Question

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 definitely 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. l0, 2007
5:00	Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel. Packed bags. Took a taxi to 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)
I3:00	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 hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.
18:00	Had supper, but ate little.
18:30	Went to theatre again and got ready for 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 hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV.
0:00	Fell asleep, with TV on.

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。

1. The pop star went back to the hotel _________ on Feb. 10, 2007.

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 bad 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

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了电影明星一天的时间安排，他们的生活并不是像人们想的那样，也很累和无聊。

1.细节理解题。根据文中17:00 Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.和23:00 Back to hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV.

可知这个电影明星一天返回酒店两次 。可知选B。

2.细节理解题。根据表格中Signed for fans at the airport可知这个歌星擅长唱歌。可知应选A。

3.细节理解题。根据文中Show was over. Very tired from it Too excited to sleep,和 so watched TV.可知这个流行歌手不仅累而且很激动。故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据文中Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.可知乐队在表演中比彩排要好，故选A

5.主旨大意题。通读全文可知本篇文章主要讲述明星的生活不是很简单的，故选D。

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