Maria lives in the beautiful countryside．She usually gets up early in the morning， 16  she’s never late for schoo1．After getting up，she often showers and has a good breakfast．Then she  17  for school at around 6：30．  18  her home is very far from school，she likes riding her bike better than  19 the bus．It takes her about an hour   20  her bike．It’s so long! On the way，she sings and sings so she always feels  21 ．Also she thinks that it’s good for her health   22  to school by bike．
After school she usually goes back   23  with her friend，Linda．Linda’s home is nearer than Maria’s． It’s only three miles from her home   24  schoo1．Linda likes riding，too．And she also thinks that it is a good  25 of transportation．

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When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely．

Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyb's voice．”This lady came up，and I'm thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.

The performance was posted On line and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．

Speaking from her home in Scotland．Ms. Boyle said that she hadn't thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that's hardly a makeover．”she added．

Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．’’

1.Susan Boyle is __________．

2.Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing

because _________.

3.According to the passage，which is NOT true?

4.What can we learn from Susan Boyle's success?

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1.Can you spend some time              (解释)the project to us in detail?

2.You can ask Tom for help when you have difficulty making a         (决定)．

3.If you want your dog to be happy．You should           (匀出)at least half an hour to play with it every day．

4.Can you see any            (蝴蝶)among the flowers?

5.Our teachers are very good．They always make their classes        (活泼的)and interesting．

6.Jack is very busy．Has he          (回答)to your last e-mail?

7.Our English teacher often            (划分)us into groups of four to organize class activities．

8.—Who __________(发现)America?  —Columbus．

9.What an          (patient)boy Eric is ! He only waited for ten minutes and he was very angry．

10.Millie is always             (satisfy) with a small success．

11.It’s not good for you to stay alone sadly．You need someone to share your____(happy)．

12. Kitty doesn’t know what to do next, so she has no        (choose)but to call her friend, Lily for help．

13.I don’t think their suggestions are            (value)to us．

14.Don’t keep your worries to         (you) , Jim and Tom．

15.The project was finished          (success) on time by them．