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Whenwetalkaboutstars,especiallywomenstars，itseemsthattheyarealwaysyoung，prettyandowncharmingbodyshapes．ButrecentlyaBritain'sGotTalent（英国达人）starSusanBoylehaschangedourviewsabsolutely．SimonCowell，oneofthejudgesofthetalentshowspokeofhisshockoverMsBoyb'svoice．”Thisladycameup，andI'mthinking,‘ThiswilltakefivesecondsandIcangotohaveacupoftea.’ThatchangedwhenshebegantosingIDreamedaDreamfromLesMiserables.Sheknewweweregoingtohavethatreactionandjusttoseethatlookofsatisfactiononherfacemidwaythrough—itwasoneofmyfavoritemoments,”Cowellsaid.TheperformancewaspostedOnlineandbeforelong，the47-year-oldScottishwomanhasbeenfamousallovertheworld．SpeakingfromherhomeinScotland．Ms.Boylesaidthatshehadn'tthoughtofchangingherappearance．Shesaidthatherfriendhelpedherwithmake-up．“Imean，that'shardlyamakeover．”sheadded．Ms.Boylealsospokeofthereasonshefirstbegantoexplorehervocaltalents．”Iwaskindofslowatschool,sogettingsomethinglikesingingwasagoodwayofhidingbehindthatandthusitbuiltmyconfidence．’’1．SusanBoyleis__________．A．ajudgeB．areporterC．abeautifulladyD．AScottishwoman2．SusanBoylehadalookofsatisfactiononherfacewhenshewassingingbecause_________.A．shewasconfidentofhersingingB．ShewassatisfiedwiththejudgesC．shewasprettyandingoodshapeD．shesangthesong，IDreamedaDreamfromLeaMiserables3．Accordingtothepassage，whichisNOTtrue?A．ItwasthevocaltalentsthatbuiltSusan'sconfidence．B．SusanBoylewasnotgoodatherlessonswhenatschool．C．SusanBoylebecamefamousbecauseofherappearance．D．SimonCowelldidn'tthinkSusanBoyleagoodsingeratthetimesight．4．WhatcanwelearnfromSusanBoyle'ssuccess?A．It'snevertoooldtolearn．B．It'seasiertosucceedattheageof47．C．Ifyouhaveadream，trytomakeitcometrue!D．Ifyouarenotabletostudywell，tobeasingerinstead．Expo2010isheldinShanghaifromMay1toOctober31．Peopleallovertheworldarelookingforwardtoit．Hereareseveralgoldenrulesonhowtobestplanyourhip．Rule1：DoyourhomeworkReadeverythingyoucallbeforegoing．Reallystudythemaps．Knowthepavilions．ArriveattheentrancenearestIothethingsyouwanttosee．Haveaplan．Itwillmakeabigdifference．Rule2：AllowplentyoftimeExpo2010isthelargestattractioneventinthehistoryoftheworld．Itwilltakemanydaystoseeit．Plantospendfromfivetoeightdaysormoreseeingit．Rule3：PaceyourselfExpoisenormous．Thedistancesarepunishing．Itisbettertospendadayseeingasingleareathantomanhackandforthalloverthesite．Remembertowearthemostcomfortableshoes．Nevermindwhattheylooklike．Rule4：GetgoinginMayAtmanyExposthecrowdsaresmallerinMayandinearlyJunethananyothertime．Andbewarethelasttwoweeks．DuringeveryExpo,peopledelaytheirvisitsandtheninearlyOctobertheysuddenlyrealize．“Expowillclosesoon!Ihaven’tseenit!’’Asaresult,thelastseveralweeksusuallyhavethemostcrowdeddaysoftheentireExpo．Rule5：Findoutwhateveryoneelseisdoing-anddotheoppositeIfyoudon'tlikelargecrowdsandlonglines．dotheopposite．Hereisallexample：MostpeoplegoonSaturdaysoronholidays,SoavoidSaturdaysandholidays．Goonweekdayswhenmostpeopleareatwork．Rule6：TurnupExpo2010isthelargestcelebrationinChina'shistory-anamazingonce-in-a-lifetimeevent．Whenitisgoneanditwillneverbeseenagain．Sowhateveryoudo，don'tmissit!1．Expo2010willlast_________．A．FivetoeightdaysB．SeveralweeksC．SixmonthsD．Ayear2．AccordingtoRule4，you'dbettornotgotoExpoon________．A．May3B．July5C．September16D．October203．Whentherearelotsofpeoplewaitinginlinetoseethemostpopularactivations,what’syourbestchoice?A．I'llwaitinlineasotherpeopledo．B．I'llgobackandreturntomorrow．C．I'llvisitthelesscrowdedplacesinstead．D．I'llsitonabenchtohavearestforabouttwoorthreehours．4．InRule6“turnup”heremeans________．A．don'tmissitB．ComeandseeC．makethesoundlouderD．NeverbeseenagainWhenIwasaforeignteacherinChina，everydayItaughtEnglishtomystudentsandtheytaughtmeaboutChina．Onedaythetopicminedtosaying“Iloveyou”．Iwasshockedtolearnthatnotoneofmystudentshadsaidthistotheirmothers，norhadtheirmotherssaidittothem．“Doesyourmomloveyou?”“Ofcourse，”theyanswered．“Howdoyouknow?”wasmylogicalquestion．TheyrespondedthattheirmomscookedandAlwaystoldthemwhattheyweredoingwrongtoshowtheirearning．Iwasstrummed.Somom'scookingandcriticizingreadouras“Iloveyou”．”Thenhowdoyousay‘Iloveyoutoher?”Theyagreedthatgettinggoodgrades,followedbygoodjobswouldbehowtheyshowedtheirlove.Icomefromaculturewheremostpeopleareexpressiveenough，soIrepeatedthesequeriesinclausesovertime．Gradually，Ibegantogetdifferentresponses．Someofthemhadexchangedthosesentimentswiththeirmoms．Oneofmyfavoritestoriesofchangecamefromagirl．Whenshecamehomefromuniversity，hermothermetheratthedoorandhugged（拥抱）her．Thishadneverhappenedbefore，buthermomsaid，“NowthatyouhavegoneIhavemoretimetomyself．InoticedthatinsomeplacesmothersandchildrenhugeachotherandIdecideditwasagoodideaandthatIwouldbeginhuggingyou．”Inmyfamilyweallsay“Iloveyou”alot．Whileitistruethatweoftensaythewordswithouthavinggreatdepthoffeelingsatthatmoment，itisalmostlikeablessingwegiveeachother.Thosethreelittlewordscarryaworldofmeaning，evenwhensaidasagreeting,butmostespeciallyiftheyarethelaxwordswesaytoorhearfromthosewelove．1．Theforeignteacher_________．A．comesfromAmericaB．isayoungwomanC．isexpressiveenoughD．knowsmuchaboutChina2．Chinesepeoplepref