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Music streaming platforms（平臺） such as Spotify and Apple Music have completely changed how people listen to music nowadays.By paying very affordable prices，people can access music very easily.
   However，while these platforms may provide benefits for some artists，up-and-coming artists are being
left behind because they only focus on big names and creating profits.
   Because of COVID-19，musicians have not been able to tour or perform live in many countries，which contributes to a large part of their jye.aicome.In a YouTube interview，up-and-coming Texas artist Mobey mentioned that "The majority of my income comes from playing live shows.Usually that means around 50%-70% of what we expect to make in a year".With these factors，small artists are finding it increasingly difficult to make it in the industry due to the lack of investment（投資） into new talent.
   Small artists on Spotify and Apple Music can expect to make little to nothing.An artist on Spotify can expect to earn an average of ﹩0.003 per stream or around ﹩3 per 1，000 streams for one of their songs.On Apple Music，artists can expect to make a little more with an average of ﹩0.01 per stream，or around ﹩10 with 1，000 streams.Even if they could hit around 1，000 streams，they have to pay music distribution（分發(fā)） platforms needed for their music to be shown on the streaming platforms such as DistroKid，whose cheapest plan is ﹩20.
   A new artist would find it very difficult to promote their music outside of their social media accounts which may not even have a large amount of followers.They probably cannot get large amounts of streams on their music since it is not being promoted due to the lack of exposure（宣傳） they have on social media.
   With the takeover of music streaming platforms，many artists are finding it increasingly difficult to make a sustainable（可持續(xù)的） living from their love for music.A simple way these platforms can enable new artists to keep making music is to increase their payouts per stream for their music.
   Hopefully the music streaming industry will make similar changes to improve the situation of their artists.

（1）What is the problem with music streaming platforms？
A
A

A．They ignore small artists.
B．They are not user-friendly.
C．They are very difficult to manage.
D．They limit the number of small artists' songs.
（2）What do artists Mobey's words center on？
C
C

A．His lack of investment.
B．His total income in a year.
C．The main source of his income.
D．The reason for his fewer live shows.
（3）What do the figures in paragraph 3 show ？
D
D

A．How a music streaming platform works.
B．Small artists' hope for music streaming platforms.
C．Small artists' dislike for music streaming platforms.
D．Why small artists earn little on music streaming platforms.
（4）What is the best tittle for the text？
C
C

A．Music streaming platforms：Do they really put profits first？
B．Music streaming platforms：Are they a chance or challenge to artists？
C．Music streaming platforms：Have they harmed the industry for artists
D．Music streaming platforms：Could they offer music lovers better services？

【考點】說明文；文學與藝術(shù)．

【答案】A；C；D；C

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