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Who are the pop stars singing all day long on your MP3 player? They may be Jay Chou, Angela Chang or
S. H. E. But when it comes to a foreign singer, Avril Lavigne is the one who is worth listening to.
The Canadian star"s hit single Girlfriend was named the top download of 2007 by the Intemational
Federation of the Phonographic Industry (国际唱片业协会). She came to China last year for her "The Best
Damn Tour" concerts.
The pop / rock princess (公主) played at Cuangzhou first on September 27, followed by other cities
including Chengdu (September 30), Shanghai (October 4) and Beijing (October 6). Lavigne performed her
most popular hits in the concerts, inclu- ding Complicated, Girlfriend, and My Happy Ending. Lavigne has
been on the music scene for six years. She has proven that she is not simply another pretty face.
Lavigne prefers to wear loose (宽松的) trousers, old T-shirts and a frown (皱眉). That"s not like the tight
clothes and sweet smiles of many pop stars.
Lavigne knew that she could never be like Britney Spears. In her high school days, "I was only around
guys," she said. "I hung out with guys, playing hockey (曲棍球) and sometimes getting in fights. My band
members were all guys."
It was not until she got older that she started acting more girly. "From then to now, I look really different-but
that" s called growing up," she said.
Lavigne was only 15 when she was discovered. At that time she had no idea how to make an album. "A
career (职业) just came early for me. I was trying to figure out this life," she said. "My friends still don"t know
if they want to be a teacher or a doctor. When I talk to them, they"ll tell me they have exams the next day."
So what does Lavigne think about life?" Life is like a roller coaster (过山车). Live it, be happy," she said. |
1. Where is Avril Lavigne from?
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2. Has she ever been to China?
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3. Was she like a boy or a girl when she was in high school?
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4. How old was she when she began to be famous?
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5. What" s the difference between her life and her friends"?
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1. (She is from) Canada.
2. Yes.
3. A boy.
4. 15.
5. She has become a career singer while her friends are still working hard
at school for their unknown future.
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核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 Who are the pop stars singing all day long on your MP3 player? They ma】；主要考察你对
日常生活类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 |
| Channel l | Channel 2 | 18:00 Around China
18:30 Children"s programme
19:00 News
19:30 Weather report
19:40 Around the world
20:10 TV play: Old People
21:00 English for today
21:15 Popular music
21:55 Talk show | 17:45 Computers today
18:10 Foreign arts
18:30 English classroom
19:00 Animal world
19:25 China" 99
20:20 Sports
21:00 TV play: Opera
21:45 English news
22:05 0n TV next week | | 阅读短文，根据短文内容，用方框中所给的词填空。 | | made, meet, if, good, us, found, read | | 完形填空。 | I should say I owe my success to my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid. I 1 becoming a
doctor.
My mother was a servant. Through her work, she found that 2 people spent a lot more time reading
than they 3 watching television. She told my brother and me to watch only two to three preselected TV
programs during the week. In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and
4 wntten book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we
realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 5 . I wanted the brightly coloured clothes
and I wanted to hang out with the guys.I went fromL being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One
night my mother came home after 6 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit
shirts. She said, "Okay, I"ll give you all the money I 7 this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,
and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything paid off, you can have all the Italian knit
shirts you want."I was very 8 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money, there
was 9 left.
I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food
on the table, let alone buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn"t going to get me anywhere.
Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 10 and became an A-student again, and at last I
11 my dream and I became a doctor.
My mother is a woman with 12 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change
the lives of her children. There is no job more important than parenting. | ( )1. A. thought of
( )2. A. strict
( )3. A. cost
( )4. A. read
( )5. A. soon
( )6. A. finishing
( )7. A. accept
( )8. A. excited
( )9. A. anything
( )10. A. guys
( )11. A. expected
( )12. A. little | B. depended on
B. easy-going
B. paid
B. present
B. far
B. shopping
B. win
B. pleased
B. everything
B. mother
B. realized
B. much | C. gave up
C. successful
C. took
C. teach
C. long
C. making
C. spend
C. disappointed
C. something
C. studies
C. changed
C. few | D. dreamed of
D. careful
D. did
D. explain
D. often
D. getting
D. make
D. bored
D. nothing
D. play
D. tried
D. high | | 选词填空。 | | good, because, taking, through, hobbies, each, collect | | 阅读理解。 | The world"s first subway was built in London in 1863. At the time, the government was looking for a way
to reduce traffic problems in the city of London. The poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that
it was almost impossible for horse carriages (the taxis of those days) to get around. The city officials were
interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each day.
If people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to get to and from work, they would move
their homes outside of the city. This would help solve the problem of too many people living in the poor parts
of London. From these problems, the idea of the London Underground, the first subway system, was born.
The plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays, but the first track was opened
in January 1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the first underground track which was six kilometers (3.7
miles) long. About 30 000 people got on the subway the first day. Riders were treated to comfortable seats
(standing up while the train was moving was not allowed) and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars.
However, the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot, as well as chemical
gases. Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its
problems, riding the Underground did become popular. It carried nine million riders in its first year.
Modem subways have come a long way since the early days of the London Underground. Today there are
94 large underground rapid transit systems around the world. The busiest of these subway systems is the
Tokyo Metro which opened in 1927. This efficient subway has two billion riders per year, and "pushers" work
on the platforms (站台) during busy traffic hours to help push riders onto trains. At times, subway cars have
been packed with up to 300 people! Shopping malls built in high traffic stations where riders move from one
train to another have also helped the popularity of subways in Tokyo. Many stations include underground
department stores, supermarkets, restaurants, and specialty shops. Shoppers never have to go above ground! | | 1. What problems led the British govemment to build the London Underground? | A. Pollution and overcrowding.
B. Traffic jams and pollution.
C. Overcrowding and traffic jams.
D. The subway problems. | | 2. The last paragraph is mainly about _____. | A. the London Underground today
B. the Tokyo subway
C. subways around the world
D. problems with subways | | 3. What is probably the best title for this passage? | A. The Subway Nowadays
B. The Popularity of the Subway
C. The First Subway
D. Subway Then and Now |
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