The Young Pop King

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 Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.

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 a lot 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 No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

( ) 66. 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

( ) 67. His fans are so excited because_________.

A. he is quiet and shy. B. he will sing new songs in Wuhu.

C. he can play the piano very well D. Many famous stars will come to Wuhu.

( ) 68. 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 a lot of fans

( ) 69. 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

( ) 70. 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

D

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passages.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

( ) 71. People read newspapers in order to _____________.

A. learn the latest (最新的) news B. meet their own different needs

C. read the short stories D. find the morning news

( ) 72. From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.

A. they read them very carefully B. they just read the headlines

C. not everyone reads all the pages D. they have no time to read them

( ) 73. Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.

A. more and more people like to read them

B. people enjoy reading something different

C. newspaper become cheaper

D. more pages mean more money

( ) 74.The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.

A. in English B. in Chinese

C. in other language D. with many pages