He may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that Jay Chou has become the real king of the m_  【小题1】 __ world. As a child, Jay Chou was never good at his l_ 【小题2】__, and when he didn’t get into any college, a lot of people said that he would not have a good f_ 【小题3】 __. His mum always  w_ 【小题4】 __ about his future, but he never did. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay f_【小题5】 _ lonely. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music. So how did Jay get into music? A_ 【小题6】__ the age of three, he started to learn to p_ 【小题7】 __ the piano. His mother always m_ 【小题8】 __ sure he practiced hard. Later, he started out as a song writer.
Jay’s songs are very moving. His s__【小题9】 _ “Dad, I am back”, is about a broken family. “I heard that after war（战争） there is peace（和平）. Why do I always see my dad beating my mum? Since I was y__【小题10】  _, you have told me to learn from you, use you as a model. So much pretense（虚伪）. How do you expect me to be like you!”

He may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that Jay Chou has become the real king of the m_  1. __ world. As a child, Jay Chou was never good at his l_ 2.__, and when he didn’t get into any college, a lot of people said that he would not have a good f_ 3. __. His mum always  w_ 4. __ about his future, but he never did. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay f_5. _ lonely. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music. So how did Jay get into music? A_ 6.__ the age of three, he started to learn to p_ 7. __ the piano. His mother always m_ 8. __ sure he practiced hard. Later, he started out as a song writer.

Jay’s songs are very moving. His s__9. _ “Dad, I am back”, is about a broken family. “I heard that after war（战争） there is peace（和平）. Why do I always see my dad beating my mum? Since I was y__10.  _, you have told me to learn from you, use you as a model. So much pretense（虚伪）. How do you expect me to be like you!”

At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often rent their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence(独立性)is learned from childhood. From an early age, American children learn responsibility. Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.
Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend of save it, usually with little guidance(指导) from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance, it must be made by doing extra chores.
Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions-and make mistakes. Failure(失败) often teaches more than success.
【小题1】 Many American young people begin to live on themselves _____ .

At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often rent their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence(独立性)is learned from childhood. From an early age, American children learn responsibility.Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.
Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend of save it, usually with little guidance(指导) from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance, it must be made by doing extra chores.
Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions-and make mistakes. Failure(失败) often teaches more than success.
【小题1】Many American young people begin to live on themselves _____ .

Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

     Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.

     Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

     "I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."

1.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

A. The Statue of Liberty.

B. Superman.

C. His serf-portrait.

D. A Greenwich Village modal.

2.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A. Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B. Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C. Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D. Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

3.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Nathan's work.                 B. Nathan's exhibition.

C. Nathan's art.                   D. Nathan's self-portrait

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Brick Artist                B. The Brick Exhibition

C. Toy Bricks for Adults           D. The Artist's Childhood