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Operatunity
1 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）.
2 "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,"All I 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."
3 "This last year has been amazing,"Denise continues."Last mouth was Paris,before that we werere--
cording 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…”
4 But it wasn't all so easy.For Denise,the worst part was waiting at the beginning."After I'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 organize 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 I 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. Paragraph1__________
Operatunity
1 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）.
2 "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,"All I 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."
3 "This last year has been amazing,"Denise continues."Last mouth was Paris,before that we werere--
cording 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…”
4 But it wasn't all so easy.For Denise,the worst part was waiting at the beginning."After I'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 organize 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 I 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. Paragraph1__________
参考答案: D
参考解析: 第一段主要讲述了Denis。和Jane赢得了比赛，从普通人变成了名人的这一事实。由本 段最后一句中的“…from working mother into opera celebrities（名人）”也可知。
本段主要讲述了在她们以前的生活中最重要的事就是抚养孩子，故本段谈的是她们以
由本段最后一句话中的“champagne ,chocolates ,five-star hotels"（即香槟、巧克力、五星级 前的生活。的宾馆）可知，本段讲的是她们新的生活。
第四段讲述了她们开始参赛的情景，她们的试唱以及比赛对她们的要求可知，本段主 要讲的是比赛。
由第一段可知，Denis。和Jane是平凡的主妇，可通过Operatunity这一节目成为名人，实现了她们的梦想，故选E。
由第二段中的“…My life is all about my three children...Jane...was in a similar situation"可知，她们以前的主要任务是抚养孩子。故选D。
由第四段中的“so they had to organize childcare...”可知，当她们参加比赛对，她们不能 照顾孩子，只能安排别人照顾孩子。
由第四段中的“They also had to learn to deal with the media...”可知选C。