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 pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing in May. Those songs are their favorite songs.
Jay Chou has a special album “Ye Huimei” 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 to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 boy.
“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yuejie, a Junior 1 girl.
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．can play the piano |
小题2:His fans are so excited because ________．| A．he will sing their favorite songs in Beijing | | B．he has a special album | | C．he is good at music | | D．he never follows others |
小题3:When he was a little child, he .| A．talked a lot every day | | B．did well in his study | | C．started to like music | | D．had huge crowds of fans |
小题4:According to one of his fans, Jay ________．| A．is a good student | B．has long and beautiful hair | | C．can not speak clearly when he sings or talks | 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 do better than him |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A |
试题分析：本文介绍了台湾著名艺人周杰伦的成长故事。他在很小的时候就表现出了对音乐的爱好，尽管长的不是很帅，但是有自己的风格，很受歌迷的喜欢。
小题1:根据and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old.可知选D。
小题2:根据His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing in May. Those songs are their favorite songs. 描述可知选A。
小题3:根据when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.描述可知选C。
小题4:根据It makes him attractive to me,描述可知选D。
小题5:结合上文He is true to himself 他是真正的自己，可知句意为：他从不模仿别人。故选A。
点评：本文浅显易懂，各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查小题和原文的异同。 |
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Do you know what special birthday presents the German Chancellor Schroeder（德国总理施罗德）gave his mother?
In 1990, he took her to lunch in a Mercedes（奔驰）car for her 80th birthday.
Schroeder’s family was very poor when he was young. Once his grandma had to steal（偷）meat from their neighbors. That was the only way to give the family a good supper. His mother was very sad and cried about it. Young Schroeder held his mother in his arms and said, “Mom, one day I’ll take you out in a Mercedes.” Forty years later he made these words come true.
Schroeder gave the old lady a second special present ten years later.
His father died before he was born. He was killed in World War II. His family didn’t know where his grave（坟墓）was. So Schroeder gave his mother a map on her 90th birthday. This map was very special. It showed where his father’s grave was. The old lady smiled happily at the surprising gift. Then Chancellor held his mother in his arms and kissed her face.
小题1:Where did Schroeder take his mother to lunch for her 80th birthday?| A．In a big restaurant. | B．In his office. | | C．In a Mercedes car. | D．At home. |
小题2:When did Schroeder say he would take his mother out in a Mercedes?| A．In 1990. | B．In 1950. | C．In 2000. | D．In 1948. |
小题3:What special present did Schroeder give his mother for her 90th birthday?| A．A Mercedes car. | B．A grave. | | C．A very special map. | D．A big cake. |
小题4:Who killed his father?| A．The war. | B．His grandfather. | | C．A driver in a Mercedes. | D．An earthquake. |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage? | A．Schroeder’s family was rich when he was young. | | B．Schroeder’s grandma liked stealing things very much. | | C．Schroeder was very young when his father died. | | D．Schroeder has a strong love for his mom. |
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One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 36 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 37 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy 38 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 39 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole 40 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 41 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 42 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with 43 but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of 44 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 45 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
46 struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be 47 we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 48 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 49 or problems. So, next time you are 50 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
| 小题1: | | A．hole | B．worm | C．tall | D．snake |
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| 小题3: | | A．decided | B．asked | C．showed | D．ordered |
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| 小题4: | | A．afraid | B．interested | C．surprised | D．grateful |
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| 小题5: | | A．slimmer | B．bigger | C．shorter | D．smaller |
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| 小题6: | | A．touched | B．sounded | C．looked | D．smelt |
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| 小题7: | | A．wings | B．feet | C．eyes | D．head |
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| 小题8: | | A．success | B．excitement | C．kindness | D．humour |
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| 小题9: | | A．get | B．getting | C．to get | D．got |
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| 小题10: | | A．ready | B．quiet | C．glad | D．used |
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| 小题11: | | A．Somewhere | B．Something | C．Some time | D．Sometimes |
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| 小题12: | | A．as helpful as | B．as weak as | C．as strong as | D．as creative as |
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| 小题13: | | A．repeats | B．recommends | C．requires | D．represents |
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| 小题14: | | A．happiness | B．difficulties | C．pleasure | D．hope |
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| 小题15: | | A．served with | B．growing into | C．bringing in | D．faced with |
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Zhang Lili, a young teacher from Heilongjiang, has been given the honor “the most
beautiful teacher”. She risked her life to save 2 students from a high-speed bus in
May.2012. She was badly injured in the accident. Her good deed(事迹) and brave
acts have won great admiration from across the country. Many people have sent best
wishes to her and donated a lot of money for her treatment(治疗).
| Zhu Zhiwen was born in Shandong in 1969. A year ago, he was an unknown farmer. But now he is very famous because of his great voice. He won the first prize in the program of “I’m a Big Star”. That day, he won an old green overcoat, so people called him “Overcoat Brother”.
He studied singing by listening to the radio. And he keeps practicing singing every morning for nearly 30 years.
| Lin Shuhao is known to people because of his high skill of playing basketball. Since February 4, 2011, he has led his team to win many games. Now he is so popular on the Internet that the videos about him are being crazy spread.
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小题1:Zhang Lili has been given the honor “the most beautiful teacher” because__________.| A．she was badly injured | | B．she risked her life to save two students | | C．she has a lot of money | | D．She was good at teaching. |
小题2:What’s the meaning of the word “admiration” in the passage?小题3:Where is Zhu Zhiwen from?| A．Heilongjiang | B．California | C．Shandong | D．Da Lian |
小题4:Lin Shuhao is _______.| A．an America teacher | B．a farmer singer | C．a basketball player | D．a runner |
小题5:From the passage we can know _______.| A．people have donated a lot of money for two students’ treatment | | B．Zhu Zhiwen studied singing by professional training | | C．Lin Shuhao was born in China | | D．Lin Shuhao is known to people because he is good at playing basketball. |
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Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..
小题1:Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.| A．Hamlet | B．Macbeth | | C．Romeo and Juliet | D．Man and Superman |
小题2:Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.小题3:In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.| A．with his wife | B．with his daughter | | C．with his wife and children | D．alone |
小题4:Shakespeare got much money from ______.| A．writing. | B．plays | C．acting | D．retirement |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?| A．Shakespeare had two children. | | B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems. | | C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre. | | D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages. |
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One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.
小题1:The husband and the wife went shopping _________.| A．by bus | B．in their car | C．by bike | D．on foot |
小题2:They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.| A．half an hour | B．four hours | C．one hour | D．eight hours |
小题3:The _________ opened the car door in the end.| A．husband | B．wife | C．policeman | D．owner of the car |
小题4:The owner of the car was very angry to see _________.| A．someone had opened his car door | B．the policeman standing by the car | | C．his car was not there | D．that there was a trouble |
小题5:They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the _____ of the car.| A．color | B．owner | C．door | D．number |
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