The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony(交响乐) that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. I’m not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.”
Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (father a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5,I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school.
Brightman led the saucy dance troupe(辣妹三人舞) Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I can’t remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didn’t really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984.
Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I haven’t tried to understand it. I’ve done very well everywhere else, especially the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I don’t miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.”
1.The first paragraph tells us that _____.
A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in America
B. Brightman’s musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz
C. the British people don’t like her for her style of music
D. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber
2.Brightman decided to give up having children because _____.
A. she could adopt one
B. her life and career were unbelievably rich without children
C. she felt it normal not to have children
D. she was too busy
3.The following statements are true except ______.
A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5
B. Brightman disliked life on the campus
C. Brightman was very gifted when she was young
D.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous
4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _____.
A. located B. admired C. followed D. found
5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightman’s words?
A. Brightman has to accept the fact that she is not liked in Britain
B. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country
C. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homeland
D. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain
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The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony(交响乐) that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. I’m not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.”
Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (father a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5,I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school.
Brightman led the saucy dance troupe(辣妹三人舞) Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I can’t remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didn’t really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984.
Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I haven’t tried to understand it. I’ve done very well everywhere else, especially the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I don’t miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.”
1.The first paragraph tells us that _____.
A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in America
B. Brightman’s musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz
C. the British people don’t like her for her style of music
D. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber
2.Brightman decided to give up having children because _____.
A. she could adopt one
B. her life and career were unbelievably rich without children
C. she felt it normal not to have children
D. she was too busy
3.The following statements are true except ______.
A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5
B. Brightman disliked life on the campus
C. Brightman was very gifted when she was young
D.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous
4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _____.
A. located B. admired C. followed D. found
5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightman’s words?
A. Brightman has to accept the fact that she is not liked in Britain
B. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country
C. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homeland
D. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain
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听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1.What do the speakers mainly talk about?
A. A song. B. A singer. C. A CD.
2.What does the man think of the singer?
A. She is very pretty.
B. She doesn’t look good.
C. She doesn’t sing well.
3.What is the most important for singers?
A. The look.
B. The age.
C. The voice.
4.What does the man pay attention to when buying CDS?
A. The singer’s voice.
B. The CDs’ price.
C. The singers appearance.
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Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D
The Black Eyed Peas’ fifth album, The E.N.D, is its third since singer Stacy Ferguson, or “Fergie”, joined and took the band from hip-hop underground to the pop mainstream. This is more successful than any of their previous efforts. The E.N.D is quite charming. As always, Fergie’s performances encourage most interest throughout.
Pleasant Goat VS Big Big Wolf
Will Pleasant Goat become China’s Donald Duck? The Chinese animation Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf will be broadcast in 13 countries and regions across Asia on Nickelodeon, starting on July 5th. Nickelodeon will air ChinaToon, a 1-hour period for original Chinese animation. In the animated comedy, goats live happily on a green grassland in the year 3131. Pleasant Goat is the smartest goat in the village and always plays tricks on his competitors, Grey Wolf and his wife, Red Wolf. It has crazy fans of all age groups.
Scriptwriters (剧作家) Grab Your Pens
Young aggressive game designers will get a chance to work with a project team on the further development of an originally Korean online game—Aion: The Tower of Eternity. Players have a key role in a war between gods that will determine the life of the world. China’s scriptwriters are encouraged to send their creative ideas to icoke.cn to possibly have their storyline added to the game. It’s sponsored by Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. and Coca-Cola Zero. The winner will be given a trip to a video game exhibition in South Korea and an internship at Shanghai-based Shanda.
1.What column in a newspaper is the passage most likely from?
A. TV Drama B. What’s On C. Looking Abroad D. Sports News
2.What can underlined “Nickelodeon” in paragraph 2 be?
A. A TV Channel B. A Zoo C. A Newspaper D. A Book Store
3.______ will be given a trip to South Korea and an internship at Shanda.
A. A young man who wins the war in Aion
B. Any young man who sponsors Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd and Coca-Cola Zero
C. A game designer whose storyline can be added to Aion
D. An aggressive designer who once worked with an originally Korean online game
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听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1.What are they talking about?
A. The woman’s new furniture.
B. The woman’s new office.
C. The woman’s new job.
2.Which magazine does the woman have on her desk?
A. New York Times. B. New Times. C. Times.
3.What does the woman offer to do?
A. Give the man a magazine.
B. Lend the man her computer.
C. Make the man a cup of coffee.
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What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.A passage. B.Difficult sentences. C.The woman’s new ideas.
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We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”
There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.
“When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference.”
“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.”
“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”
1.The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will ________.
A. lie on his stomach B. lie on his back
C. stand quietly D. sit in peace
2.Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?
A. Mr. Ellis’ generation.
B. His children’s generation.
C. His grandchildren’s generation.
D. None of the above.
3.What is the writer’s attitude towards the generation gap?
A. Unacceptable. B. Awful. C. Funny. D. Common.
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听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A new community center.
B. The woman’s friend Nat.
C. Problems of the old.
2.What does the woman say about the old community center?
A. It’s Nat’s favourite place.
B. It isn’t suitable for the old.
C. It was set up for people without family.
3.What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Write a letter to the government.
B. Ask her friends to do the work themselves.
C. Collect some furniture from her neighbors.
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Every time he had a chance , he would talk about the great difficulty he had ________ in the new country .
A.settled | B.settling | C.to settle | D.settle |
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Part drama, part dark comedy, new film To the Bone talks about a young woman’s struggle with anorexia(厌食症). Though the film already got generally positive reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, it has caused a hot Twitter debate around whether it could be harmful for those with eating disorders.
Critics of the film have focused on the leading role Ellen: a young, thin, white woman with anorexia. They think there’re some plots that have made eating disorders look like trends instead of life-threatening illnesses. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anorexia has the highest mortality rate (死亡率) of any mental illness. Thirty million Americans struggle with eating disorders at some point in their lives.
Director Marti Noxon based the film on her own battle with anorexia. She was aware of the film’s potential to trigger harmful effects and then tried to be really careful in the way she showed how Ellen looked. “You want to help other people understand something that they’ve never experienced, but you also want people who have experienced it to feel understood and seen and to give people hope,” she added. “We were balancing a lot. I want to avoid the idea that the perfectionist quality of anorexics is their most obvious character.”
The film caught the attention of Liana Rosenman, who founded Project Heal, an organization that helps eating disorder sufferers afford treatment. “I thought it was very powerful,” Rosenman said. “There is a sense of humor and wittiness in it as well as just understanding what it’s like to have an eating disorder.” Project Heal recently played To the Bone in New York and Los Angeles, but it has faced sharp criticism from members of their community on social media.
1.What do we know about the film To the Bone from Paragraph 1?
A. It tells the growth story about a girl.
B. It has received mixed comments.
C. It is popular among young people.
D. Twitter users have no interest in it.
2.What do Noxon’s words suggest?
A. She admitted the film is harmful to people.
B. She tried hard to make the film benefit people.
C. All those suffering from anorexia want to be perfect.
D. People who haven’t experienced anorexia can’t understand it.
3.What’s Rosenman’s attitude towards the film?
A. Supportive B. Negative
C. Uncertain D. Unconcerned
4.Where’s the passage probably from?
A. Medical magazine.
B. Healthy Life Style magazine.
C. A film review.
D. A newspaper report.
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______ is often the case with elder people, my grandma talked about my new hairstyle for at least 50 minutes nonstop.
A. That B. Which C. As D. It
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