paul wanted an instrument in which only the strings vibrated.
     In the 1970s, Les Paul made two records with the country guitarist Chet Atkins. One was called "
Chester and Lester". It won a Grammy Award in 1976. Starting in the early 1980s, Paul began playing in
jazz clubs in New York City. He kept on performing weekly until a few months before his death.
1. Which of the following shows the right order of Les Paul's experience?
a. He moved to New York.
b. He had taught himself to play the harmonica.
c. He performed full time on radio shows.
d. He began playing in jazz clubs in New York City.
e. He invented his famous guitar.
A. abcde
B. bcade
C. bcdea
D. bcaed
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A. in order of time
B. in order of importance
C. by giving examples
D. by listing reasons
3. Which of the following best describes Les Paul?
A. He is a creative man.
B. He is a lazy man.
C. He is a naughty man.
D. He is a crazy man.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. He influenced Django Reinhardt.
B. He had no good sense of musical structure.
C. He could play and read music when he was a child.
D. He made two records with Chet Atkins in the 1970s.

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