Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. 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. 10, 2014
| 5:00 |
Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel, packed bags. 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 for half an hour. Signed(签名) 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. |
| 13:00 |
Went to theatre and prepared for the night’s show. The lighting of the theatre was good, but the band(乐队) did poorly. |
| 17:00 |
Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band. |
| 18:00 |
Had supper, but eat little. |
| 18:30 |
Went to theatre again and got ready for show. |
| 19:00 |
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. |
According to the chart, the pop star was a ________________.
| A．singer | B．dancer | C．player | D．pianist. |
According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at ________________.
| A．6:30 | B．7:00 | C．7:30 | D．8:00 |
From this passage ,we get to know that ________.
| A．not all people like pop stars |
| B．pop stars have their own bands |
| C．fans are troublesome for pop stars |
| D．to be a pop star is not all fun |
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A sea horse is not a horse. It is a fish. A sea horse has a head that looks like a horse’s head. It has a small body with a long tail. Bony plates cover the sea horse’s body. Sea horses can be found in warm waters. They live near seaweed, which offers them a good place to hide. Each male sea horse has a pouch to carry baby sea horses until they are ready to be born. Sea horses live in warm waters.
A sea horse has a short tail.
A sea horse is covered with fur.
A sea horse’s head looks like a horse’s head.
A male sea horse carries babies in a pouch.
Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do，while others don't.
The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the "White House"ever since.
A. the American people.
B. the soldiers of U.S.A.
C. the presidents of U.S.A.
A. 1810 B. 1812C. 1814
A. it's covered with snow
B. the house is very clean
C. the stone walls of the house were painted white
A. the house is old
B. it was once on fire and was with marks
C. they have enough paint
A. never B. once C. from then on
The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English asmuch as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up（混合） and people will not understandyou, sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them. But if you keep yoursense of humour（幽默感）,you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't beunhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakesthan to be angry with you, because they don't understand what you are saying. The most importantthingfor learning English is: “Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
| A．writer | B．listening |
| C．using it | D．learning grammar |
A careful not to make any mistakes.
B. Write as quickly as you can.
C. Speak English as much as you can.
A. not care B. be happy C. be unhappy
A. keep quite
B. keep your sense of humour
C. get angry
A. Only foolish（愚蠢的）people make mistakes
B. People never make mistakes
C. There is no one who doesn't make mistakes
Mr. and Mrs.Turner live outside a small town.They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试).Mrs.Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.
Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to
listen to her.
"Which university (大学) will your son study in?" a woman next to her asked.
"In the most famous university in our country!" Mrs. Turner said happily.
"The most famous university?""Oxford University (牛津)."
Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her,"Congratulations!"
A woman said, "I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.""Who's Fred Smith?""He's my son." "Does he study inthe university, too?"
"No, "said the woman. "He is one of the professors."
A. AmericaB. France C. England
A. their son did well in his lessons
B. they have a big farm
C. their son studied at a middle school
A. her son finished middle school
B. her son was handsome
C. her son was going to study in a university
A. her friend could hear her
B. all the people could hear her
C. she hoped to make all the people happy
A. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university
B. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀)
C. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too
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 aquick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied(满意) with 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, teacher, 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 tostamphis foot on the floor, "Bang! Bang!Bang!"
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, "It's twelve o'clock in thenight, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?"
A. sixteen B. eighteen C. twenty
A. he's her grandson
B. he's clever
C. he can keep quiet
A. classmate B. colleague C. aunt
A. 邮票 B. 跺脚 C. 标记
A. to wake his grandma up
B. to make his grandma angry
C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time