题目内容
In the less than two months since the reality television show—"Where Are We Going , Dad?" first aired, the show??? ??? to the top of Chinese television ratings.
A. had climbed????? B. has climbed????????????? C. climbed??????? ????????????? D. was climbing
B???????????????
【解析】?????????????
试题分析:考查动词的时态。句意:自从爸爸去哪儿这个节目开播以来,短短两个月,这个节目占据收视率的首位。根据上文提到since the reality television show—"Where Are We Going , Dad?" first aired? 自从这个节目开播以来,与现在完成时连用,故选B项。????????
考点 : 考查动词的时态
Wilderness activity week, Finland
Set off on a really wild adventure to Finland, where night is a distant memory during the endless days of summer.
From your cottage, set high in the hills above Koli National Park, you can explore a perfect wilderness, and pull over at a lakeside beach whenever you like a dip(游泳).
Seven-night breaks cost from £899 per adult, £699 per child, including flights, accommodation, some meals and a guide. The Adventure Company (0845 450 5311; www.adventurecompany. co. uk).
Horseriding in the Tarn France
Learn to ride, or perfect your horse-riding skills at Les Juliannes in the Tarn Valley. Activities include everything from show-jumping to hacking(骑马)through the rolling hills and medieval(中世纪的)villages. Between sessions, you can relax by the pool, cycle along the country lanes or roam the grounds. Guests stay at a rural 17th-century farmhouse.
Seven-night breaks cost from £658 per adult, £628 per child aged 12-15 years. £553 for 10 to 11-year-olds and £423 for under-nines. Price includes return flights, transfers, half-board accommodation and ten hours’ riding, Inntravel(01653 617906;www. inntravel. co. uk).
Learn to sail in Greece
Sunvil Sailing has live-aboard learn-to-sail breaks off the island of Lefkas that are designed for both the complete novice(新手)as well as those with a degree of sailing.
Seven-night breaks cost from £721pp in peak season, including return flights, transfers, live-aboard accommodation and tuition. Meals and dinner ashore are not included. Sunvil Sailing (020 8758 4780; www. sunvil. co. uk).
【小题1】If you want to have some experiences of country life in the past, you’d better go to .
| A.explore a perfect wilderness |
| B.stay for a few days in Finland |
| C.Horseriding in the Tarn, France |
| D. Learn to sail in Greece |
| A.£2030 | B.£1316 | C.£1869 | D.£1211 |
| A.a national park |
| B.a cottage high in the hills |
| C.a perfect wilderness |
| D. summer days without night |
| A.www. activitiesabroad. com |
| B.www. adventurecompany. co. uk |
| C.www. inntravel. co. uk |
| D.www. sunvil. co. uk |
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.
【小题1】Bridget Boyle’s attitude towards her daughter’s musical talent can be described as ___.
| A.critical | B.doubtful | C.indifferent | D.confident |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |