The Young Pop King

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing."He is true to himself. He never follows others, "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
【小题1】From this passage, we know that Jay Chou_________.

A．is very handsome	B．has a bright smile
C．often makes too much noise	D．is a pop music star

【小题2】His fans are so excited because_________.

A．he is quiet and shy.

B．he will sing new songs in Wuhu.

C．he can play the piano very well

D．Many famous stars will come to Wuhu.

【小题3】When he was a little child, he_________.

A．talked a lot every day

B．did well in his study at school

C．started to like music

D．had a lot of fans

【小题4】According to one of his fans,  Jay_________.

A．is a good student

B．has long and beautiful hair

C．is a well-known pianist

D．is very attractive to them

【小题5】The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means_________.

A．he always has his own style.

B．he likes to walk alone

C．he doesn't like other people's songs at all

D．no one can catch up with him

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Li Ming is a middle school student. His 15^th birthday is coming on  【小题1】 3^rd. One day, Li Ming walked past the shoe shop at the street corner. Once again, he stopped to look at the shop  【小题2】. He felt happy to see the shoes that he wanted very much were still there. He really wanted to have   【小题3】 for his birthday. Looking down at his old shoes, he felt sorry for himself.
He sadly walked away and thought   【小题4】 to tell his mother about it. He knew she would give him  【小题5】  he liked if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money for that￥1299-Nike Shoes. He   【小题6】  not to go home at once, as he didn’t want to upset his mother. So he went to the park and sat on the   【小题7】 . There he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He noticed that the girl  【小题8】 the wheel with her hands. Li Ming watched her carefully and was  【小题9】 to find that the girl had no feet. He looked at his own feet, “It’s much  【小题10】 to be without shoes than without feet.” He thought. There was no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was luckier.

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

　　“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”

　　“I left it at home.”

　　Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

　　The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1.Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

　　A. sixteen　        B. eighteen　               C. twenty　         D. fifteen

2.The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

　　A. he's her grandson　　                    B. he's clever

　　C. he can keep quiet　　                    D. he gets home on time

3.From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.

　　A. classmate　　        B. colleague (同事)　　 C. aunt      　　  D. wife

4.The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

　　A. 盖印　　         B. 跺　　               C. 贴邮票　　   D. 承认

5.Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.

　　A. to wake his grandma up

　　B. to make his grandma angry

　　C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time

D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

 

Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house.
That is a thief(小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened害怕) to go out of the house in the dark.
The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet- hole right through middle of it.
My God, said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.
【小题1】. At midnight, Nasreddin saw _____in his garden.

A．something strange

B．a thief

C．something white

D．a ghost

【小题2】. Nasreddin was so frightened that he ______.

A．cried out for help	B．dared(敢)not go out of the house
C．dared not stay in his house	D．couldn't say a word

【小题3】 The next morning Nasreddin found________ .

A．his wife in the garden	B．the clothes-line
C．the thief dead	D．a bullet-hole through the white shirt

【小题4】.Nasreddin was a _______ man.

A．kind

B．cheerful

C．foolish

D．clever

【小题5】He called his neighbors together in order to_______.

A．make a speech

B．tell the story

C．thank God

D．thank them

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Bill is an Australian __41___. He is twelve. He lives ___42___ his family in China. There are __43___ people in his family. His father John Smith, his mother Catherine and his little sister Abbey. He has a yellow dog. ___44___ name is Barbi. Look! Abbey is ___45__with Barbi. His father is mending his car. His mother is cleaning the house. What is Bill doing? Ah, he is doing __46__ homework in Chinese. He can’t __47___ Chinese well, but he loves Chinese very much. Bill’s ___48___ works in a middle school as an __49____ teacher. His mother works at a TV factory. Bill and his __50____ go to the same school.

1. A. child        B. boy       C. dog         D. girl

2. A. in           B. with      C. on          D. at

3. A. three        B. four       C. five         D. two

4.A. It’s          B. His       C. Its          D. Her

5. A. living        B. talking    C. playing      D. eating

6. A. her          B. its        C. his          D. a

7.A. say          B. speak     C. tell          D. talk

8. A. mother    B. father     C. English      D. Australian

9.A. Chinese   B. Japanese   C. English      D. Australian

10.A. boy     B. girl        C. brother      D. sister