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阅读理解 　　His teacher thought he was dumb(愚笨的)．Talent spotters(星探)thought he was ugly．But Jay Chou, 24, is now one of Asia’s hottest pop stars． 　　Last week he had the honour of being the first Asian male singer to make the cover of Time, a popular magazine based in the US．He has won more than 30 entertainment awards over the past two years． 　　Chou released(发行)his first album Jay in November 2000,and with two follow up albums－Fantasy and Eight Dimensions－ his music has come to rule the Asian pop world． 　　The entertainment industry has nicknamed him “a small heavenly king”．But Chou says, he is not a king, at least he wasn’t before he shot to stardom．As a boy, he was called “stupid”．His high school English teacher said young Chou had a learning disability．“He had very few facial expressions(面部表情)．I thought he was dumb．” 　　Chou did poorly at maths, science and English．But his mother noticed the quiet, shy boy was sensitive to music：when he heard western pop music, he seemed to vibrate(摇摆)．So she took Chou to a piano school at four years old．He practiced all the time, focusing on the keys the way other children focus on ice-cream．At the end of the high school, he failed his exams and didn’t go to university． 　　In a show he was seen playing the piano by a major Taiwanese entertainer, Jacky Wu．The 18-year-old Chou became a contract(签约)song writer for Wu’s music studio．There he spent one and a half years writing songs for famed artists such as a Valen Hsu and Coco Lee． 　　He proved that he could be more than a songwriter．His catchy tunes have mainstreamed(成为主流)rap and R&B in the Mando-pop world(华语音乐)．And his success proves that the music still matters more than looks and image． (1) Which of the following is NOT true? [　　] A． Jay Chou was thought to be clever when he was a boy． B． Jay Chou is now one of Asia’s hottest pop stars． C． Now Chou is nicknamed “a small heavenly king”． D． Chou did poorly at maths, science and English in high school． (2) Chou’s teacher thought he was dumb because ________． [　　] A． he was ugly B． he liked music C． he had learning disability and he had very few facial expressions D． he didn’t pass the exam (3) From the passage we can learn that ________． [　　] A． Jay Chou thinks he is the King of Asian pop B． Jay Chou was hard working at practicing playing piano although he did poorly at his studies C． Time is a popular magazine based in the UK D． Jay Chou had written songs for famed artists for two years before he became a famous singer himself (4) The underlined expression “shot to stardom” means ________． [　　] A． fire a gun B． throw a ball in a game C． became famous D． damage or wound by shooting (5) The author wrote the passage mainly to ________． [　　] A． tell us something about Jay Chou B． tell us the new album of Jay Chou C． tell us Chou is the first Asian male singer to make the cover of Time D． tell us Jay Chou is a very successful singer

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．C;5．A;
解析：

(1)	正误判断题。本题依据是文章的第一段的第一句“His teacher thought he was dumb．”可知A选项不符合文章内容。所以A选项不正确。
(2)	细节题。依据第四段中的“As a boy, he was called ‘stupid’．His high school English teacher said young Chou had a learning disability．‘He had very few facial expressions．I thought he was dumb．’”可知选项C正确。
(3)	推断题。从第五段中的“He practiced all the time, focusing on the keys the way other children focus on ice cream．”可以推断出周杰伦学习钢琴时很用功,B选项与本段内容相符。所以答案应该选B。
(4)	词义猜测题。根据上下文可知选项C符合题意。
(5)	作者意图题。通读全文可知本文主要介绍了周杰伦的从一个公认的“笨孩”经过努力成为当今最红流行歌手的成长经历。