Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. Is that true? The answer is no. In fact. they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting. but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day's life of a pop star.

Feb. 10, 2018

5:00

Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel. Packed bags. Took taxi to the airport.

7:30

Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather.

8:30

Plane landed. Waited for luggage(行李)for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport.

9:45

Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest.

10:00

Started out to attend the meeting with fans and gave an interview to the local reporters.

11:00

Went to radio station to attend the live show.

12:00

Had lunch with local producer(制片人).

13:00

Went to theatre and prepared for the night’s show. The lighting of the theatre was good, but the band did poorly.

17:00

Back to the hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.

18:00

Had supper, but ate little.

18:30

went to the theatre again and got ready for the show.

19:30

Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.

22:00

Show was over. Very tired from it

23:00

Back to the hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep. so watched TV.

0:00

Fell asleep. with TV on.

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1.The pop star went back to the hotel_______on Feb. 10, 2018.

A.once B.twice C.three times D.four times

2.According to the chart, the pop star was good at_______.

A.singing B.dancing C.making faces D.playing the piano

3.The pop star felt_______after the performance.

A.tired B.excited C.sad D.both A and B

4.The band did______in the rehearsal(彩排)in the night's show.

A.better in the show than B.worse in the show than

C.in the show as badly as D.not tell us how the band did

5.This passage mainly tells us that_______.

A.pop stars are not rich in fact

B.young people had better not be pop stars

C.there are many young people wanting to be pop stars

D.pop stars don’t have an easy life as they seem to have

Li Shizhen (李时珍) was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518.

Both of Li Shizhen’s father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen’s grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs (药草) and medications and cured (治愈) people. His father was doctor who wrote several books.

Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen’s father wanted him to enter politics (从政). Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination, but he was never able to pass the imperial (帝国的) examination.

When he was 38, he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and was invited to be an official in that court (宫廷) A few years later, he became an official at the Imperial Medical Institute.

Even though he fulfilled his father’s dream, he didn't want to continue working for the court.

One year later, he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.

Li Shizhen. was famous for his book, Compendium of Materia Medica 《本草纲日 》 ). He spent 27 years writing the book. Unluckily, Li Shizhen died before the book was officially published. It is such a successful book. Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.

1.What was Li Shizhe’ s grandfather?

A.An official. B.A prince. C.A country doctor. D.A writer.

2.What did Li Shizhen’s father want Li Shizhen to do?

A.To be a doctor. B.To write a book. C.To be a prince. D.To enter politics.

3.When he was 38, Li Shizhen cured _ .

A.his grandfather B.the son of the Prince of Chu

C.an official in that country D.a famous doctor

4.According to the passage, what was Li Shizhen famous for?

A.Working for the court. B.The book, Compendium of Materia Medica.

C.His long traveling. D.Curing a lot of people.

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Li Shizhen’s life. B.Li Shizhen’s grandfather’s life.

C.Li Shizhen’s father’s life. D.Li Shizhen’s book.

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