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LOS ANGELES-British singing sensation Susan Boyle’s first album quickly climbed to No. 1 on U.S. album charts on Wednesday with sales of 701,000 copies, beating new releases by Adam Lambert and Rihanna and becoming the best-selling debut(首次演出) of 2009. Boyle, 48, a frumpy Scottish singer, who became an international YouTube phenomenon after appearing on TV show “Britain’s Got Talent”, also topped the British album charts earlier this week.

Her “I Dreamed a Dream” release through Sony Music Entertainment, marked the best U.S. opening of a female artist's debut album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard.com said. It was also the fastest selling album in Britain this year and has topped the charts in Australia and Ireland.

Billboard said only one album in SoundScan’s tracking history had seen a bigger opening week than Boyle. U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg’s album “Doggystyle” sold 803,000 copies in its first week in 1993—before traditional album sales began tumbling(falling rapidly) in the face of piracy(盗版) and a shift to digital sales.

Although Boyle finally failed to win “Britain’s Got Talent”, her April trial hearing for the show has been viewed more than 300 million times on the Internet.

In a good week for stars of TV talent shows, “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert’s debut album “For Your Entertainment”, also released through Sony, debuted at No.3 on the Billboard 200 with 198,000 copies sold. Lambert’s strong showing followed headline news coverage of his bad televised live performance at the American Music Awards 10 days ago in which he aroused oral sex with a dancer and kissed a male keyboard player.

R&B singer Rihanna’s “Rated R”, her first studio album since being attacked by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown in February, bowed in at No.4 with 181,000 copies—the best sales week in the 21-year-old singer’s career.

Italian singer Andrea Bocelli held onto the No.2 spot for a third week with his “My Christmas” album with 218,000 new copies sold during the week, SoundScan said.

60. According to the passage, what albums were released through Sony Music Entertainment?

A. Doggystyle and I Dreamed a Dream.

B. For Your Entertainment and I Dreamed a Dream.

C. Rated R and Doggystyle.

D. My Christmas and For Your Entertainment.

61. What do you learn from the passage?

      A. Doggystyle marked the biggest opening week in SoundScan’s tracking history.

B. I Dreamed a Dream was the fastest selling album in English-speaking countries.

      C. Upon its release, Boyle’s first album ranked first on album charts on Wednesday.

      D. Boyle became world-famous after she won Britain’s Got Talent.

62. Who may perform crazily and leave audience a bad impression?

      A. Susan Boyle.       B. Andrea Bocelli.      C. Rihanna.        D. Adam Lambert.            

63. From the passage we can conclude _______.

      A. The albums could have sold better if it had not been for piracy and a shift to digital sales

      B. Boyle became world-famous because she was a female artist.

      C. Being attacked by her then-boyfriend might decrease the sales of Rihanna’s Rated R.

      D. Andrea Bocelli’s album My Christmas only kept the No. 2 spot for two weeks.

（2010·山东东营一中高三上第一次阶段检测）     29. ________ the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot about firefighting.

A. Having searched  B. To search        C. Searching         D. Search

（2010·黑龙江哈九中高三上第二次月考）      35. They began to think about______ could be made of these valuable materials.

A. how use       B. full use      C. better use        D. what use

（2010·山东育才中学高三9月月考）      33．Behind the hill lies the school          I’ve studied for three years.

A．where     B．when      C．there D．which

（2010·山东圣泽中英文学校高三上第一次阶段测试）   28. Have you heard of it? Firefighters rushed into a burning house, three of them unfortunately _______ in and ________ their lives.

A. catching; lost               B. caught; lost   

C. caught; losing   D. catching; losing

（2010·浙江瑞安中学高三10月月考）     34. Over the past 30 years, China has spent hundreds of billions of yuan to pull its rural population out of poverty. Now China’s Anti-poverty efforts __________.

   A. pay off B. pay up       C. pay back    D. pay for

（2010·江苏淮安中学高三第一次阶段闯关测试）29. His expenses do not correspond ______ his income.

A. to             B. on  C. in           D. of

（2010·北京市通州区高三一模）    27．He is the only one of the employees who            sent abroad for further training

  For five years．

 A．is    B．are    C．have been D．has been

（2010·安徽合肥高三第一次教学质量检测） 29. – Mum, would you please buy me a MP5 player?

– If you can help do the dishes the whole vacation，you         ______have one as a reward·

A. must       B. need       C. would       D. shall

（2010·山东潍坊高考模拟训练A）   32. Teachers` advice of       stress over the school days must be granted by the headmaster.

A. students to reduce                             B.students reducing

C.students reduced                              D.students being reduced