A pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must give the public what they really want and need, or he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he has succeeded and his records are sold everywhere, he can not relax. Then he must work harder than ever to remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.

The life of a successful pop singer isn’t easy at all. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for the fans. The fans are the most important people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very dangerous, too. Sometimes they do anything to get a souvenir（纪念品）. They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer’s hair. Many singers have been forced to ride（即兴表演）. A pop singer has to pay a lot of money for clothes because he must always look smart and different. And what’s more, he must always keep smiling.

1. After a pop singer has succeeded, he still works hard to ________.

A. get money　　B. stay popular

C. sell more records　　D. become famous

2. It may be suggested（被暗示）from the passage that ________.

A. a pop singer is somewhat afraid of meeting his fans

B. a pop singer is anxious to see his fans

C. not all people may become pop singers

D. the pop singers become famous easily

3. A proper title for the passage might be “________”.

A. The Way to Become a Pop Singer

B. The Fans of the Pop Singer

C. The Success of the Pop Singer

D. The Pop Singer

4. A pop singer has a lot of clothes in order to keep himself ________.

A. smart and the same　　　B. smart and different

C. healthy and young　　　　D. rich and strong

A pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must give the public what they really want and need, or he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he has succeeded and his records are sold everywhere, he can not relax. Then he must work harder than ever to remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.

The life of a successful pop singer isn’t easy at all. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for the fans. The fans are the most important people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very dangerous, too. Sometimes they do anything to get a souvenir（纪念品）. They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer’s hair. Many singers have been forced to ride（即兴表演）. A pop singer has to pay a lot of money for clothes because he must always look smart and different. And what’s more, he must always keep smiling.

1. After a pop singer has succeeded, he still works hard to ________.

A. get money　　B. stay popular

C. sell more records　　D. become famous

2. It may be suggested（被暗示）from the passage that ________.

A. a pop singer is somewhat afraid of meeting his fans

B. a pop singer is anxious to see his fans

C. not all people may become pop singers

D. the pop singers become famous easily

3. A proper title for the passage might be “________”.

A. The Way to Become a Pop Singer

B. The Fans of the Pop Singer

C. The Success of the Pop Singer

D. The Pop Singer

4. A pop singer has a lot of clothes in order to keep himself ________.

A. smart and the same　　　B. smart and different

C. healthy and young　　　　D. rich and strong

Read “A Pool near Rajpur” and answer questions 1 to 7.

　　Ranji had been less than a month in Rajpur when he discovered the pool in the forest. It was the height of the summer, and his school had not yet opened; and, having as yet made no friends in this town, he wandered about a good deal by himself into the hills and forests that stretched away interminably on all sides. It was hot, very hot, at that time of the year, and Ranji walked about in his vest and shorts, his brown feet white with the chalky dust that flew up from the ground. The earth was parched, the grass brown, the trees listless, hardly stirring, waiting for a cool wind or a refreshing shower of rain.

　　It was on such a day－a hot, tired day -that Ranji found the pool in the forest. The water had a gentle translucency, and you could see the smooth round pebbles at the bottom of the pool. A small stream emerged from a cluster of rocks to feed the pool. During the monsoon, this stream would be a rushing torrent, cascading down from the hills, but during the summer it was barely a trickle. The rocks, however, held the water in the pool, and it did not dry up like the pools in the plains.

　　When Ranji saw the pool, he did not hesitate to get into it. He had often gone swimming, alone or with friends, when he had lived with his parents in a thirsty town in the middle of the Rajputana desert. There, he had known only sticky, muddy pools, where buffaloes wallowed and women washed clothes. He had never seen a pool like this－so clean and cold and inviting.

1．The first paragraph describes how Ranji went exploring in the forest ________.

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A．with his school friends

B．after school each day

C．without his parents' permission

D．despite the unpleasant weather

2．In the second paragraph, the writer wants the reader to feel that the pool was ________.

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A．well-known to local people

B．a delightful place to be on a hot day

C．popular with local children

D．a dangerous place for a boy on his own

3．The word “translucency” indicates that the water in the pool was ________.

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4．The trees are described as “listless”. This means that the trees were ________.

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5．Water remained in the pool during the summer because ________.

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A．the water was clean and cold

B．there were rocks to dam the water

C．trees hung over the pool to shade it

D．the pool was in a cool forest

6．The reader can assume that Ranji ________.

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A．owned very few good clothes

B．found new experiences difficult to cope with

C．felt homesick for the town where he once lived

D．felt safe wandering in the forests near Rajpur

7．What is Ranji likely to do next?

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A．chase some buffaloes away from the pool

B．enjoy swimming in the pool

C．tell his parents about the pool

D．wait for his family to arrive