It’shardtofindastarshiningbrighterinNashvillethanKennyChesney.Sincehetookoff15yearsagothiscountrymusicianhassoldmorethan25millionalbumshashadsixteenNo.1hitswoncountlessawardsandhadaseaofloyalfanswhohavemadehimthebiggestNorthAmericanconcert-ticketseller.

KennyiscertainlyattheheightofhiscareerashereleaseshisGreatestHitsIIalbumthisweek.It’sacollectionofsongsinwhichhesayseachtakeshimtoadifferentplaceoreventinhislife.ThemostpersonalisthesongI’mAliveKennytellsTheBoot."MostofthesongsonthisrecordarereallyfunbutIwroteI’mAliveaftermybreakupwithRenee.IwokeuponedayandrealizedeventhoughIhadgonethroughthisanddidn’tfeelgoodaboutitmylifestillbelongstome.I’malive;Igettomakemusic;I’vegotalotofgreatfriends.That’sthemessageofthesong."

KennyinsiststhatthesongselectionforGreatestHitsIIisnotformulaic(刻板的).Inadditiontothehitsthatclimbedthecountrychartsthesingeralsowantedtoincludesomesongsunknowntohisfansthatreflectedhislifeandcareerpath."Ididn’twantittobeallhits;Iwantedittobeasecondchapterofmylifeinmusic"heexplains."SothesongBeasYouArereallydoesthatforme."

Kennyrecentlycelebratedhis41stbirthdaybutthenumberofcandlesonthecakedidn’tdepresshimabitthankstowhathelovessodeeply.

"IstillfeellikeI’m18"hesays."Livinglifethewayyoudoontheroaditdefinitelykeepsyoufeelingthatway.AndIthinkpeoplethathavemusicintheirlifearealotbetteroff(富有)andhealthierthanpeoplethatdon’t.I’vebeenverycontenttohavenotjustalittlebitofmusicinmylifebutawholelotofmusic.Itdrivesmylife."

1.KennyChesneyreferstooneofhissongsI’mAliveforthepurposeof_________.

A.tellinghisfansabouthisbreakupwithhisgirlfriend

B.inspiringhisfanswithconfidenceinlife

C.callingonpeopletomakemusiclikehim

D.advertisinghisnewalbumtoincreasesales

2.WecanlearnfromthepassagethatKennyChesney______.

A.isastarnotonlyinNashvillebutalsoaroundtheworld

B.wonfewawardsforhisworkincountrymusic

C.wasathismo