Operatunity
Operatunity
1.Operatunity is a TV talent show for 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， ”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.“ .
3.“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 .……“
4.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 6 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 ljust 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.
Paragraph 1______
A.Advice
B.Living the new life
C.The competition
D.Becoming famous
E.Their lives before
F.The difficult parts
Paragraph 2______
A.AdviceB.Living the new lifeC.The competitionD.Becoming famousE.Their lives before F.The difficult parts
Paragraph 3______
A.AdviceB.Living the new lifeC.The competitionD.Becoming famousE.Their lives before F.The difficult parts
Paragraph 4______
A.AdviceB.Living the new lifeC.The competitionD.Becoming famousE.Their lives before F.The difficult parts
Operatunity may help ordinary people to______.
A.help others out
B.take care of their children
C.deal with the media
D.raise their children
E.realize their dreams
F.see the world
Before becoming famous, Denise and Jane worked in order to______.
A.help others outB.take care of their childrenC.deal with the mediaD.raise their children E.realize their dreamsF.see the world
While traveling, Denise and Jane had to ask someone to______.
A.help others outB.take care of their childrenC.deal with the mediaD.raise their children E.realize their dreamsF.see the world
Being celebrities, Denise and Jane had to learn to______.
A.help others outB.take care of their childrenC.deal with the mediaD.raise their children E.realize their dreamsF.see the world