Chopsticks（筷子）Brothers, China’s Internet singing stars, will sing their hit Little Apple at the 2014 American Music Awards. Chopsticks Brothers are known as director Xiao Yang and musician Wang Taili. They played a middle-aged singing group in the film Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon. In the film, they sang Little Apple when they took part in an American music talent show and they succeeded.

Now, life is following art. Chopsticks Brothers will really go to America to sing their song. They will join well-known singers including Taylor Swift. “I did not expect the plot in our film to come true in real life,” Xiao Yang said during an interview. “It doesn’t seem real. This is another story of dreams coming true for ‘old boys’,” said Wang Taili.

This is the first time a Chinese internet song will be on the international stage（舞台）. Little Apple has been more and more popular on China’s Internet. Its MP3 received 579 million hits. And People have watched the music videos 823 million times on China's Internet. The song has had at least 500 million listeners around the world.

China’s famous singer and songwriter Liu Huan said he liked Little Apple during an interview. “Everybody’s singing and dancing with Little Apple and I think that’s a good phenomenon（现象）. And I'm glad I can see Taylor Swift and Chinese singers sing on the same stage.”

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1.What will Chopsticks Brothers do?

A They’ll sing the song Little Apple at the 2014 American Music Awards.

B They’ll play a singing group in the film Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon.

C They’ll take part in an American music talent show.

D They’ll sing the song Little Apple on the Internet.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的“Chopsticks Brothers, China’s Internet singing stars, will sing their hit Little Apple at the 2014 American Music Awards.”可知，他们要去2014年的全美音乐奖，故答案为A。

2.What does the underlined word “plot” mean?

A 人物

B 情节

C 歌曲

D 导演

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，肖央想不到电影中的情节在现实生活中实现了，故答案为B。

3.How many people have ever listened to the song Little Apple?

A 579 million.

B 823 million.

C Less than 500 million.

D Over 500 million.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的“The song has had at least 500 million listeners around the world.” 可知，《小苹果》至少有500，000,000听众，故答案为D。

4.Liu Huan ________.

A is one of Chopsticks Brothers

B sang the song Little Apple on the Internet

C is a China’s famous singer and songwriter

D will sing with Taylor Swift on the same stage

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的“China's famous singer and songwriter Liu Huan said he liked Little Apple during an interview.” 可知，答案为C。

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A Chopsticks Brothers will sing Little Apple in America.

B Chopsticks Brothers succeeded at the 2014 American Music Awards.

C Little Apple has been more and more popular on China’s Internet.

D Liu Huan is glad to see Taylor Swift and Chinese singers sing on the same stage.

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要报道了筷子兄弟肖央、王太利将出席2014全美音乐奖。故选A。