A Michael Jackson has been on the road of performing since he was five years old

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Michael Jackson has been on the road of performing since hewas five years old. For anyone who wants to know,the road to fame and fortuneis a long,hard way to travel.

Michael remembers those early years when he was young. “Myfather was a machine oporator. ”he explained, “and he worked at asteel plant. My mother worked as Sears,a big department store. But they wereboth musicians. ”

Mr. Jackson realized that his sons had a lot of talent,andhe knew he could train them to become fine musicians. In those days there wereplenty of music groups and some of them were very good. He knew if his sonswere to stand out,they would have to be the best.

Ptactice makes perfect. And the Jackson boyspractised!Gradually the group took shape. When the Jacksons took their firstprofessional job,their total pay was only five dollars!They kept on working.They played at parties. They entered bigger contests(比赛).They worked at clubs. Then word of this group began to get around. All of asudden,the Jackson Five became popular in the country；theirfirst album(歌曲集)sold a million copies!Michael,11 years oldthen,was the star. It just didn’t seem possible that so much talent could comefrom such a young performer.

Then Michael got a chance to do some solo songs. For thefollowing years Michael has always been on the top. One million records of hiswas sold in New Zealand,which has only a total population of three million!

When Michael was eighteen,he entered another field of hiscareer：acting. “I plan to stair in movies. ”hetold his friends, “but of course,my first love is music. ”

Michael wrote a lot of his own songs. “Songscame about in the strangest ways,”he said, “I’ll just wake upfrom sleeping and there is a whole song coming into my head. And then I put itdown on the paper. ”Whatever he is doing,it works!

Still,with all his success,Michael manages to keep his headcalm. “I just do a different job from other people,”hesaid, “but it doesn’t make me think I’m better than other people. ”

To be quite honest,his fans just love to hear and watch him!

1．Michael Jackson began performing with________.

A．his father

B．his mother

C．his parents

D．his brothers

2．Mr. Jackson knew only when his sons were thebest musicians could they________.

A．make a lot of money

B．go out of their hometown

C．be famous

D．support themselves

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in thispassage?

A．When the group began to go round the world.

B．The songs sung by this group were very popular.

C．The Jacksons shocked the country.

D．People could hardly believe that young Michaelwas so talented.

4．Michacl Jackson wants to be________.

A．a solo singer and musician rather than a filmstar and actor

B．not only a film star and actor but a solo singerand musician

C．a solo singer as well as a musician

D．a film star as well as an actor

5．Michael means that he does something differentfrom others,________.

A．so he is different from others

B．so he is better than others

C．still he is no better than others

D．he is as well as others

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