7．Throughout the 1990s and 2000s until today，Domingo continued performing，singing many of the same roles but adding new roles as well，among them the title roles in Wagner‘s Parsifal and Mozart‘s Idomeneo，Rossini‘s Il barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro，Wagner's Die Walküre as Siegmund，Lehár‘s The Merry Widow as Danilo and Alfano‘s Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano．From the middle 1990s to early in 2008 alone，he added 38 new roles，covering opera in six different languages （English，Italian，French，German，Russian and Spanish）．The latest was the Italian opera by George Frideric Handel，Tamerlano．
Giving him even greater international recognition outside of the world of opera，he participated in The Three Tenors（男高音）concert at the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final in Rome with José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti．The event was originally planned to raise money for the José Carreras International Leukemia（白血病）Foundation and was later repeated a number of times，including at the three later World Cup finals （1994 in Los Angeles，1998 in Paris，and 2002 in Yokohama）．Alone，Domingo again made an appearance at the final of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin，along with rising stars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón．On 24 August 2008，Domingo performed a duet with Song Zuying，singing ?i de Huǒyàn （The Flame of Love） at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing．The Beijing Olympics were the second Olympics he performed at； he sang the Olympic Hymn at the closing ceremonies of the Barcelona Olympics．At the Olympic games that followed，he would meet Sissel Kyrkjeb?，who performed the Olympic Hymn at both the opening and closing ceremonies at those games．
In what has been called his‘final career move'，Plácido Domingo announced on 25 January 2007 that in 2009 he would take on one of Verdi‘s most demanding baritone（男中音）roles，singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra．The first performance was at Berlin State Opera on October 24，followed by 29 other performances during 2009/2010 at major opera houses around the world．He would，however，continue to sing tenor roles beforehand and afterwards．
On 16-17 April 2008 he sang during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI at Nationals Park and at the Italian embassy in Washington D．C． Since 1990 Plácido Domingo has received many awards and honors for his achievement in the field of music and in recognition of his many benefit concerts and contributions to various charities．
On 15 March 2009，The Metropolitan Opera celebrated Domingo's 40th anniversary with the company with an on-stage gala dinner at the Met's 125th anniversary，in honour of his first performance in Adriana Lecouvreur as Maurizio opposite Renata Tebaldi on 28 September 1968．
On 29 August 2009 he sang Panis Angelicus at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy in the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston，Massachusetts．
On September 20，2010，Domingo announced that he would renew his contract as General Director of the Los Angeles Opera through 2013．On September 27，2010，Domingo announced that he will not renew his contract as General Director of the Washington National Opera beyond its June 2011 expiration date．
Ever a sympathetic colleague，in March 2011 he refused to sing in Buenos Aires until the city settled a bitter musicians strike at the Teatro Colon．
67．What can we conclude from the passage？D
A．Domingo can only sing in six different languages．
B．Domingo won many awards because he sang a lot．
C．José Carreras was later diagnosed with Leukemia．
D．Domingo enjoyed world-wide popularity as a Tenor．
68．Domingo does the following EXCEPTC．
A．charity work
B．promoting world sports
C．organizing anniversary celebrations
D．forming a peaceful society
69．Singing at different events of world sports shows that DomingoC．
A．prefers to try singing in different languages including Chinese
B．enjoys watching sports events despite his busy performances
C．would be more than happy to do some benefit work for the world
D．knows clearly that singing for sports events helps him to be famous
70．From paragraph 3，we can see that Domingo is aA person．
A．challenging B．strict C．responsible D．hard-working．
分析 本文属于人物传记类阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了世界上有名的男高音多明戈，他在很多届奥运会中演唱不同的歌曲，并且从事慈善活动，为有需要的人筹集资金，并且富有挑战精神，勇于突破自己．
解答 67．D 细节理解题，根据第二段Giving him even greater international recognition outside of the world of opera，he participated in The Three Tenors（男高音）concert at the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final in Rome with José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti．可知多明戈作为一名男高音享有世界各地很高的知名度，故选D．
68．C 细节理解题，根据第四段in the field of music and in recognition of his many benefit concerts and contributions to various charities．可以知道他从事慈善工作，而在第三段他在很多届奥运会中演唱可知他促进了世界体育，根据最后一段Ever a sympathetic colleague，in March 2011 he refused to sing in Buenos Aires until the city settled a bitter musicians strike at the Teatro Colon．可知他同样为形成和平的社会做出了贡献，而文中没有提到他组织周年庆典，故选C．
69．C 细节理解题，通读全文可知多明戈在不同的世界体育赛事中演唱，由此可以看出他很乐意为世界做一些有益的工作，故选C．
70．A 推理判断题，根据第三段Plácido Domingo announced on 25 January 2007 that in 2009 he would take on one of Verdi‘s most demanding baritone（男中音）roles，singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra．可知他擅长的是男高音却还要挑战最苛刻的男中音的角色，由此推断出他是一个勇于挑战的人，故选A．
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
