Some famous singers live on the ___ from their record sales.

 A. salary     B. value  C. bill  D. income

D


解析:

bill(帳單，清單)顯然不符合題意；value（價(jià)值）是抽象的，不能用來消費(fèi)；salary（工資，薪水）是按年、月發(fā)給相關(guān)人的，而本句的record sales并不是他們的工作；income （收入，收益）,通常指一個(gè)人收入所得的錢，不僅只是工資部分。結(jié)合上下文，應(yīng)該選D。

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