When you hear about a super star, what do you think he or she is like? Good-looking? Beautiful? Smart? Well, as soon as you see Susan Boyle, you may find that you were completely     .
Susan Boyle was born in a little town in Scotland in 1961. In April, 2009, 48-year-old Susan took part in Britain’s Got Talent（達人秀）, a TV            like Super Girl in China. At first when she was    on the stage, almost everyone        at her. Because she looked so far from a singer or a star —— just like any old        you might see in a market!
  everyone changed when Susan began to sing the song I Dreamed a Dream. People couldn’t believe their       . Susan took the second place in the competition at last. Her talent       over everyone and she became a super star overnight. Millions of people all over the world saw the video on the Internet and became her fans.
      about her talent, Susan said, “I was kind of        at school. I was not clever and I was not good at learning. So keeping singing was a good way of gaining confidence.”
小題1:A. angry                   B. wrong                        C. right
小題2:A. program                 B. advertisement                C. culture
小題3:A. singing                 B. dancing                    C. appearing
小題4:A. looked                  B. laughed                    C. smiled
小題5:A. lady                    B. volunteer                    C. leader
小題6:A. If                      B. And                      C. But
小題7:A. ears                    B. eyes                     C. nose
小題8:A. went                    B. won                      C. took
小題9:A. Talking                 B. Asking                   C. Thinking
小題10:A. wild                   B. smart                        C. slow

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:C

試題分析： 本文介紹的是在英國達人秀上出名的蘇珊大媽。她長相平凡，當她剛上臺的時候大家都覺得她不會得獎，但是當她開嗓唱歌的時候，所有人都改變了想法。她說唱歌帶給她自信。
小題1:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. angry生氣的，B. wrong錯誤的，C. right正確的，根據(jù)Good-looking? Beautiful? Smart?可知此處選擇反義的，句意：當你看見蘇珊大媽的時候，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)你的想法是錯誤的。故選B。
小題2:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. program節(jié)目，B. advertisement廣告，C. culture文化，Britain’s Got Talent及 Super Girl都是電視節(jié)目，句意：蘇珊大媽參加英國達人秀節(jié)目，這個節(jié)目就像中國的超級女聲一樣。故選A。
小題3:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. singing唱歌，B. dancing跳舞，C. appearing出現(xiàn)。根據(jù)at first開始，可知她剛出現(xiàn)在臺上。句意：當她一開始出現(xiàn)在臺上的時候。故選C。
小題4:考查動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)Because she looked so far from a singer or a star因為她看起來跟一名歌手或者明星相差很遠，可知她剛上臺的時候，人們都嘲笑她。laugh at嘲笑。故選B。
小題5:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. lady女士，B. volunteer志愿者，C. leader領導者，根據(jù)in a market，可知句意為：就像你在超市總能看見的普通婦女一樣。故選A。
小題6:考查連詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)：當她開始唱歌的時候，people changed可知此處需要一個表示轉折的詞，即but但是。句意：但是當她開始唱歌的時候，人們改變了對她的看法。故選C。
小題7:考查名詞及語境的理解。 A. ears耳朵，B. eyes眼睛，C. nose鼻子。根據(jù)上文people changed人們改變了想法，因為是唱歌�？芍揪渚湟猓喝藗儾荒芟嘈抛约旱亩�。故選A。
小題8:考查動詞短語及語境的理解。根據(jù)原文Susan took the second place in the competition at last.蘇珊最后贏了第二名，可知她贏了每個人。故選B。
小題9:考查動詞及語境的理解。talk about討論，談論。句意：談論到她的天賦。故選A。
小題10:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. wild狂熱的，野蠻的，B. smart聰明的，. slow慢的。根據(jù)下文I was not clever and I was not good at learning.我不聰明，不擅長學習�？芍暇渚湟猓涸趯W校我屬于慢的那種學生。故選C。
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