Many young people want to be pop stars．Pop stars are rich．Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life．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, 2007
5:00	Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel, packed bags．Took 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 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．
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 hotel．Tried to have a rest．Still worried about the band．
18:00	Had supper, but eat little．
18:30	Went to theatre again and got ready for show．
19:00	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．

1． According to the chart, the pop star was a ________．

A． singer               B． dancer              C． player               D． pianist．

2． According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______．

A． 6:30                  B． 7:00                    C． 7:30                D．:8:00

3． How long did he spend on his way to the place for his performance?

A． One hour．                              B． Two hours．

C． four hours and three quarters．               D． One hour and a quarter．

4． At the radio station, the pop star ________．

A． showed fans how to become famous          B． gave a performance on the air

C． met fans and signed for them                            D． told people how he lived his life

5． From this passage we get to know that ________．

A． not all people like pop stars                        B． pop stars have their own bands

C． fans are troublesome for pop stars                     D． to be a pop star is not all fun

When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain’s Got Talent（英國(guó)達(dá)人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyb’s voice．”This lady came up，and I’m thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted On line and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．
Speaking from her home in Scotland．Ms. Boyle said that she hadn’t thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that’s hardly a makeover．”she added．
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．’’
【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】Susan Boyle is __________．

A．a(chǎn) judge	B．a(chǎn) reporter
C．a(chǎn) beautiful lady	D．a(chǎn) Scottish woman

【小題6】Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing
because _________.

A．she was confident of her singing

B．she was satisfied with the judges

C．she was pretty and in good shape

D．she sang the song，I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables

【小題7】According to the passage，which is NOT true?

A．It was the vocal talents that built Susan’s confidence．

B．Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school．

C．Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance．

D．Simon Cowell didn’t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight．

【小題8】What can we learn from Susan Boyle’s success?

A．It’s never too old to learn．

B．It’s easier to succeed at the age of 47．

C．If you have a dream，try to make it come true!

D．If you are not able to study well，to be a singer instead．