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Video producer and musician Justin Scholar enjoyed his fantastic moment weeks ago when he spotted his latest work playing on a huge electronic screen at New York's Times Square.
“It's sort of the American dream to see your name up inlights，” says the New Jersey native.“I'd never really cared about my name being that big, but going to New York and seeing the big screens, you always wonder if your work is going to make it up there.”
The video that helps Scholar fulfill his “American dream” was shot and produced in China, where Scholar is living and working as a media company owner.Scholar took his first Chinese class in high school seven years ago and made his first trip to Shanghai in 2015 through a studyabroad program when he was a student in New York University.The film and TV major changed his focus from technical art to traditional arts during his study in Shanghai, spending most of the time learning inkandwash painting, calligraphy and the guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument.He also fell in love with the city, where he ate a lot of authentic xiaolongbao, or steamed meat buns, and felt safe walking on the streets at 3 a．m.
Shanghai impresses Scholar as an efficient, modern city calling for greater business prosperity with foreign participation, so he returned two years later, when his career at home was already booming after making commercials for big names such as CocaCola and Jaguar.
Thanks to a combination of luck and talent, he achieved the goal soon with a Chinese friend as his business partner, and the company has already produced some 15 videos for pop icons, fashionistas, and art museums in merely six months.The video that plays at Times Square, a tourism promotionalfilm for southwest China's Chongqing city, is the company's first project contracted(签合同) by a local government in China.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了视频制作人和音乐家Justin Scholar在中国的学习经历与他大获成功的在纽约时代广场播放的作品。
1．What did Scholar study in Shanghai?
A．TV media. B．Technical art.
C．Traditional arts. D．The Chinese language.
解析：选C 细节理解题。由第三段第三句可知，在上海学习期间，影视专业使他从主攻科技艺术转为主攻传统艺术。故选C。
2．What is the author's purpose in writing Paragraphs 3 and 4?
A．To change to a new topic for writing.
B．To make a conclusion of the first 2 paragraphs.
C．To dive deeper into the previous topic.
D．To add the background information of the video.
解析：选D 推理判断题。文章三、四两段主要讲述了Justin Scholar 在上海留学回国后又返回上海的经历，为第五段所讲述的视频的创作由来添加背景信息。故选D。
3．What do we know about Scholar's video?
A．It was shot at Times Square.
B．It showed attractions of Chongqing.
C．It was shot in the year 2015.
D．It showed his college life in Shanghai.
解析：选B 细节理解题。由最后一段最后一句可知，这段视频内容是为中国西南部的城市重庆拍摄的旅游宣传片。故选B。
4．What's the main idea of the text?
A．China opens up new routes to international tourists.
B．Shanghai attracts an increasing number of foreigners.
C．American dream unexpectedly comes true with the great video.
D．Young American brings Chinese tourist video to Times Square.
解析：选D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了美国人Justin Scholar拍摄的重庆旅游宣传视频在纽约时代广场上播放的故事。故选D。
