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Do you download (下载) music? Do you buy CDs? Do you listen to music on your phone? Do you prefer to watch music or just to listen? Have you ever seen your favourite band or singer perform live? There are so many ways to discover, buy and listen to music!
In the UK, people enjoy live music.
The O2 in London is the second largest live music arena (场地) in Europe. There you can see worldfamous singers and bands such as One Direction, Justin Bieber, Scissor Sisters, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Take That. This large hall has space for 20，000 people. It also has 548 toilets! Tickets are not cheap. You need to pay more than 50 pounds to see a concert at The O2.
What about free live music? There are music festivals across Britain every year that are completely free. Last year more than 150，000 people went to the Tramlines free music festival in Sheffield in the north of England. The festival is held every July. Last year there were 900 performances (表演) from all over the world.
What are you and your friends listening to these days? Hip hop, dance, rock, heavy metal, rap, urban, reggae，... Personal interests are very different among British people. If a kind of music exists (存在) then somebody likes it.
A shopping centre in Birmingham, in central England, recently discovered what kind of music some local teenagers don't like. This is what happened... Shoppers and shop owners complained to the police about teenagers behaving badly in the shopping centre. When a new sound system in the centre started playing Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, the antisocial behaviour stopped. The young people causing problems had gone! Classical music was clearly not popular with these particular teenagers!
1．What can we learn about The O2?
A．Tickets aren't very expensive.
B．Great concerts are often held there.
C．It is the largest music arena in Europe.
D．People can enjoy free live music there.
2．The numbers in Paragraph 4 are given to show ________．
A.free live music is quite popular
B．live music should be completely free
C．music has the power to bring people together
D．Tramlines is the best choice for music lovers
3．Why did the young people leave the shopping centre?
A．They didn't find what they wanted.
B．They were angry with shoppers.
C．They didn't like classical music.
D．They were afraid of the police.
4．What did the author want to show by telling the story in the last paragraph?
A．Teenagers like going shopping.
B．Few people like classical music.
C．People have different tastes in music.
D．Teenagers behave badly while shopping.
