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1、上海师范大学标准试卷20112012学年第一学期考试日期2011年11月 日科目欧美流行歌曲欣赏期中测试 社会工作 专业本、专科 2010 年级 1 班姓名 黄颖佳 学号_100140400_ 题号一二I. Fill in the blanks with proper answers. 60%1) Celine Dion:1. Celine Dion is a _ Canadian _ (填一个国家的形容词) singer. Celine Dions first top 10 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart is wheredo
2、esmyheartbeatnow _(歌名). It was taken from her debut English Album unison _ (专辑名) .2. So far Celine Dion has four No.1 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, which are _the power of love_(歌名1993), _because you loved me_(歌名1996), _my heart will go on_(歌名1997)and _ Imyourangel _(歌名1998)
3、. The last No.1 single is a duet with R. Kelly. The most popular song was the theme song of the movie_ Titanic _(电影名).3. Two of Celine Dions English albums have achieved diamond status in the US (selling over 10 million copies in the US alone). These two albums are _Falling into you_(专辑名) and _lets
4、talk about love_(专辑名).4. Celine Dion has won _5_ (填数字) Grammy Awards.2) Take That:1. Take That has _11_(填数字) No.1 singles on the UK singles chart. Their first UK top 10 single was _ It Only Takes a Minute _(歌名1992) and first UK No.1 single was _ Pray _ (歌名1993). The main vocal of the group is _ Gary
5、 Barlow _(歌手名).2. One of the members _ Robbie Williams _(歌手名) decided to leave the group in 1995, which caused the group to disband the following year.2. Before they disbanded in 1996, they issued their final single, which was a covered version of Bee Gees song _ How Deep is your love _(歌名) and beca
6、me their 8th UK No.1 single.3. Take That got a reunion after 10 years. In 2006, they issued a new album _ Beautiful World _(专辑名), which was their fourth UK No.1 album. 3) Madonna1. Madonnas second album _ Like A Virgin _(专辑名) was issued in 1984 and was finally sold over 10 million copies in the US a
7、lone, and spawned her first No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, _ Like A Virgin _(歌名). The third album was _ True Blue _(专辑名). It was as successful as the second one and sold over 7 million copies in the US alone and spawned 3 No.1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. The leadin
8、g single _ Papa Dont Preach _(歌名) reached No.1 in a dozen countries. The last single from that album, _ La Isla Bonita _(歌名), was her first French No.1 single and also hit No.1 in the UK.4) Roxette:1. Roxette is a _ Sweden_ (填一个国家的形容词) group, who scored _19_(填数字) No.1 singles on the US Billboard Hot
9、 100 Singles Chart. Their first US No.1 single was _the look_(歌名), but their most popular song, _it must have been love_(歌名), was the song from the movie Pretty Woman, which stayed onto the top of the chart for two weeks.2. Their two albums _ Pearls Of Passion_(专辑名) and _ Look sharp_(专辑名) have sold
10、over 1 million copies in the US alone and both were certified platinum. 5）1. List the other three pop groups from Sweden in addition to Roxette: ABBA, Ace of Base, the cardigans_ABBA_ was the first pop group from a non-English-speaking country to enjoy consistent success in the charts of English-spe
11、aking countries, including theUK, theUS and Canada from 1972 to 1983.2. _ Europe_is aSwedishmelodic heavy metalband formedin 1979. Since its formation, the band has released eight studio albums, three live albums, three compilations and seventeen videos. The band rose to international fame in the 19
12、80s with its third album_The Final Countdown _(1986), which became a substantial commercial success and sold over three million copies in theUnited States. 3. _ Ace of Base _is a pop band based inGothenburg,Sweden. They released four studio albums between 1993 and 2002, which sold in excess of 30 mi
13、llion copies worldwide. Happy Nation /The Sign is one of the worlds best-selling debut albums of all time, and was certified nine times platinum in the United States.4. _ is the only Japanese song which hit No. 1 in the US in 1963. It was performed by _II. Answer the following questions in English (
14、40%)1. Discuss briefly Madonnas main awards and achievements.(You should mention how many top 10 singles and No.1 hit singles in the US, UK and Australia. Mention how many No.1 singles Madonna has on US Billboard Dance Chart and how many Grammy Awards she has)2. Discuss briefly Michael Jacksons awar
15、d and contribution in the US pop history.1. Madonna is the sign of fashion. The record which she created is hard for others to break through. Lets look at her main achievements:She has 37 top 10 singles and 12 No.1 hit singles in the US.She has 63 top 10 singles and 13 No.1 hit singles in the UK.She has 40 top 10 singles and 11 No.1 hit singles in the Australia.She has 39 No.1 singes on Us Billboard Dance Chart.And she has 7 Grammy Awards so far.
