In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.

Some people find it difficult to   1   Bjork’s music.  Her sound is an acquired taste, but 2   you get into it, you’re hooked. After the   3   press conference, I was   4   to a room where we did a one-on-one   5   for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.

The   6   at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork   7   the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.

However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.

The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of   8   who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the   9   for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the   10  .

Then suddenly, she ran off to the   11  , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so   12   with the press a few days before.

After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that

  13   around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who   14   said, “Welcome to Thailand!”

You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she   15   in that usual swan costume,   16   perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.

She’s   17   a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no   18   .

Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic   19   . It is   20   to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.

1. A. receive         B. get                           C. hear                         D. accept

2. A. while                    B. after                         C. before                      D. once

3. A. heated                  B. attended                   C. appointed                 D. packed

4. A. led                       B. brought                    C. fetched                    D. carried

5. A. lecture                  B. comment                  C. interview                  D. dialogue

6. A. game                B. party                  C. performance         D. play

7. A. held                     B. acquired                   C. seized                      D. focused

8. A. viewers                B. tourists                     C. reporters                  D. officials

9. A. state                     B. mood                       C. situation                   D. position

10. A. cameras                     B. audience                   C. films                        D. directors

11. A. exit                    B. entrance                   C. edge                        D. side

12. A. communicative    B. conservative             C. cooperative               D. aggressive

13. A. turned                B. went                        C. came                       D. ran

14. A. already               B. hardly                      C. simply                      D. seldom

15. A. appeared             B. accompanied             C. presented           D. joined

16. A. or                      B. and                          C. so                            D. but

17. A. showed            B. collected                   C. produced                  D. took

18. A. exception            B. excuse                            C. way                         D. comment

19. A. spirit                  B. ability                       C. talent                       D. understanding

20. A. easy                B. simple            C. difficult             D. funny

1-5 DDDAC   6-10 CACBA       11-15 ACBCA       16-20 ACACC

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