When we talk about women stars, it seems that they are always young and beautiful with wonderful faces and bodies. However, a star, Susan Boyle, gave us a different idea in Britain′s Got Talent in 2009.

Simon Cowell, one judge (评委) in the talent show, got a big surprise at Ms Boyle′s singing. “She looked older and even a little uglier (更丑的) than other women singers. So I was thinking, ‘It may take less than one minute and I could go to have a cup of tea.' But everything became different when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream. She seemed to know we would get a big surprise and just did her best to sing. It was one of my favorite moments in my work,” Cowell said.

Someone put the performance (表演) on the Internet in 2009, and before long, the 48-year-old Scottish woman became one of the most popular stars around the world.

Ms Boyle said that she never wanted to change what she looked like. She said her friend wanted to help her with make-up (化妆),but she didn′t agree.“I only wanted to show my most true side,” she added.

Ms Boyle also said how she found her talent for singing,“I wasn′t so good at my subjects at school, so singing was a good way to make myself feel good. I just kept singing and then I was more and more sure of myself.”

1.Why did Susan Boyle become a popular star?

A. Because she was young and beautiful.

B. Because she didn't care about her ugly face.

C. Because she had talent for singing.

D. Because she was good at helping others with make-up.

2.How old is Susan Boyle now?

A. 40 years old. B. 48 years old. C. 54 years old. D. 57 years old.

3.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when she was at school.

B. Susan Boyle wanted to change what she looked like.

C. Susan Boyle could sing I Dreamed a Dream very well.

D. Simon Cowell didn' t think Susan Boyle was a good singer at first.

4.What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A. It′s not easy for an old woman to be a great singer.

B. Singing is much better than studying.

C. It′s easier for an old woman to become famous in the US.

D. Though you are ugly, you can make your dream come true by working hard.

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Primary and junior high school students will get new versions (版本) of textbooks this autumn term.

The biggest changes will happen in Chinese textbooks. The textbooks teach more traditional Chinese culture. For example, ideas on the hundred schools of thought (诸子百家) will be introduced to students. There will also be more classical Chinese poems and essays (文章). The percentage of traditional culture in the new textbooks will be up to 30 percent for primary school students and 40 percent for junior high school students. Meanwhile, about 15 percent of the texts will be taken out to make students have less work.

The Language and Culture Press will publish the new Chinese textbooks. It makes one of the main versions of the textbooks in China today. First, the new books will be given to more than 4 million students in the first and seventh grades across the country starting this autumn, and then they will be given to other grades.

Also, politics (政治) textbooks will get new names. Primary school politics textbooks were called “morality and life (品德与生活)”, and those for junior high schools were called “ideology and morality (思想品德)”. This year, the names of all politics textbooks for the first and seventh grades will change to “morality and law (道德与法治)”.

It’s the first time the word “law” will be in the names of textbooks since 1949. “We need to let children know that laws protect them as well as how they do that,” said Li Xiaodong, sociology (社会学) professor at Beijing Normal University.

No more than six words

1.When will the students get the new textbooks?

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2.What percentage of traditional culture will be up to for junior high school students?

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3.Why will 15 percent of the content be taken out ?

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4.How many students in the first and seventh grades will get the new books first?

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5.What will we name the politics textbooks this year?

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Once upon a time, there was a group of doves (鸽子) living by a lake. One day, under the lead of their king, the doves flew away to look for food. The smallest dove found some rice under a tree. So all the doves came down and began to eat,

Suddenly a net fell over them and soon they were all in it, Then a man came. The doves tried to get out of the net, but they couldn't The oldest dove had an idea. He advised all the doves to fly up together carrying the net with them, He said if they worked together, they would be successful,

The other doves did so and together they flew off carrying the net with them. The man was shocked., He tried to follow them, but they were flying high, The doves then flew to a hill because there lived a mouse and they thought he could help them. He was a good friend of the dove king.

When they arrived, the dove king told the mouse what had happened and asked him to set them free. The mouse said that he would set the dove king free first, But the king asked him to free his subjects (臣民)first And he was the last one to come out.

The doves all thanked the mouse and flew away together, They smiled and felt closer to each other.

1.Where did the doves find food?

A. On a tree. B. Under a tree. C. In a net, D. By a lake.

2.The doves flew to the hill to .

A. look for food B. save a friend C. get some rest D. ask for help

3.How did the other doves probably feel after hearing what their king said to the mouse?

A. Moved, B. Surprised, C. Worried, D. Sad.

4.The underlined word "he" in Paragraph 4 refers to .

A. the smallest dove B. the oldest dove C. the dove king D. the mouse

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