2014職稱英語考試綜合類概括大意練習(xí)1

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　　Operatunity

　　Operatunity is a TV talent show for amateur opera singers. The winners get the chance to sing with the English National Opera. When two housewives， Denise Leigh and Jane Gilchrist won in 2002，their lives changed forever，As they sang Verdi's Rigoletto at the Coliseum(音樂廳)in Rome，they were transformed from working mothers into opera celebrities(名人)。

　　"I live in the village I was born in，" says Denise，who is blind. "Lots of my neighbours are family，and my life is all about my three children." Jane， who worked as a cleaner and a shop assistant，was in a similar situation. She says，"AII l had to look forward to was seeing my four children grow up，and I love that，but... you think 'there must be more to life'. Winning Operatunity has opened up avenues I never knew existed." .

　　"This last year has been amazing," Denise continues. "Last month was Paris，before that we were recording at Abbey Road，in London，and recently we had our album launch at the Royal Opera House." "We've been treated like princesses", laughs Jane. "... champagne，chocolates，five-star hotels..."

　　But it wasn't all so easy. For Denise，the worst part was waiting at the beginning. "After l'd sent in my application form I worried for a month. Then I had to wait ten days after my first audition(試唱). That was awful." Even when they won the competition they were allowed to tell their close family but they weren't allowed to tell anyone else until later. Denise and Jane also found the travelling difficult. They couldn't take their children with them while they were away singing so they had to organise childcare. However，there's been no problem with the physical side of singing："We didn't have to worry about

　　that as we've had lots of help and wonderful voice training", says Jane. They also had to learn to deal with the media. "The kids loved the fact that they could stay up and watch us on TV，but l just couldn't understand why some newspapers were more interested in the fact I divorced at 21，rather than the fact I had just sung at the Coliseum." says Denise.

　　23. Paragraph 1 _________

　　24. Paragraph 2 _________

　　25. Paragraph 3 _________

　　26. Paragraph 4 _________

　　A. The competition

　　B. The difficult parts

　　C. Living the new life

　　D. Their lives before

　　E. Advice

　　F. Becoming famous

　　27. Operatunity may help ordinary people to ________

　　28. Before becoming famous，Denise and Jarie worked in order to________

　　29. While traveling，Denise and Jane had to ask someone to ________

　　30. Being celebrities，Denise and Jane had to learn to ________

　　A. deal with the media

　　B. see the world

　　C. take care of their children

　　D. realize their dreams

　　E. help others out

　　F. raise their children

　　答案：

　　23 F 第二段首先介紹了operatunity 這個把 opera 和 opportunity 結(jié)合起來杜撰的一個新詞，然后介紹了Denise Leigh 和 Jane Gilchrist 這兩個普普通通的女人是如何在競賽中勝出而成名的。

　　24 D 第二段簡單介紹了她們兩人在成名之前的生活狀態(tài)。

　　25 C 第三段講的是她們獲獎成名后到各地巡演和受到的殊榮。

　　26 B 第四段的第一句話就是 But it wasn't all so easy ，做名人也有難處, 這一段里講到她們遭遇的種種難處，如等待、到處旅行、不能照看孩子、要對付媒體等。

　　27 D 這個杜撰的詞的意思就是通過演唱歌劇而獲得機會，所以這個類似達人秀的電視節(jié)目為業(yè)余的歌劇演唱者提供了成名的機會。

　　28 F 這兩位幸運的女性在成名之前很大的一部分時間和精力都是用在撫養(yǎng)孩子身上的。從第二段可見。

　　29 C 在各地巡演時，她們兩人都得請別人來照看自己的孩子。這從第四段里的這句話可以看到：They couldn't take their children with them while they were away singing so they had to organise childcare.

　　30 A 成名后，她們要學(xué)會做的一件事就是如何面對媒體。從第四段里的這句話可見：They also had to learn to deal with the media.