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(發(fā)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
10. 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
6-10    DBCDA
6. 選D.根據(jù)第5段中的Chou is not very handsome. 可知A不對；根據(jù)第1段中的He doesn’t smile very often可知B不對；根據(jù)第1段中的He is quiet and shy可知C也不對。故答案選D.
7. 選B.根據(jù)第2段中的His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12可知答案。
8. 選C.根據(jù)第4段的His mother noticed the boy‘s special interest in music 可知Chou小的時候就對音樂很感興趣，也就是或那時就開始喜歡音樂了。
9. 選D.根據(jù)第5段中It makes him attractive to me可知答案。
10. 選A.這句話本意是說他不會跟隨其他人，但跟文章主題音樂聯(lián)系起來，以及根據(jù)前面一句話He is true to himself可知隱含意義為他有自己的音樂風(fēng)格。
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