While many other teen stars built up their celebrity status(名人地位) by working hard on popular TV shows, Justin shot straight to the top by using social media.
A few years ago, Justin uploaded(上传) videos of himself on YouTube, showing covers of his favorite songs at home. He just saw it as a bit of fun for friends and family, but when music manager Scooter Braun saw one of the videos, he flew to Justin’s hometown of Ontario, Canada to sign him up. Justin was just 13.
Shortly after, Justin was flown to the US. He eventually started working with R&B superstar Usher. Justin’s first album My world was released in 2009. But all the time, Justin continued to build his fan base on his YouTube account, where some of his original home videos can still be found, and where he continues to post music. “I wasn’t sending mixtapes or anything like that to record labels,” he told us when we met him on his promotional tour for his latest film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. “I was just doing regular stuff at home and I just posted videos online without purpose. I would never be here if it wasn’t for the Internet and YouTube.”
But it isn’t just YouTube that helps Justin’s popularity. He also updates his Twitter account (@Justin-Bieber) regularly and has about 8.8 million followers. In fact, he’s so popular that Justin was responsible for 3% of the site’s activity at one time and so popular that entire racks of servers on Twitter were devoted to him.
In light of his story, many young, aspiring artists are now taking advantage of Twitter and YouTube. Both these sites can help artists build fan bases in the hope that they’ll become the next big thing. Justin added, “I think my story brings hope to people and I think that’s very important. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Never say never.”
小题1:What is the best title for the passage?
A．A famous young man
B．YouTube---A popular website
C．Justin’s way to success
D．Social media is the most important小题2:The underlined word “covers” in Paragraph 2 means_____.
A．The cover of a book.
B．The shelter from attack.
C．The sheet on the bed.
D．Another version of a pop song by a different artist.小题3:Which one is right according to the passage?
A．Justin posted videos online in order to succeed.
B．Justin becomes a celebrity partly owing to social media.
C．Justin has the same way to succeed as others.
D．Justin has built many websites.小题4:What can we know from Paragraph 5?
A．Many young, aspiring artists are objection to Justin’s way.
B．Many celebrities like Justin must appear in the future.
C．Justin tells others never to depend on social media.
D．Justin has set an example to many young, aspiring artists.
