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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Inpreviousgenerations,youngpeoplewereundertheirparents'control;nowthe
41teenagechildrenoftheWest'srichestgenerationwerereadyforsomethingtogetexcitedabout.TheBeatlessimplyputasparktoafuse(导火线)thatwaswaitingtobelit.
Everythingchanged,andwhatchangedfortheBeatleswastheirlivesandtheirworkinghabits,inthemidstofthehysterical(歇斯底里的)followingthebandattracted.Becauseofthedemandofthefanstoseethemperform,theyplayedbiggerandbiggervenues(meetingplaces),especiallyinAmerica.
ButJohn,Paul,GeorgeandRingobecameincreasinglyunhappythat,becauseofthescreamingoftheirfans,neitherthebandnortheaudiencecouldhearthemusic.Creativelyfrustratedandtiredofthepressuresoflifeundersiege(围攻)fromtheirfans,theyretiredfromplayingconcertsin1966anddecidedtoconcentrateonrecording.
ItwasfromthispointthatthebrillianceoftheBeatlesreallybegantorevealitself:theywouldrecordovertheircareersome200songs.NeverbeforenorsincehasanyrecordingandwritinggroupevendevelopedandyetremainedthesameinthewaytheBeatlesdid.
Theirsongsneverlosttheiruniversalappealthankstothewarmthandtimelessnessoftheirmelodiesandlyrics.
JohnandPaulwerepowerfulsingerswithdistinctivestyles.Itbecameapparentthat,despitethefactthatthesongwritingcreditswerealwaysequallyattributedtothem,PaulandJohnwroteandsangtheirownsongs.GeorgealsocontributedtwoorthreeofhisowncompositionstoeachoftheBeatleselevenalbums.EvenRingowroteandsangtheoccasionalsong.
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheBeatlesaccordingtothepassage? A.Theymadetheyoungpeopleoftheirtimeveryexcited.
B.Theyattractedalargefollowingwherevertheyplayed.
C.Theywerealwayspleasedwiththeirpopularity.
D.Nootherpopmusicgrouphadeverplayedtobiggeraudiencethantheydid.
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