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James Blunt is one of the most popular singers in the UK. His firm album唱片），Back to Bedlam，and his number one hit，You're Beautiful，brought him fame in 2005. His music is a mix of pop，rock and folk.

    Blunt comes to China for the first time this month. He will hold two concerts, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai on April 18 and 19 respectively．

    Blunt,34，took an unusual path to stardom．His father was a soldier and so was his grandfather.

   “The only music he heard growing up was ‘Happy Birthday’and‘Silent Nigh”. His father considered all music，even classical，to be unnecessary noise，”reads Biunt’s official website．

     Even though Blunt did not want to join the military（軍隊），he eventually followed his father’s wishes，and served as a soldier in Kosovo on peacekeeping duty.

     “Like any parents，mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects，”Blunt said．“And the one job my father knew of，that he’d had experience of himself，was the army，so he could help me in that direction．’’

    Blunt eventually became a Captain．One of his final duties in the army before retirement was carrying the coffin（棺材）at the funeral of the Queen Mother of England in 2002．

But Blunt couldn’t escape his love for music．So，after leaving the British Army he moved to Los Angeles and worked on his first album．While in LA，Blunt lived with the actress Carrie Fisher，who played the lead female role in the Start, Wars movies．He recorded his song，Goodbye My Love, in her bathroom，where she kept a piano．

    Blunt took his new album back to England where it was not very successful．But he kept performing and eventually his song，You’re Beautiful，became a number one hit．

    Now Blunt has won numerous awards，sold millions of records and dated super-models．

    But his greatest accomplishment might be that his father now enjoys music！

1．All of the following belongs to Blunt EXCEPT          

    A．Silent Night                 B．Back to Bedlam

    C．Goodbye My Lover           D．You’re Beautiful

2．Which of the following proves “Blunt took an unusual path to stardom”?

    A．Blunt was 34 when he became famous．

    B．Blunt recorded his most famous song in a bathroom．

    C．Blunt’s father wanted him to have a secure job．

    D．Blunt began to pursue a career in music after military service．

3．We can infer from the passage that          

    A．Blunt is living in Los Angeles at present

    B．Blunt rose to fame two years after he left the army

    C．Blunt has changed his father’s attitude towards music

    D。Blunt became successful immediately he recorded his first song

4．What is the passage mainly about?

    A．Blunt’s visit to China．      B．How Blunt became famous．

    C．Blunt’s military life．       D．How Blunt’s father fell in love with music．

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