题目内容

In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 36 lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”

She left home .Before long , she was disappointed and unable to find a job , so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 37 money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew 38 , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .

No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years . The mother , having 39 her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in 40 of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple 41 . “Would you allow me to 42 this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten 43 at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”

One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal . She sat 44 listening to the service , all the while letting her 45 wander over to the bulletin board . There she saw the picture and thought , could that be my mother ?

She couldn’t 46 until the service was over . She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !” 47 she stood in front of the picture , she wept . It was too 48 to be true .

It was night , but she was so 49 by the message that she started walking home . 50 the time she arrived it was early in the morning . She was afraid and 51 her way timidly . As she knocked , the door 52 open on its own . She thought someone must have broken into the house . Concerned for her mother’s 53 , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”

The mother couldn’t believe her eyes . They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and 54 someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been 55 .”

36．A．shabby	B．religious	C．awful	D．simple
37．A．earn	B．win	C．offer	D．approach
38．A．lonelier	B．slower	C．elder	D．older
39．A．told about	B．heard of	C．learned from	D．informed of
40．A．sight	B．charge	C．search	D．want
41．A．request	B．remark	C．question	D．speech
42．A．bring up	B．lay off	C．drop out	D．put up
43．A．record	B．advice	C．message	D．notice
44．A．constantly	B．absent-mindedly	C．frequently	D．carefully
45．A．eyes	B．hands	C．thoughts	D．imaginations
46．A．help	B．evaluate	C．wait	D．consult
47．A．After	B．Since	C．Until	D．As
48．A．lucky	B．good	C．skeptical	D．coincidence
49．A．astonished	B．touched	C．blamed	D．ashamed
50．A．By	B．At	C．During	D．Before
51．A．walked	B．led	C．made	D．held
52．A．seemed	B．blew	C．proved	D．flew
53．A．safety	B．anxiety	C．danger	D．relief
54．A．observed	B．realized	C．found	D．thought
55．A．adopted	B．opened	C．locked	D．fixed

36―40BADBC 41―45ADCBA 46―50CDBBA 51―55CDADC

练习册系列答案

The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, while the ________ of life is probably one of the highest．

A.
quantity
B.
quality
C.
quarter
D.
quantify

In 1995, Susan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition（试镜）for My Kind of People, a televised talent show popular in the UK. She was immediately rejected. She was nervous during the audition, and felt she didn’t perform well, but her brother said that she was rejected because of her plain looks. Susan was not discouraged and continued to sing at church and at the karaoke nights in a local pub.

Susan suffered a personal loss in 1997, when her father passed away. After his death, Susan put her big dreams on hold to care for her sick mother, Bridget Boyle. The mother and daughter often talked of Susan’s possible fame. Bridget Boyle encouraged her daughter to take part in singing competitions. “She was the one who said I should enter Britain’s Got Talent. We used to watch it together,” Susan later told reporters. “She thought I would win.”

In 1999, Susan used all of her savings to pay for a professional demo（样本唱片）tape, which she sent to record companies. In 2002, Susan began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred O’Neil.

In 2007, her mother passed away at the age of 91. A neighbor reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter “wouldn’t come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone”. She lived alone with her cat, Pebbles. For over a year, she refused to sing. But in August of 2008, O’Neil urged her to try out for Britain’s Got Talent. Convinced that the performance would be an honor to her mother, Susan auditioned in Glasgow, Scotland. She sang I Dreamed A Dream, a hit song from the musical Les Miserables（《悲惨世界》）, in the first round of the show, which was aired on April 11, 2009.

The 47-year-old Scottish woman's plain looks provided a sharp contrast（对比）to her powerfully beautiful voice. The performance astonished the audience and the judges. Online videos of her performance totaled over 40 million views within a week. Although she failed to win the final of Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle became globally popular. Her first album I Dreamed A Dream has sold over five million copies.

Bridget Boyle’s attitude towards her daughter’s musical talent can be described as ___.

A. critical B. doubtful C. indifferent D. confident

From Paragraph 4, we can learn that Susan _____.

A. was slightly discouraged by her voice coac B. entered Britain’s Got Talent to prove her ability

C. decided to give up her singing career D. was deeply affected by her mother’s death

Which of the following is TRUE about Susan Boyle?

A. Her international fame grew rapidly in 2008. B. Her audition for My Kind of People failed.

C. She has never stopped singing since 1995. D. She was the winner of Britain’s Got Talent.

We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. Susan Boyle was convinced by her brother that her plain looks were disadvantageous to her success

B. It was at the age of forty that Susan Boyle established a student-teacher relationship with O’Neil.

C. Susan Boyle was so struck by her father’s death that she shut herself out from the neighborhood.

D. The online views of Les Miserables numbered over 40 million within a week in 2009.

In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ______.

A. tell us how Susan’s dream come true B. let us know more about Susan’s personal life

C. show how Susan was influenced by her family D. explain how to enter and win a talent show

第二节完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s    36     lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”
She left home .Before long , she was disappointed and unable to find a job , so she took to the streets to do everything she could to   37  money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew    38   , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years . The mother , having    39     her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in   40    of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple    41     . “Would you allow me to    42    this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten    43     at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal . She sat    44    listening to the service , all the while letting her    45    wander over to the bulletin board . There she saw the picture and thought , could that be my mother ?
She couldn’t    46    until the service was over . She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !”   47    she stood in front of the picture , she wept . It was too     48    to be true .
It was night , but she was so     49   by the message that she started walking home .   50     the time she arrived it was early in the morning . She was afraid and    51    her way timidly . As she knocked , the door    52     open on its own . She thought someone must have broken into the house . Concerned for her mother’s    53    , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes . They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and    54     someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been    55    .”
36．A．shabby                   B．religious                 C．awful                            D．simple
37．A．earn                       B．win                        C．offer                      D．approach
38．A．lonelier                   B．slower                   C．elder                       D．older
39．A．told about               B．heard of                 C．learned from           D．informed of
40．A．sight                      B．charge                   C．search                   D．want
41．A．request                  B．remark                   C．question                  D．speech
42．A．bring up                 B．lay off                    C．drop out                 D．put up
43．A．record                   B．advice                     C．message                 D．notice
44．A．constantly               B．absent-mindedly       C．frequently               D．carefully
45．A．eyes                       B．hands                     C．thoughts                 D．imaginations
46．A．help                        B．evaluate                  C．wait                       D．consult
47．A．After                      B．Since                      C．Until                       D．As
48．A．lucky                      B．good                       C．skeptical                 D．coincidence
49．A．astonished               B．touched                  C．blamed                   D．ashamed
50．A．By                          B．At                          C．During                    D．Before
51．A．walked                   B．led                         C．made                      D．held
52．A．seemed                   B．blew                       C．proved                    D．flew
53．A．safety                     B．anxiety                    C．danger                    D．relief
54．A．observed                 B．realized                   C．found                     D．thought
55．A．adopted                  B．opened                    C．locked                    D．Fixed

A. Necessity for developing adult education
B. Early days of adult education
C. Ways of receiving adult education
D. Growth of adult education
E. Institutions of adult education
F. Functions of adult education

【小题1】Voluntary learning in organized courses by mature men and women is called adult education. Such education is offered to make people able to enlarge and interpret their experience as adults. Adults may want to study something which they missed in earlier schooling, get new skills or job training, find out about new technological developments, seek better self—understanding, or develop new talents and skills.
【小题2】This kind of education may be in the form of self-study with proper guidance through the use of libraries, correspondence courses, or broadcasting. It may also be acquired collectively in schools and colleges, study groups, workshops, clubs, and professional associations.
【小题3】Modern adult education for large numbers of people started in the 18th and 19th centuries with the rise of the Industrial Revolution. Great economic and social changes were taking place: people were moving from rural areas to cities; new types of work were being created in an expanding factory system. These and other factors produced a need for further education and re-education of adults.
【小题4】The earliest programs of organized adult education arose in Great Britain in the 1790s, with the founding of an adult school in Nottingham and a mechanics’ institute in Glasgow. The earliest adult education institution in the United States was founded by Benjamin Franklin and some friends in Philadelphia in 1727.
【小题5】People recognize that continued learning is necessary for most forms of employment today. For example, parts of the adult population in many countries find it necessary to take part in retraining programs at work or even to learn completely new jobs. Adult education programs are springing up constantly to meet these and other needs.

1. Bridget Boyle’s attitude towards her daughter’s musical talent can be described as ___.