Justin Bieber used to be an ordinary Canadian boy, but his life totally changed in 2008. With his great musical talent, this seventeen-year-old boy has become a superstar in the music industry.

Justin Drew Bieber was born in 1994 in Stratford, Ontario and was raised by his single mother. Bieber learned to play musical instruments when he was very young. In 2007, he took part in a local singing competition in his hometown, and he did it just for fun. He never took singing lessons before but surprisingly he placed second in the competition. Then, with the help of his mother, he uploaded (上传) videos of him singing on a website and they successfully attracted the attention of thousands of viewers. His videos got popular through word of mouth and some of them have received up to 10,000,000 views.

Justin Bieber would have never gotten a career in the music business without his videos. Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive (主管) of So So Def Recordings, had watched Bieber’s videos and he was impressed by the boy’s talent. Braun then contacted Bieber and he flew the boy into Atlanta seven months after the first video was posted. Bieber showed his talent in singing as well as his ability in playing musical instruments. He then got a record deal.

In 2009, Justin Bieber released (发行) his first single “One Time” while he was recording the debut album (首张专辑). The single “One Time” tells a story about love. This song had success not only in Canada and the US, but also in the international market. Then he released his debut album “My World 2.0” in 2010 and the song “Baby” became the lead single. This album successfully entered the Top Ten Charts in seven countries. In June 2010, he started his first world tour in Hartford, Connecticut. One month later, he started recording his second album.

1.Justin Bieber’s career in music began to take off when _____.

A．he met with Scooter Braun

B．he released his debut album

C．he won second place in a competition

D．his singing videos were uploaded to a website

2.It can be inferred from the text that Justin Bieber _____.

A．owed his success to good luck

B．showed a gift for music when he was young

C．is the youngest superstar ever in the music industry

D．released his debut album with the help of Scooter Braun

3.What do we learn about Justin Bieber’s “One Time” according to the text?

A．It is about love and was released in 2010.

B．It attracted the world’s attention after released.

C．It successfully entered the Top Ten Charts in seven countries.

D．It is the lead single of his debut album “My World 2.0”.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A．Justin Bieber’s journey to success

B．Lucky boy — Justin Bieber

C．What made Justin Bieber a singer?

D．Secrets of Justin Bieber’s success

Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his     41   and now he has near sight (近视). But he wouldn’t want    42   to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often    43    him some trouble.

One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He    44    a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth(平坦). He fell over some times and it     45    his clothes dirty.     46    he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his    47    was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if(似乎) it had    48   . And he ran into the house，   49    .

A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “   50     are you running after my hen for？”

When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never  11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and  _12_ person

   When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ .

   He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains”  __15  of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked  _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__.

   I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches.

   Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy.

   Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__

comfort and ease never could.

   Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.

1.A. shouted       B. shot             C. aimed            D. pointed

2. A. cruel             B. greedy           C. pleasant         D. disciplined

3.A. museum         B. park             C. playground       D. forest

4. A. features          B. theories         C. characters       D. instructions

5.A. class              B. college          C. school           D. university

6.A. what          B. when             C. how             D. why

7. A. image             B. product          C. generation       D. species

8.A. cheap         B. easy             C. expensive        D. rough

9. A. paint             B. plant            C. uproot           D. establish

10.A. starving          B. beating          C. watering         D. feeding

11.A. asked             B. told             C. informed        D. demanded

12.A. approval          B. attention        C. pain             D. communication

13. A. weeks            B. months           C. years            D. days

14.A. resulted          B. produced         C. believed         D. spent

15.A. treated           B. tended           C. supported        D. attended

16.A. number            B. couple           C. row             D. period

17.A. trembling         B. dying            C. strong          D. intelligent

18.A. while             B. though           C. as               D. and

19. A. them             B. that             C. it               D. this

20.A. trunks           B. roots            C. branches          D. Leaves

There is no      in trying to persuade him to change his mind, for he never follows the advice of others.

A．doubt            B．point             C．difficulty          D．wonder

完成句子（共20空；每空0.5分，满分10分）

1.She was praised for having _________ ________ her sick mother- in –law for over thirty years.

他照顾生病的婆婆三十多年,受到人们的称赞。

2.We had better discuss the issue in detail before we _______ ________ _______.

在得出结论之前我们最好详细地讨论这个问题。

3.As we all know, a year is ________ ________ four seasons.

众所周知，一年分四季。

4.Let’s debate about this matter _______ __________ __________.

在你们方便的时候让我们讨论一下这件事吧。

5.The local newspaper made ______________ _________ an interview with the famous scientist.

当地报纸安排对那位著名的科学家进行采访。

6.The class __________ ________ 80 students is hard to manage.

80名学生组成的班级很难管理。

7.As a leader, you must ______ _________ ________ making promises.

作为领导你必须对承诺保持谨慎态度。

8._______ ________ ________, he never told anyone exactly what had happened.

值得赞扬的是，他从来没有完全地把发生的事告诉别人。