When 47-year-old 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 open-mouthed, 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 wake up 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 host 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.

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

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

We can infer that ______ contributed most to her global popularity.

A. the judges   B. the Internet   C. the newspaper   D. the advertisement

The 4^th paragraph intends 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

近日，某报对我市几所小学的学生展开了一项关于“什么样的人可以当班长”的调查。

请根据下面的图表写一篇英语短文，介绍调查结果并谈谈你认为什么样的人可以当班长。词数不少于80。

注意：   

       1．开头已为你写好,不计入总词数。

       2．词数不少于60。

The primary school students have different opinions on what kind of person can become a

monitor ．

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With temperature ______ so rapidly, we could not go with the experiment．

       A．fall   B．falling      C．fallen       D．to fall

---How did you kill your time last weekend?

---Harry took me to a (n) ________restaurant for our anniversary.

A. active       B. reliable        C. fancy     D. worth

---- Have you ever seen a dictionary ____________ our school library?

  ---- Yes, it is over there and Mary is using it.

A. belonging to                  B. belonged to

C. being belonged to              D. belong to

What I said was so      that I finally convinced them     my honesty.

  A. convincing; of              B. convincing, for

  C. convinced; of               D. convinced; for

Last summer holiday we spent the ____ few sunny days on the seaside.

A. last                   B. lately                C. latter                 D. late

 假如你是李华，住在滨江。你的加拿大笔友Bob来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡滨江的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信须包括下表中的内容。

There are several factors _______ in the economy _______ make it difficult to predict the future.

A. operate; where   B. operating; which       C. to operate; that D. operated; what