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（英國達人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely.

Simon Cowell ,one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle's voice. "This lady camp 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 to Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face 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 hasn'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 like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence."

1.Susan Boyle is _________

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

2.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 Les Miserables

3.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 lesson 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 first sight.

4.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.

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了在“英國達人秀”中出名的Susan Boyle一直在苦練唱歌，最后實現(xiàn)自己夢想的故事。故事我們?nèi)绻阌袎粝�，就努力讓它成真吧�?/p>

1.D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段The performance was posted on line and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world.說明她是一個蘇格蘭女性。故D正確。

2.A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后兩行She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face through -it was one of my favorite moments,說明她對自己的表現(xiàn)很有信心，知道會有什么樣的反應，故A正確。

3.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段1,2行可知她都考慮去整容了，說明他的外貌和不好看，故C項錯誤。她出名不是因為外貌，而是因為聲音。故Ｃ符合本題的題意。

4.C 推理題。本文講述了在“英國達人秀”中出名的Susan Boyle一直在苦練唱歌，最后實現(xiàn)自己夢想的故事。故事我們?nèi)绻阌袎粝�，就努力讓它成真吧！故C正確。

考點：考查新聞報告類短文閱讀

點評：本文告訴我們要為夢想而努力奮斗。集中考查了細節(jié)題，本文考查細節(jié)題為主，細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題?然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文?找出與問題有關的詞語或句子?再對相關部分進行分析對比?找出答案。

 

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