英语周报2019仿真试题 英语周报第四期英语周报第四期AIn 1995,Sunsan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition (试演) for My Kind of People, a televised talent show popular in the UK. She was nervous during the audition, and felt she didnt perform well, but her pother 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 Susan s possible fame. Bridget Boyle encouraged her daughter to take part in singing competition. “She was the one who said I should enter Britains 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 20XX, Boyle began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred ONeil.In 20XX,Boyles mother passed away at the age of neighbor reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter “wouldn t come out for three of 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 20XX, ONeil 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, a hit song from the musical Les Miserables （悲惨世界），in the first round of the show, which was aired on 11 April 20XX.The 47-year-old Scottish womans 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 Britains Got Talent, Susan Boyle became globally popular. Her first album I Dreamed A Dream has sold over five million copies.26. Bridget Boyle s attitude toward her daughter s musical talent can be describedas_.A. criticalB. doubtfulC. indifferentD. optimistic27. From we learn that Boyle_.A. was slightly discouraged by her voice coachB. entered Britains Got Talent to prove her abilityC. decided to give up her singing careerD .was deeply affected by her mothers death28. Which of the following is TURE about Susan Boyle?A. Her international fame grew rapidly in 20XX.B. Her audition for My Kind of People failed.C. She has never stopped singing since 1995.D. She was the winner of Britains Got Talent.29. Which of the following inferences makes sense based on the passage?A. Susan Boyle was convinced by her pother 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 ONeil.C. Susan Boyle was so struck by her fathers death that she shut herself out from the neighborhood.D. The online views of Les Miserables numbered over 40 million within a week in 20XX.30. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to_.A. tell us how Boyles dream came trueB. let us know more about Boyles personal lifeC. show how Boyle was influenced by her familyD. explain how to enter and win a talent showBRare birds in the UK have been living far better than the more common birds over the last decade due to the efforts of conservation organizations, according to a new assessment.The research shows almost 60% of the 63 rare birds that live in the UK have increased over the last 10 years.By contrast, only about one third of common species have increased over the same period. Just 28% of rare birds have decreased over the same period, compared with four out of every 10 common birds. The rare birds described in the assessment with increasing populations include the osprey （鹗）and corncrake (秧鸡).All of these birds are subject to conservation action.The declining common birds include the nightingale, swift （雨燕），house sparrow and red grouse （苏格兰雷鸟）.These are suffering declines for a variety of reasons, including changes in farming practices.Dr David Noble, from the British Trust for Ornithology, said: “That some of our rarer birds have responded to targeted conservation action is great news. It shows just what can be achieved. What we need to do now is to continue the good work and use some of the lessons we have learned to help our more common birds.”Dr Mark Avery, the conservation director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Bird(RSPB),said: “Over the last decade weve enjoyed some great conservation species from the World Conservation Unions Red List of Threatened Animals and increasing the populations of red kite, osprey, etc. However, these successes are countered （抵消） by continued declines of some widespread species.”The overview