Pop music and movie star Jay Chou from Taiwan produced a song for the Beijing Games. It’s not an easy thing for him, because he had never tried to write this kind of music before. He worked on the song A Long Journey for five months and finished it in Taipei on March 9. Chou told the Shanghai-based Oriental Daily he rushed to complete the song and ended up e-mailing it to Beijing Olympic officials（組委會） at night just before the deadline.（1）

Beijing Olympic officials will reveal（展示） the songs for the Olympics 100 days before the Games start.

Chou, famous for his roles in the Zhang Yimou-directed Curse of the Golden Flower and Initial D, said the song was a new change for him. "I think the feeling of the electric guitars is a little stronger than just using the piano," Chou said. "If listeners from Europe and America hear this kind of music, I hope it can make them jump back a little!"（2）

The song blends（混合） Chou's traditional Chinese sounds with rock and electric instrument.（3）

His song says: "A long journey, countless nights, waiting for a clear moon, on the border of dreams, the wind blows ceaselessly, never feeling tired, the East is worthy, who is number one, let us pursue perfection."

March 10 was the closing date for the fourth round of Olympic song collection. Over 4,000 songs have been collected over the last four years, __5__Light the Passion, Share the Dream, I am a Star, Forever Friends, Wishing Star and so on.

1. What does the word “deadline” mean in Chinese?

2. Why does Chou say “it can make them jump back a little!"

3. Translate the sentence The song blends Chou's traditional Chinese sounds with rock and electric instrument into Chinese.

4. 從文中找出more than的同義詞。

5. 根據(jù)上下文，請在最后一段的橫線上填上一個適當?shù)脑~或短語使文章完整。

1. 截止日期  

2. Because his music uses electric guitar and the feeling of the electric guitars is a little stronger than just using the piano.  

3. 這首歌將周杰倫的傳統(tǒng)的中國音樂與搖滾及電子樂器有機地結合起來  

4. over 

5. such as

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