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When 47­year­old volunteer Susan Boyle stepped onto the stage of Britain's Got Talent and announced she was unemployed, had never been married and “never been kissed, actually”， few in the audience would have wondered why. This Ms Boyle, looking unfashionable, from a village in Scotland, shocked the three judges and the audience with the song I dreamed a dream from the musical Les Miserables on a show of Britain's Got Talent, one of the hottest reality shows in Britain.

She couldn't hide the awkwardness when walking to the center of the stage in a housedress, and everyone—including the judges—seemed laughing at her when she said she wanted to be as successful as Elaine Paige. As soon as she began singing, however, everyone in the auditorium fell silent, then rose within seconds to applaud her incredible voice as the celebrity judges sat open­mouthed, and remained standing to the end.

After her performance, one of the judges Piers Morgan said，“Without doubt that was the biggest surprise I've had in three years of this show. When you stood there everyone was laughing at you.No one is laughing now. That was amazing.”Actress Amanda Holden followed，“I'm so thrilled because I know that we everybody were against you.I honestly think that we were all being very cynical(愤世嫉俗的) and I think that's the biggest wake­up call ever.”

Susan obviously won over the hearts of millions around the world with sensation spreading across the Atlantic. Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore—who between them have nearly 1.5 million followers—speak highly of her. Kutcher posted a link to the video clip(片段). The Scottish talent made her live American debut via satellite connection on CBS's The Early Show, doing an interview and singing live from her room. And she already accepted an invitation from talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey.

Now Boyle has become one of the world's hottest celebrities. The video clip of her performance has been viewed more than 50 million times on Youtube, becoming a hit on the Internet.

16．We learn from the passage that Susan Boyle ________．

A．rose from a low social class

B．had an unhappy marriage

C．lived with a dog alone on a farm

D．won the championship in the Britain's Got Talent show

17．At the beginning of the show, almost everybody ________．

A．looked forward to her wonderful performance

B．was attracted by her beautiful dress

C．looked down upon her

D．placed great hope on her

18．We can infer that ________ contributed most to her global popularity.

A．the judges  B．the Internet

C．the newspaper  D．the advertisement

19．The 4th paragraph is intended to tell us ________．

A．how Susan Boyle achieved her success

B．the comment made by American actor Ashton Kutcher

C．Susan Boyle's influence in the USA

D．Oprah Winfrey's invitation to Susan Boyle

正如一位哲人所说，“小人物也有大梦想”。在英国，47岁的妇女Susan Boyle也有自己的追求和梦想。那么她来到“英国达人秀”会有怎样的经历呢？她最终会成功吗？

16．A　推理判断题。从文章第一段中的“she was unemployed, had never been married and ‘never been kissed，actually’”和“from a village in Scotland”这些信息可推知，Susan Boyle来自社会的底层，所以选A项。

17．C　细节理解题。从文章第二段中的“everyone—including the judges—seemed laughing at her”可知，人们最初都嘲笑她，看不起她。答案选C项。

18．B　推理判断题。从文章最后一段的内容可推知，她红遍全球要归功于互联网的传播，答案选B项。

19．C　推理判断题。通读文章第四段的内容可推知，该段主要讲述Susan Boyle在美国的影响，据此选C项。

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　　Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47，experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s．When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent．“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French．”

　　Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country．The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain．

　　The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military．The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that．

　　Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice．Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent．

　　Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent．Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common．

　　When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent．However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot．

(1)

According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome．

[　　]

A．

who se parent ha s experienced a head injury

B．

who have lived in a foreign country for a long time

C．

who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke

D．

who have learned foreign language from their coworker s

(2)

If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________．

[　　]

A．

hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him

B．

he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again

C．

he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s

D．

hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent

(3)

Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________．

[　　]

A．

introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information

B．

warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke

C．

make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured

D．

tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War

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