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（英国达人）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．’’
1.Susan Boyle is __________．
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A．a judge |
B．a reporter |
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C．a beautiful lady |
D．a Scottish woman |
2.Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing
because _________.
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A．she was confident of her singing |
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B．she was satisfied with the judges |
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C．she was pretty and in good shape |
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D．she sang the song，I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables |
3.According to the passage，which is NOT true?
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A．It was the vocal talents that built Susan's confidence． |
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B．Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school． |
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C．Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance． |
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D．Simon Cowell didn't think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight． |
4.What can we learn from Susan Boyle's success?
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A．It's never too old to learn． |
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B．It's easier to succeed at the age of 47． |
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C．If you have a dream，try to make it come true! |
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D．If you are not able to study well，to be a singer instead． |
When you are in trouble，whom will you tell the problems to and ask for help? Someone has made a survey in a middle school．500 students were asked to choose one answer among friends or classmates，parents，head teacher and teachers．Here is the result．Please read the chart and try to get some information．
1.Most of the students would like to talk about their problems with _________．
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A．friends or classmates |
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B．parents |
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C．head teacher |
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D．teachers |
2.Less than a quarter of the students chose parents, the most possible reason
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A．parents don't love their children |
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B．children don't trust their parents |
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C．parents aren't able to give good advice |
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D．sometimes parents and children can't understand each other |
3.According to the fact that only 13％of the students wanted to communicate with their head teacher or teachers，what is the best suggestion?
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A．The students should work harder． |
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B．The students should listen to the teachers more carefully． |
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C．The teachers should be more strict with the students． |
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D．The teachers should pay more attention to the students' feelings． |
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much 31 in computer．One day，he 32 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland， 33 kilometers away from America．
“I didn't know 34 I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 35 the message kept coming．
“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 36 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 37 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 38 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. 39 , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but 40 saved her life.”
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—_________ do you have PE lessons?
—There times a week．
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A．How long |
B．How soon |
C．How many |
D．How often |
You have to leave now _________ you can catch the early bus．
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B．as soon as |
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The little elephant is afraid to go alone．He always walks _________ his mother．
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A．besides |
B．beside |
C．below |
D．under |
