Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. Is that true? The answer is definitely no. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star. Feb. l0, 2016
5:00 Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel. Took taxi to airport.
7:30 Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather.
8:30 Plane landed. Waited for luggage (行李)for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport.
9:45 Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest.
10:00 Started out to attend the meeting with fans and gave an interview to the local reporters.
11:00 Went to radio station to attend the live show.
12:00 Had lunch with local producer (制片人)
I3:00 Went to theatre and prepared for the night’s show.
17:00 Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.
18:00 Had supper, but ate little.
18:30 Went to theatre again and got ready for show.
19:30 Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.
22:00 Show was over. Very tired from it.
23:00 Back to hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV.
0:00 Fell asleep, with TV on.
1.According to the chart, the pop star was good at _________.
A. singing B. dancing
C. making faces D. playing the piano
2.The pop star felt ________ after the performance.
A. tired B. excited
C. sad D. both A and B
3. The band did _________ in the rehearsal (彩排) in the night’s show.
A. better in the show than
B. worse in the show than
C. in the show as bad as
D. not tell us how the band did
4. This passage mainly tells us that _________.
A. pop stars are not rich in fact
B. young people had better not be pop stars
C. there are many young people wanting to be pop stars
D. pop stars don’t have an easy life as they seem to have
Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did hot receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
1.People like his books because the books ______.
A. are cheap and easy to get
B. were written in different languages
C. are easy and interesting to read
D. were written with invented words
2.He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A. 50 B. 53 C. 56 D. 87
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.
D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
4. From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C. changed American children's way of reading
D. wrote the largest number of books in the world
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song."I don't sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!'
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
1.Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.
A. the lady helped him a lot
B. he caught the chance
C. he continued to play in the bar
D. he stopped playing the piano
2. The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean____
A. fail to realize B. forget to use
C. try to develop D. manage to show
3.From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.
A. hide it and wait
B. ask others for help
C. pay no attention(注意) to it
D. work hard to improve yourself
4.Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. Sing in the Bar B. Achieve Success in Life
C. Never Lose Heart D. Find Your Hidden Talent
If we want to deal with the association(社交) between boys and girls properly, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow.
Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very nature for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. We should make as many friends as possible. We should get on with the other sex(性别) in public instead of in secret.
Don’t be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friend with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don’t fall into the ditch of early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence (青春期) are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. Early love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is full ripe(成熟). Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love.
1.The main idea of the passage is to _______.
A. tell students to keep away from early love
B. give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls
C. tell students how to make friends
D. teach boys how to talk with girls
2.We should get on with the other sex in following ways EXCEPT _______.
A. with a good state of mind B. in real friendship
C. in public D. in secret
3. If you are a shy person, you can ________.
A. find friends with the same interest and hobby first
B. only have a few friends of the same sex
C. not make friends with the other sex
D. not fall in love with other students easily
4. What does the underlined word “ditch” mean?
A. 波浪 B. 泥潭 C. 圈套 D. 迷惑
5.A person at adolescence is ________.
A. complicated(复杂的)in feelings
B. good at making friends with each other
C. old enough to fall in love
D. easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love
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根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）
A: You don’t look well. What’s the matter?
B: 1.
A: Oh dear! Why don’t you go to bed for a rest?
B: 2.
A: Shall I call him and tell him you’re ill?
B: 3.
A: OK. I’ll do that. I’m going to the shop now. Can I get you some medicine?
B: 4.
A: Yes, of course. Is there anything else I can do?
B: 5.
A: See you later then. Take care!
A. Oh, yes, please. His number is in the phone book. B. No, I’ll be all right. Thanks for your help. C. My head hurts and I feel really hot. D. Could you buy me a box of cold pills, please? E. It doesn’t hurt very much. F. I can’t. I will play ping-pong with our teacher this afternoon. G. Do you think it’s a good idea? |
Do you know how to study better and make your study more effective(有效的) We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long_______ This is very good, but it doesn’t _______ a lot, for an effective students must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and exercise. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your study.
When you return _______ your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒) and you’ll learn more _______study better. Psychologists(心理学家) _______ that learning takes place in this way. Here take English learning_______ an example. First you make a lot of progress and you feel happy. Then your language study seems_______the same. So you will think you’re learning _______ and you may give up. This can last for days or weeks, yet you needn’t give up. At some point your language study will again take another big_______. You’ll see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and _______ . Don’t give up along the way. Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.
1.A. days B. time C. hours D. weeks
2.A. help B. give C.make D. take
3.A. after B. for C. at D. to
4.A. yet B. and C. or D. But
5.A. have found B. have taught C. have feared D. have protected
6.A. with B. for C. as D. To
7.A. to have B. to make C. to take D. to stay
8.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. Everything
9.A. work B. jump C. walk D. result
10.A. hard B. common C. interesting D.impossible
