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 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his album(唱片), "Ye Huimei", and the album was released(发行) in July and was named after his mother.

    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 huge crowds 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 Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.

6. 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

7. His fans are so excited because       .

A. he released a new album in July 

B. he will sing new songs in Beijing

C. he can play the piano very well

D. his new album was named after his mother

8. 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 huge crowds of fans

9. 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

0. 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

完成句子（10分）

1.由于学习的努力，他在考试中表现不错。

  ___________ hard working, he did well in the exam.

2.这些食物是如此的好吃，我吃了很多。

  The food was ________ that I ate a lot.

3.他的头发比Sam的短。  He has _______ hair _____ Sam.

4.上星期我一点儿也不觉得累。  I _______ feel tired ________last week.

5.这些问题的答案非常容易。  The ____________ are very easy.

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Life is not easy, so I’d like to say,“When anything happens, believe in yourself.”When I was 14,  I was__1__ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later__2_ happened. It affected my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an__3 idea! It meant I had to___4__ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic” Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to _5_  all the speech and practised it over 100 times.  __6__my mother’s great help, I did well in the contest. I could hardly (几乎不) believe my _7_ when the news came —— I won the first place. I heard the   8  from the teachers and students. Those__9__looked down on （瞧不起）me before, but they now all said congratulations to me. My mother hugged (拥抱)me and cried excitedly.

Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell  10 to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

1.A. so             B. too          C. very

2.A. something      B. nothing      C. anything

3.A. interesting    B. exciting     C. terrible

4.A. say            B. speak        C. tell

5.A. remember       B. see          C. hear

6.A. At             B. To           C. With

7.A. ears           B. eyes         C. result（结果)

8.A. cheers         B. wishes       C. thanks

9.A. boys           B. girls        C. classmates

10.A. my mother      B. him          C. myself

One-child policy has ______ controlling China’s population.
A. did well in        B. worked well in.    C. worked good in

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