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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is drawing near. Are you eager to watch the matches or start serving as a volunteer？First，you need to know about audience manners.
The behavior of courtside audiences is considered to be an important part of sporting culture. In 2004，after world champion Stephen Hendry lost to Ding Junhui in the China Open Snooker Championships，he complained of the noise from Chinese spectators（观众）. Perhaps you and your classmates could discuss how to behave while in the audience at the Olympic Games.
Most sporting arenas have rules for spectators written on the back of the tickets. Read your ticket carefully before you arrive. Try to teach your seat half an hour before the start of the event and don’t leave when a game is in progress. When you leave，remember to take away your soft drink bottles and other trash（垃圾）. It is really very impolite of you to leave any rubbish behind. Pay close attention to it.
During exciting games，try to control yourself. Don’t criticize the performance of players. But you should do it properly. When players first appear，clap your hands together to welcome them. Perhaps they will soon cheer up.
Applause is not welcome，however，while a game is in progress and players need to keep their concentration. Various sports have various rules for the audience.
Enjoying artistic gymnastics requires silence. But lots of cheering can really help basketball and football players. Snooker and table tennis courtside behavior includes a ban on flash photography. Mobile phones are not allowed in shopping centers.
To be a good spectator，you should take time to learn the game-specific rules and related culture of each event. If you know these rules，you are sure to have a good time when are enjoying a wonderful match.
| How to be a good spectator of the Olympic Games | ||||
| The（1）_____before the games | The behaviors（5）_____the games | |||
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Read the rules for spectators on the ticket before your（2）_____ |
Don’t get to your seat （3）______than 30（4）___before the game.
| Don’t leave your seat during the game. Be careful not to say(6)____words about players’ and coaches’ behaviors. We should learn to control our（7） _____. | We can applaud when players first appear，after an excellent performance or if someone fails. We can’t applaud during a （8）_______ |
We can（9）______during basketball or football matches but we must keep(10)_____ when enjoying gymnastics. |
1.behaviors 2.arrival 3.later 4.minutes 5.during
6.impolite 7.feelings 8.game 9.cheer 10.silent
Heavy downpours last month in Rhode Island led to widespread flooding, causing millions of dollars in property damage and leaving thousands homeless. The floodwaters also poured vast amounts of raw sewage (污水) into the rivers and streams that flow into Narragansett Bay.
It sounds like the makings of an environmental nightmare, but in fact it’s just the opposite. To scientists’ delight, the sewage-loaded floodwaters have caused a well-timed growth of phytoplankton, the microscopic creatures that form the foundation of marine food chains. With more food available for fish, clams and other sea creatures, the bay’s fisheries industry is expected to benefit.
In decades past, Narragansett Bay typically experienced a late winter/early spring algal (海藻) bloom that fed creatures up and down the water column. But in recent years, the waters of Narragansett Bay have warmed greatly, interrupting this seasonal event.
Mark Berman, an oceanographer with the National Marine Fisheries Service, said the flood seemed to have sent the bay back to its normal state.
However, local, state and federal officials in Rhode Island have been battling other algal blooms that, by contrast, are causing widespread harm to the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. During summer months, sewage and agricultural runoff flows into the bay, causing large blooms. But instead of becoming food for sea creatures, much of the phytoplankton is consumed by bacteria, which grow fast in the warmer waters. The rapid bacteria growth leads to hypoxia – a decrease of oxygen in the water that can cause large fish kills. One such die-off occurred in 2003, when millions of oxygen-starved fish washed up on the beaches of Narragansett Bay.
The flood’s positive impact will probably be a one-time event, Mr. Berman said. Meanwhile, efforts to curb the harmful summer blooms continue; in 2008, for instance, Providence completed a $359 million sewage tunnel under the city designed to reduce the polluted storm overflow into Narragansett Bay.
1. Scientists believe that the raw sewage flowing into the bay will _______.
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A．pollute the island’s environment |
B．cause lots of property damage |
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C．increase the fisheries production |
D．destroy the food chains in the bay |
2.The potential benefit of fisheries industry relies on the _______.
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A．warm temperatures of the bay |
B．growth of phytoplankton |
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C．large summer alga blooms |
D．consumption of oxygen by bacteria |
3. People struggle against the summer blooms because they will ________.
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A．pollute the local natural environment |
B．increase the production of fishery industry |
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C．cause large fish kills of the bay indirectly |
D．provide too much food for sea creatures |
4.It can be inferred that _______.
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A．money spent on the summer blooms has been wasted |
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B．the government is investing to promote the local fisheries |
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C．research of oceanology should be encouraged |
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D．opinions on the raw sewage impact are currently contradictory |
5. The underlined word “curb” in the last paragraph can be defined as “______”.
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A．control |
B．consume |
C．cause |
D．cure |
In 1995, Susan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition (试演) 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. Boyle was not discouraged and continued to sing at church and at the karaoke nights in a local pub.
Boyle suffered a personal loss in 1997, when her father passed away. After his death. Boyle 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, Boyle used all of her savings to pay for a professional demo (样本唱片) tape. which she sent to record companies. In 2002, Boyle began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred O'Neil.
In 2007, Boyle's 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, Boyle auditioned in Glasgow, Scotland. She sang I Dreamed A Dream in the first round of the show, which was aired on 11 April 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.
1.Bridget Boyle's attitude towards her daughter's musical talent can be described as .
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A．critical |
B．doubtful |
C．indifferent |
D．optimistic |
2.From Para. 4 we learn that Boyle .
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A．was slightly discouraged by her voice coach |
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B．entered Britain's Got Talent to prove her ability |
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C．decided to give up her singing career |
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D．was deeply affected by her mother's death |
3.Which of the following is TRUE about Susan Boyle?
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A．Her international fame grew rapidly in 2008. |
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B．Her audition for My Kind of People failed. |
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C．She has never stopped singing since 1995. |
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D．She was the winner of Britain's Got Talent. |
4.In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to .
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A．tell us how Boyle's dream came true |
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B．let us know more about Boyle's personal life |
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C．show how Boyle was influenced by her family |
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D．explain how to enter and win a talent show |