6．In the age of reality television，success isn't the only way to the public eye．Failure can also create fame，just like William Hung，21，a native of Hong Kong．
Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network．They'll publish a record，titled"The True Idol"on April 6．
The idol is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley．He did a version of Ricky Martin's"She Bangs"on the television show"American Idol 3"，on January 27．The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people．In the case of Hung，however，his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act．
Hung's response？"I already did my best，so I have no regrets at all．"That's good，because any common person would have found plenty to regret：the off-key singing，the blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high，the terrible dancing and the hips jerking（搖擺）to a beat that did not belong to the song，maybe not even to this planet．It was，by all accounts，bad．
However，it was this very bad act that sold well．
Mare Juris，president of Fuse，explained it this way："Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom，completely off-key and completely unworried．That's what William did and immediately won the hearts of America．"
Whatever  it is，for the moment it's big．Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks．Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10request list at a Chicago radio station．
So，what does Hung think of this？
"There were all these people saying things about me．A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show，but some didn't have much respect for me and some were kind of mean．"
Now he says he's not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour（魅力） or to accept it．Returning to normal hasn't been easy．

67．What is the main idea of this passage？C
A．Something an idol behaves quite foolishly．
B．Hung's performance attracted the public eye
C．How an unsuccessful person became famous
D．Success sometimes does not require hard work．
68．What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 7refer to？B
A．William Hung           B．Hung's bad act．
C．Hung's website        D．The public's opinion
69．Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung？A
a．The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung
b．The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest
c．Hung became popular among Americans
d．Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best
e．Three websites put Hung's funny performance on the Internet．
A．d，b，e，c，a           B．a(chǎn)，c，d，b，e
C．a(chǎn)，d，b，c，e           D．d，b，a，e，c
70．Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America？D
A．His success was based on his own hard work．
B．He attracted people's attention in the contest
C．He was good-looking though he didn't sing well．
D．His character was completely different from other idols'

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Hung的現(xiàn)在出名的例子說明有時不成功也會讓人出名．

解答 67．C．主旨大意題：文章第一段"…success isn't the only way to the public eye．Failure can also create fame"即表明文章的主旨大意；故選C．
68．B．詞義推斷題．根據(jù)下文Whatever  it is，for the moment it's big．Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks即可推知it應(yīng)是Hung的表演；故選B．
69．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．閱讀完全文，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)：Hung盡管努力了，但他表演很糟糕-評委cut him off in the mid…．-三個網(wǎng)絡(luò)將他的滑稽表演放到了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上→深受美國大眾的歡迎→娛樂公司簽約；故選A．
70．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom，completely off-key and completely unworried可知是他與其他偶像完全不同贏得了美國人的心；故選D．

點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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So a thorough probe must find out who are responsible for the death of so many miners．A real safety inspection and management system must be established to guarantee that safety dangers will be removed．

64．What is NOT one of the causes of this coal mine accident？A
A．The workers didn't operate properly．
B．The mine didn't obey the rules to mine for coal．
C．A lot more miners than allowed were working under the mine．
D．The safety inspections were ineffective．
65．According to the writer，who should be further investigated？C
A．Mine owners and miners．
B．Miners'families and mine staff．
C．Government officials and safety inspectors．
D．The Shanxi governor and miners．
66．What can we infer from the passage？B
A．More than 105miners died in the disaster．
B．Some other coal mines like this one exist in Shanxi province．
C．Safety inspectors just turned a blind eye to hidden dangers．
D．The three inspections were only a formality．
67．What does the underlined word"tip-offs"probably mean in Paragraph 4？C
A．Some warnings．
B．Some money for one's service．
C．Some secret information．
D．Some pieces of advice．

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15．________is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days-whether it means preserving old buildings，or protecting the environment．（　　）
A．conductB．conversationC．certificateD．conservation

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16．_________ hard one may work，one cannot master a foreign language in a year or two．（　　）
A．ThoughB．AsC．WhileD．However

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