【正文】 hat and thus it built my confidence.”29. Susan Boyle is A. a judge B. a reporter C. a beauty D. a Scottish woman30. Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because______.A. she was confident of her singingB. she was satisfied with the judgesC. she was pretty and in good shape全品中考網(wǎng) D. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables31. According to the passage, which is NOT true?A. It was the vocal talents that built Susan’s confidence.B. Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school.C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.D. Simon Cowell didn’t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the first sight.32. What can we learn from Susan Boyle’s success?A. It’s never too old to learn.B. It’s easier to succeed at the age of 47.C. If you have a dream, try to make it e true!D. If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead.CThe Hawaiian Islands are lying about two thousand miles away from North America, right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Despite(不管) the distance the Islands actually make up the fiftieth state of the United States. The Islands were all formed by volcano eruption(火山爆發(fā))and on the largest of the islands, Hawaii, or the Big Island, there are still two active volcanoes, the Mauna Loa and the Kilauea, which still erupt every few years. On the Hawaiian islands the natives have a particularly strange way of indicating(指明) directions. They don’t use the north, south, east and west system mon to the rest of the world. They use the mauka and makai system. Mauka means mountain. The mountains in Hawaii are always at the center of the islands, as these are volcanic islands. Makai means the sea. The islands are small and the system is simple. Wherever you want to visit, it can always be described in terms of where it lies in relation to the mountains and the sea. A typical conversation(談話) between a native Hawaiian and a visitor might go as follows. VISITOR： Excuse me! Could you tell me where the Sheraton Hotel is?HAWAIIAN: Well ... Let me see! From here it’s two blocks mauka, and then one block makai. You can’t miss it!33. This article would be most likely to appear in which of the following? A. A novel. B. A collection of stories.C. A travel book. D. A women’s magazine.34. Which is the most suitable title for the article?A. The Big Island. B. Giving Directions in Hawaii.C. Volcanoes. D. The Hawaiian Islands.35. In Hawaii the mountains are in the center of the islands because_____. A. of the weather B. that’s where they originally are
C. the islands were created by volcanic eruptionsD. of the islands’ location in the pacific36. To find your way in Hawaii, you must _______.A. refer to geographical directionsB. refer to well known establishmentsC. refer to the location of the mountains and the seaD. refer to the earth and the seaDTo what degree can a puter achieve intelligence(智力)? The answer to this question may lie in a newlydeveloped US puter program called Smarter Child on the Internet.If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city area across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns. “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a hightech building in California.”Smarter Child uses the vast(大量的) information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spe