Pop is short for popular, and a pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must give the public what they want, and he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he is successful and his records are sold everywhere, he can't relax. Then he must work harder than ever and remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous.

     The life of a successful pop singer isn't easy at all. Everything he does in public is watched and reported in the special newspapers written for the fans. The fans are the most important people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, and they go to his concerts. They make him rich and famous. But they can be very dangerous, too. Sometimes they will do anything to get a souvenir. Many singers have been forced to hide. A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes, because he must always look smart and different. And most, importantly, he must always keep smiling.

1. Why must a singer work harder when he is successful?

   A. To earn more money.            B. To sell more records.

   C. To remain popular.              D. To thank the public.

2．According to the passage，the fans are the most important people for a pop singer，Because___________________.

   A．they go to his concerts            B．they buy his records

   C．they make him rich and famous     D．all of the above

3．What’s the life of a successful pop singer?

   A．Very exciting．                 B．Very interesting．

   C．Very comfortable．              D．Very hard．

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

   A．The way to become singers        B．The fans of pop singers

   C．The success of pop singers        D．The life of pop singers

My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.
I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.
He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play—Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6^th of January, 1601. She liked it.
William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think—and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…
【小题1】Toby and William first met in ______.

My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.

I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.

He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play—Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6^th of January, 1601. She liked it.

William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think—and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…

1.Toby and William first met in ______.

   A. 1601          B. 1595         C.1592          D. 1579

2.Who was William’s youngest brother?

   A. Gilbert           B. Edmund       C. Richard      D. Joan

3.In the second paragraph, the underlined word “playwright” means “a person who ______”.

   A. writes plays                      B. performs in plays   

   C. watches plays                 D. works in a theatre

4.Romeo and Juliet is a play about _______.

   A. war           B. peace            C. love         D. friendship

My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.
I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.
He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play—Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6^th of January, 1601. She liked it.
William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think—and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…

1. 1.

   Toby and William first met in ______

   1. A.
      1601
   2. B.
      1595
   3. C.
      1592
   4. D.
      1579
2. 2.

   Who was William’s youngest brother?

   1. A.
      Gilbert
   2. B.
      Edmund
   3. C.
      Richard
   4. D.
      Joan
3. 3.

   In the second paragraph, the underlined word “playwright” means “a person who ______”

   1. A.
      writes plays
   2. B.
      performs in plays
   3. C.
      watches plays
   4. D.
      works in a theatre
4. 4.

   Romeo and Juliet is a play about _______

   1. A.
      war
   2. B.
      peace
   3. C.
      love
   4. D.
      friendship