2014职称英语考试综合类概括大意练习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(音乐厅)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(试唱). 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 第二段首先介绍了operatunity 这个把 opera 和 opportunity 结合起来杜撰的一个新词，然后介绍了Denise Leigh 和 Jane Gilchrist 这两个普普通通的女人是如何在竞赛中胜出而成名的。

　　24 D 第二段简单介绍了她们两人在成名之前的生活状态。

　　25 C 第三段讲的是她们获奖成名后到各地巡演和受到的殊荣。

　　26 B 第四段的第一句话就是 But it wasn't all so easy ，做名人也有难处, 这一段里讲到她们遭遇的种种难处，如等待、到处旅行、不能照看孩子、要对付媒体等。

　　27 D 这个杜撰的词的意思就是通过演唱歌剧而获得机会，所以这个类似达人秀的电视节目为业余的歌剧演唱者提供了成名的机会。

　　28 F 这两位幸运的女性在成名之前很大的一部分时间和精力都是用在抚养孩子身上的。从第二段可见。

　　29 C 在各地巡演时，她们两人都得请别人来照看自己的孩子。这从第四段里的这句话可以看到：They couldn't take their children with them while they were away singing so they had to organise childcare.

　　30 A 成名后，她们要学会做的一件事就是如何面对媒体。从第四段里的这句话可见：They also had to learn to deal with the media.