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The Man in Black and His Saving Grace

In the mid-80s, Johnny Cash and June Cater Cash often appeared together in public. The man always in black had craggy face and piercing eyes a daunting way of turning aside reporters’ questions with a look or a curl of his lip. But all that changed with one disapproving glance from June. Where the Cashes were concerned, Johnny may have been large, but June was in charge.

Their long sometimes beautiful, sometimes harrowing relationship throughout the late 1950s and mid-60s is the focus of Walk the Line, an Oscar-winning biopic. But it also explores the dark moments, as Johnny spiraled into drug addition, Cash himself had laid bare his demons in his two autobiographies. He had to go through his own hell to reach redemption, and his saving grace was June. “I’m kind of cynical about married people singing together,” admits Joaquin Phoenix, the actor who portrays Cash in the film. “But it was truly magical when they did it. They just looked into each other’s eyes.”

Writer-director James Mangold’s script for Walk the Line is based on Cash’s two autobiographies as well as interviews with Johnny and June over several years at the couple’s cabin in the Tennessee woods. “We went to their house for breakfast. It was a very powerful experience. They said a beautiful grace before breakfast, and they sang a song together.” Mangold’s wife recounts her first meeting with the iconic couple. Actually it was a familiar scene at the Carter-Cash household. June enjoyed conducting her interviews during breakfast at that same log cabin while frying eggs and bacon, and she’d interrupt the conversation to ask, “John, you want another egg?” or, “John Cash, you don’t need any more bacon.”

In the heady times of the late 1950s, fans in Texarkana could see Johnny and the Tennessee Two on the same bill. At the time, Cash wasn’t the onstage powerhouse of his peers. “I think that when John started out, he didn’t expect a grueling tour schedule,” Phoenix said. “I had a book listing the gigs that they played back then, which was unbelievable.”

Old-time Nashville stars and insiders are protective of the couple that acted as encouraging benefactors to so many. Duane Allen, lead singer of the Oak Ridge Boys and a friend of the Cashes, said, “There were no boundaries for Johnny and June. They appealed to everyone, and they treated everyone like family.” Their friendship smoothed the Grammy-winning group’s rocky transition from gospel to the country mainstream in the 70’s. Decades later, the Oak Ridge Boys sang for Johnny at June’s funeral, Allen said. “It was the most soul-wrenching thing I’ve ever done.” Cash died a few months later in 2003, walking one last line behind his beloved June.

74. What does the underlined word redemption (para. 2) mean?

A. The paradise created by Gods.

B. The state of being saved from evil.

C. The destination a traveler hopes to reach.

D. The ambition a person desires to achieve.

75. Which of the following statements is Not True?

A. Johnny was once addicted to drug.

B. Joaquin Phoenix played the role of Johnny in Walk in Line.

C. June was rude for she often interrupted her husband.

D. Johnny and June usually sang together before breakfast.

76. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. In the late 50s, Johnny was the best musician among his peers.

B. Johnny was always dominant both at home and on the stage.

C. The Oak Ridge Boys succeeded partially due to Johnny’s help.

D. The Oak Ridge Boys were unwilling to sing at June’s funeral

77. What is the article mainly about?

A. The selfless action of Johnny and June to help others.

B. The great passion Johnny and June showed for music.

C. The most gentle and sincere love between Johnny and June.

D. The wonders Johnny and June created in the musical world.

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