【RockstarsandtheirmoneyAroundtheworldyoungpeoplearespendingunbelievablesumsofmoneylisteningtorockmusic.Forbesreportsthatatleastfiftyrockstarshaveincomesbetweentwomillionandsixmilliondollarsperyear."Itdoesn】

　　Rockstarsandtheirmoney

　　Aroundtheworldyoungpeoplearespendingunbelievablesumsofmoneylisteningtorockmusic.Forbesreportsthatatleastfiftyrockstarshaveincomesbetweentwomillionandsixmilliondollarsperyear.

　　"Itdoesn'tmakesense"saysJohnnyMathisoneoftheoldermusicmillionaireswhomadeamilliondollarsayearwhenhewaspopularin1950s."Performersaren'tworththiskindofmoney.Infactnobodyis."

　　Buttherockstars'admirersseemtodisagree.Thosewholoverockmusicspendabouttwobilliondollarsayearforrecords.Theypay150milliontoseerockstarsinperson.

　　Luckisakeywordforexplainingthesuccessofmany.In1972oneoftheluckiestwasKonMcleanwhowroteandsang"AmericanPie".Mcleanwriteshisownmusicsoheearnsanadditionaltwocentsoneverysinglerecordofthesong.

　　NeilYoungwhoperformsintornbluejeanssometimessingstoanaudienceof10000eachofwhomhaspaidfivedollarsforaticket.AfterpayingexpensesYoungleaveswithabout$18000inhisbluejeansattheendofanevening.

　　Howdotherockstarsusetheirmoney?Whatdotheydowhenthemoneystartspouringinlikewater?Mostoftheyoungstarssimplyshowthemoneyaround.England'sEltonJohngavesomeonea$38000Rollscarandboughthimself5000pairsofeyeglassesthenlightedupandspelt：E-L-T-O-N.Healsoboughthimselftwocars"oneforeachfoot".

　　ManyrockstarslivelikeGraceSlickandJeffersonAirplane.Thoseperformersreturnfromatourpaytheirbillsandbuynewtoys.Thenwhentheyneedmoneyagaintheydoanothertour.Theysavenomoneyandlivefromhandtomouth.www.zxxk.com

　　Intheendtherockstars'lifeisunrewarding.Aftertwoorthreeyearsrichesandfamearegone.Leftwithhismemoriesandhistaxproblemsthelonelystarspendshisremainingyearstryingtoattractstrangers.Newstarshavearrivedtotakehisplace.

　　【小题1】Thispassageismainlyabout .

　　A．thesuccessofarockstarB．thewayrockstarsliveC．richrockstarsD．theadmirersofrockstars【小题2】HowmuchexpensedoesNeilYoungpayforaperformance?A．$10000B．$33000C．$32000D．$3