阅读理解。KoreanpopularmaleartistesRainwhosweptAsiarecentlyhadgainedpopularityamongbothmaleandfemalefans.DuetohispopularityithaschangedtheinitialplanofPepsiwhichdoesnotintendtoofferKoreanarti

　　阅读理解。

　　KoreanpopularmaleartistesRainwhosweptAsiarecentlyhadgainedpopularityamongbothmaleand

　　femalefans.DuetohispopularityithaschangedtheinitialplanofPepsiwhichdoesnotintendtooffer

　　KoreanartistestobePepsi'sambassadors.Nowtheyhavechangedtheirmindtoofferahighpricetoinvite

　　Raintobeitsnew"blueblood".

　　Forthepast2yearsPepsihadspentenormousamountoffundinsearchoftheworldpopularsuperstars

　　offeringthemtobeitsambassadors.TheyincludesoccerstarDavidBeckhamTaiwanpopularidolsF4Jay

　　ChouHongKongstarsEdisonChenNicholasTseLouisKooect.NowwiththerecentupandrisingKorean

　　StarRainPepsiisquicktoputhiminitslist.

　　AccordingtosourcePepsihasrecentlysentarepresentativetoflyovertoKoreatodiscussdetailswith

　　Rainandtheyareabouttosignthecontract.AlsoaccordingtosourcePepsishallbethesponsorofRain's

　　OctoberconcertinHongKongbutRain'sHongKongmanagerMsChanKaYingresponded"Atthismoment

　　it's　notconvenienttotalkaboutthis.Thereshallbeanewsannouncementshortly!"

　　AstheoldChinesesaying"Onemountaincannotberuledbyseveraltigers"Pepsihassomehowcreatedan

　　internalcompetition.AsRain'srisingpopularityisgettingstrongthestatusofJaywhohasthesamefeature

　　of"singleeye-lid"asRainhassomehowbeenaffected-there'sarumorthattheskinproductbrandHDChasthe

　　intentiontoswitchfromJaytoRaintobeitsambassadorinordertocaptureKoreaJapanandChinamarket

　　toexpanditsbusiness.BesidesbeingpopularforhisR&BsongsanddancestepsRain'sleadrolein"Full

　　House"hasalsoemotionallytouchedmanyAsianwomen'shearts.Hehasevensuccessfullypenetrated(渗透)

　　intothemainlandChinamarketthemostdifficulttask.HisrecentBeijingconcertcausedatremendoushit

　　resultingincreating"KoreanFever"inmainlandChina.

　　1.An"artiste"refersto_____.

　　A.aprofessionalsingerdanceractoretc.whoperformsinashow

　　B.someonewhoproducesartespeciallypaintingsordrawings

　　C.someonewhosingssongs

　　D.