In the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.

Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The True Idol” on April 6.

The idol is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version（改写本）of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”, on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act.

Hung’s response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s good, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: the off-key singing; the blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high; the terrible dancing; the hips jerking（摇摆）to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad. But, it was this very bad act that sold well.

Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America. ”

Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.

So, what does Hung think of this?

“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean ”

Now, he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour（魅力）or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.

What is the main idea of this passage?

       A．Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.

       B．Hung’s performance attracted the public eye.

       C．How an unsuccessful person became famous.

       D．Success sometimes does not require hard work.

Hung was popular in America for all the following reasons EXCEPT ________.

       A．his shirt and pants           B．his off-key singing

       C．his hips jerking        D．his excellent version

What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 6 refer to?

       A．William Hung.        B．Hung’s bad act.

       C．Hung’s website.              D．The public’s opinion.

Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

       a．The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.

       b．The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.

       c．Hung became popular among Americans.

       d．Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.

       e．Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.

       A．d, b, e, c, a     B．a, c, d, b, e      C．a, d, b, c, e      D．d, b, a, e, c

Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?

       A．His success was based on his own hard work.

       B．He attracted people’s attention in the contest.

       C．He was good-looking though he didn’t sing well.

       D．His character was completely different from other idols”

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断。如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Alaska is the largest of all fifty of the　　　　　　　　　　   1.________

USA. It was 1867 that President A. Johnson’s　　　　　　　　    2. ________

Secretary of state, Seward, bought Alaska for Russia.　　　　　　  3. ________

The buying of the land seemed at last something foolishly　　　　  4. ________

done. Not only was Alaska difficult to arrive,　　　　　　　　    5. ________

but it was hard to live in. And it appeared to be of no　　　　　　  6. ________

importance in time of war. Besides, there have volcanoes（火山）   7. ________

there and large areas are covering with snow　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________

all the year round. For these causes the buying of　　　　　　　　 9. ________

Alaska was called “Seward’s Folly” at that time.

However, great changes have been taken place since then.　　　　  10. ________

 

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断。如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Alaska is the largest of all fifty of the　　　　　　　　　　   1.________

USA. It was 1867 that President A. Johnson’s　　　　　　　　    2. ________

Secretary of state, Seward, bought Alaska for Russia.　　　　　　  3. ________

The buying of the land seemed at last something foolishly　　　　  4. ________

done. Not only was Alaska difficult to arrive,　　　　　　　　    5. ________

but it was hard to live in. And it appeared to be of no　　　　　　  6. ________

importance in time of war. Besides, there have volcanoes（火山）   7. ________

there and large areas are covering with snow　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________

all the year round. For these causes the buying of　　　　　　　　 9. ________

Alaska was called “Seward’s Folly” at that time.

However, great changes have been taken place since then.　　　　  10. ________

 

In the age of reality television．success isn’t the only way to the public eye．Failure can also create fame，just like William Hung，21，a native of Hong Kong．

Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network．They wilt publish a full-length record，titled “The True Idol” on April 6．

The idol （偶像） is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley He did a version（改写本）of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”，on January27．The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people．In the case of Hung，however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act．Hung’s response，“I already gave my best，so I have no regrets at all．”That’s good，because any common person would have found plenty to regret：The off-key singing．The blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high The terrible dancing The hips jerking（摇摆）to a beat that did not belong to the song，maybe not even to this planet．It was，by all accounts，bad．

But，it was this very bad act that sold well．

Marc Juris，president of Fuse，explained it this way，“Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom．completely oft-key and completely unworried That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America．”

Whatever it is，for the moment it is big．Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks．Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station．

So，what does Hung think of this?

“There were all these people saying things about me A lot were saying I was very courageous （有勇气的） and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean．”

Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour （魅力） or to accept it Returning to normal hasn’t been easy．

1．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly．

B．Hung’s performance attracted the public eye．

C．How an unsuccessful person became famous．

D．Success sometimes does not require hard work．

2．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 6 refers to?

A．William Hung．                              B．Hung’s bad act．

C．Hung’s website．                           D．The public’s opinion．

3．Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

a．The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung．

b．The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest．

c．Hung became popular among Americans．

d．Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best．

e．Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet．

A．d，b，e，c，a                         B．a，c，d，b，e

C．a，d，b，c，e                         D．d，c，b，a，e

4．Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?

A．His success was based on his own hard work．

B．He attracted people’s attention in the contest．

C．He was good-looking though he didn’t sing well．

D．His character was completely different from other idols’．