Playing video games on his iPad in a chair, Justin Bieber looks like any 16-year-old. But when he opens his mouth, you know he’s different – the Canadian teen can really sing.
Do you like listening to the songs of Justin Bieber? In his 3D documentary , Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, now playing in US theaters, the 16-year-old Canadian sings the song Never Say Never. It’s an encouraging song.
Bieber uploaded a music video to the Internet three years ago, and since then has never looked back. He has sung at the White House, opened for Taylor Swift and appeared on the cover of People magazine, which called him the “world’s biggest pop star”. He has won many honors, the most recent being Best New Artist of the Year at 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
There are many interesting things going on in Justin Bieber’s life these days. He has a girlfriend, actress and singer Selena Gomez. He just celebrated his 17th birthday. And, he has a new haircut. Bieber gave some of his hair to sell online. One of his fans bought it for $40,000 (260,000 yuan)! The money will go to protect animals. What would you do with Bieber’s hair?
1.Where is Justin Bieber from ?
A. America B. Australia C. Canada D. Japan
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “uploaded”?
A. 下载 B. 搜寻 C.上传 D .博客
3.What’s the name of the song in his 3D documentary?
A. Baby C. Smile C. Just a dream D. Never say never
4.What can learn from the passage?
A.Justin Bieber can sing as well as any 16-year-old.
B.He had sung at the White House three times.
C.His new girl friend is a writer.
D.One of his fans bought some of his hair .
You may feel curious (好奇的) about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more 
than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off (打瞌睡) in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China. South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted (分心的)?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japa
nese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.
1.Who spent the most time studying according to the passage?
A. Chinese students B. American students
C. Japanese students D. Korean students
2.American students fall asleep in class most often, don’t they?
A. No, they aren’t. B. Yes, they are. C. Yes, they do D. No, they don’t.
3.Who like taking notes most according to the passage?
A. Chinese students B. American students
C. Japanese students D. Korean students
4.Which of the following sentences is wrong?
A. In their spare time , most Chinese students surf or study the Internet.
B. American students sometimes chat with friends in class.
C. A few Japanese students do physical exercises.
D. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year.
These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to __ themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many of them almost become bookworms(书呆子). In the past in the summer holidays, they could do they liked, but now they have to spend all their time preparing for exams. So have kept them away from going in for sports.
Because of the pressure from parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time __ books. As for the students themselves, they don’t want to the lessons because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give all of their spare time to their studies and up their school sports.
It’s true a good education cannot go without physical training, the same is true, a quick mind hardly goes along with a body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can you make great success in life?
1.A. interests B. interestedC. interestingD. interest
2.A. another B. otherC. muchD. some
3.A. make B. haveC. getD. let
4.A. an
ythingB. somethingC. everythingD. nothing
5.A. teachersB. parentsC. studiesD. holidays
6.A. hisB. one’sC. theirD. other’s
7.
A. in B. atC. toD. on
8.A. miss B. loseC. leaveD. fail
9.A. give B. takeC. putD. send
10.A. strong B. heavyC. weakD. ill
--This is no-smoking zone. Can't you see the sign?
----Oh, sorry. I ______ it.
A. haven't seen B. won't see C. don't see D. didn't see
----______ nice present you've bought for me!
----I'm glad you like it.
A. How a B.What a C. How D. What
----I don't think your team can beat theirs.
----____. But we could if Lin Tao were on the team.
A. No, we can't B. Yes, we can't C. Yes, we can D. No, we can
