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ThingslikeHulahoops（呼啦圈）usedtobeverypopular.Didyoueverownanyofthese?Ifyoudidn’tdon’tfeeltoobad.Theywereallfads.Afadissomethingthatbecomesvery1 amongalargenumberofpeoplebutonlyforashorttime. 2 canbecomeafadveryquicklybutcanstopbeingpopularjustasquickly. 3 itisnolonger“cool”afadgoesaway.Anythingcanbecomea(n) 4 -fashionfoodmusictechnologyevenlanguage.

Inthelate1970sErnoRubikaprofessorwaslookingfora 5 waytoteachhisstudentsabout3Dobjects.He 6 asix-colorplasticobjectthatwouldbecalledtheRubik’sCube(魔方).Thegoalwastogeteachsideofthecubea 7 color.Itwasverychallenging.Ittookafewyearsforthetoytobecomepopularbutthen 8 in1982itseemedeveryonehadone.Peopleboughtoverahundredmillionofthe 9 .Therewere50booksavailablethatyearofferingsolutions(解决办法).Thenjustassuddenlyasthecraze (风尚)startedit 10 .By1983peoplewerenotinterestedintheRubik’sCubeanymoreperhapsbecausesomanypeople 11 hadoneintheirhome.

In2012aSouthKoreanmusiciannamedPsyreleasedasongcalled“Gangnam(江南)Style.”ThemusicvideoshowsPsypretending(假装)tohorse-ridewhileheisdancing.InsixmonthsitbecamethefirstYoutube(一视频网站)videoevertoreachabillionviews(观看).Sixmonthsafterthat 12 wentontoreachtwobillionviews.Thesongandvideostartedaworldwide 13craze.“GangnamStyle”hadahugeinfluenceonworldpopularculture.U.S.PresidentBarackObamaandU.K.PrimeMinisterDavidCameroneven 14 thedance.“GangnamStyle”becamelessandlesspopular 15 the“KoreanWave”ofcultureremainspopularallovertheworld.

1.A.useful B.popular C.valuable D.relaxing

2.A.Both B.Someone C.Something D.None

3.A.Although B.Whether C.Before D.When

4.A.invention B.fad C.goal D.dream

5.A.creative B.difficult C.traditional D.common

6.A.found B.bought C.invented D.borrowed

7.A.strange B.dark C.bright D.different

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