The hottest show this summer-the “Voice" just finished on Sunday at the Shanghai Stadium．But the show that had a good start didn't end to everyone's satisfaction．The two and a half hour show dragged on for more than four hours because of the huge amount of advertising, which the audience and residents living nearby could hardly bear．

This summer, something hotter than the weather came to Shanghai．That is the Voice of China．The show soon became a cash cow for the organizer as the advertisement prices reached 1．16 million yuan for 15 seconds．And the show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now in ad income only, But the organizers' bliss was audiences' melancholy．

In the final live show on Sunday, about 14 rounds of advertisements were aired, each of which came at a crucial result-announcing moment．

Frequently interrupted by advertisements, some live audience members complained that the show wasn't worth its ticket prices of 180 to 1680 yuan．

The planned two and a half hour show went two hours overtime because of the advertising．This annoyed audience members, and touched the nerves of residents living near the site．

Someone called the police, and the show is now facing punishment for going over-time and disturbing residents late at night．

1.Why didn't "the Voice" make audience satisfied?

A．It failed to attract audience attention in the end．

B．It failed to make audience satisfied．

C．It increased by one and a half hours and audience could bear it．

D．It was full of so many advertisements that audience can't tolerate them．

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The show lasted for over two and a half hours．

B．Someone called the police because they can't bear the noises late at night．

C．The show was worth its ticket prices because the audience watched many advertisements．

D．The show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now totally．

3.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A．The Voice of China-the most popular TV show of last summer．

B．The Voice of China-hard to say I love you．

C．The Voice of China-I want you．

D．The Voice of China-the noises of China．

4.This passage is organized in the pattern of___．

A．time and event                         B．comparison and contrast

C．cause and effect                        D．definition and classification(分類)

單詞拼寫(共20小題；每小題0.5分，滿分10分)
【小題1】The farmers in this area had a good harvest last year thanks to the s___________ farming.
【小題2】From the findings, we can draw a c____________ that English is a useful tool for all of us.
【小題3】The teacher had us d______________into two groups during the discussion.
【小題4】The c_______________of transportation in this area brings hope to this mountain      village.
【小題5】My grandfather is too old to care for himself, so my aunt is looking for someone to a_____ him.
【小題6】The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 left a strong i_____________ on us.
【小題7】The other day she c____________ me to a game of tennis.
【小題8】She doesn’t want to marry a man who a_____________ nothing.
【小題9】This is a cooperative team c____________ of 12 members.
【小題10】The learning environment has a strong i_______________ on students’ academic performances.
【小題11】We must try to _________________(分析)the causes of the strike.
【小題12】Water and salt are _____________(吸收) into our blood stream every day.
【小題13】We are t_____________(感到激動) to hear a wonderful piece of news that the people lived in the mainland can go to visit Taiwan in the near future.
【小題14】We are______________(樂觀的) that the mainland and Taiwan will unify in the near future.
【小題15】He can hardly find a job in the canteen, because he has had no ________________(先前的) experience of this kind of job.
【小題16】The government decided to explore the ____________(周圍的 ) countryside to build a new industrial park.
【小題17】The people in Iraq lived a hard life, because it was _______(不斷) hit by war..
【小題18】Measures should be taken to handle the water ______________(污染) by the chemical factory nearby.
【小題19】Don’t throw away the bottles, which can be__________(回收利用).
【小題20】The teenagers are _________________(熱情的) about the Voice of China, which is a hit now.

Nicola’s Love for Her Violin
Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (絕配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old   36  and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin,   37  to China for the first time last weekend. She   38  in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.
Nicola is from Scotland and   39  playing the violin when she was four years old.   40 , it was not something her parents   41  her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and   42  it and improved very quickly.
“There are so many different things I am fond of about the  43 ,” she said. “I can’t really   44  it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the   45 . I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”
However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an   46  job. “I usually   47  in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s   48  outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the   49  and I can see others having fun   50  I’m on my own.”[來源:學_科_網(wǎng)]
Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola   51   felt she was lucky. “You can’t have   52 . I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her   53  paid off (終有回報). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.
  54  her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an   55 of UNICEF (聯(lián)合國兒童基金會). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

1.. There is an __________（氣氛）of peace and calm in the country , quite different from that of a

  big city.

2. Two people were arrested at a Paris airport for bringing animals into Europe from South

  America __________（非法地）.

3. English poetry can’t be __________（欣賞）unless you understand its rhythm（韻律）.

4.Sang Lan has won the __________（同情）and admiration of people across the world with her

  good attitude and beautiful smile.

5. The __________（宣告）made by the government aroused a storm of criticism and anxious

  residents voiced concern over their uncertain future.

6.As is known to all, taking exercise regularly is of great b__________ to people’s health.

7. She told me not to be i__________ in this kind of matter because it’s none of my business.

8. Zhao Benshan is a born c__________. People can’t help laughing when he performs his comic

  sketch at the Spring Festival Gala(春晚).

9. I have been q__________ up in lines for more than an hour in order to get a ticket for Jay Zhou’s concert.

10. Most of the exhibition halls were c__________ with people because it was the last day of the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

C
James Blunt is one of the most popular singers in the UK. His first album, Back to Bedlam, and his number one hit, You’re Beautiful, brought him fame in 2005. his music is a mix of pop, rock and folk.
Blunt comes to China for the first time this month, he will hold two concerts, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai on April 18 and 19 respectively.
Blunt, 34, took an unusual path to stardom. His father was a soldier and so was his grandfather.
“The only music he heard growing up was Happy Birthday and Silent Night. His father considered all music, even classical, to be unnecessary noise,’ reads Blunt’s official website.
Even though Blunt did not want to join the military, he eventually followed his father’s wishes, and served as a soldier in Kosovo on peacekeeping duty.
“Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects,” Blunt said. “And the one job my father knew of, that he’d had experience of himself, was the army, so he could help me in that direction.”
Blunt eventually became a Captain. One of his final duties in the army before retirement was carrying the coffin(棺材) at the funeral of the Queen Mother of England in 2002.
But Blunt couldn’t escape his love for music. So, after leaving the British Army he moved to Los Angeles and worked on his first album. While in LA, Blunt lived with the actress Carrie Fisher, who played the lead female role in the Star Wars movie. He recorded his song, Goodbye My Lover, in his bathroom, where he kept a piano.
Blunt took his new album back to England where it was not very successful. But he kept performing and eventually his song, You’re Beautiful, became a number one hit.
Now Blunt has won numerous awards, sold millions of records and dated super models.
But his greatest accomplishment might be that his father now enjoys music!
59. All of the following belongs to Blunt EXCEPT__________.
A. Back to Bedlam                 B. Silent Night     
C. Goodbye My Lover              D. You’re Beautiful
60. Which of the following proves “Blunt took an unusual path to stardom”?
A. Blunt was 34 when be became famous.
B. Blunt recorded his most famous song in a bathroom.
C. Blunt’s father wanted him to have a secure job.
D. Blunt began to pursue a career in music after military service.
61. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. Blunt is living in Los Angeles at present
B. Blunt rose to fame two years after he left the army
C. Blunt became successful immediately he recorded his first song
D. Blunt has changed his father’s attitude towards music
62. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Blunt’s visit to China              B. Blunt’s military life.
C. How Blunt became famous          D. How Blunt father fell in love with music.