Does Fame Drive You Crazy? Although being famous might sound like a dream come t
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Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today’s stars, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world’s attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.
According to psychologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities — famous people — worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villarreal says, “they feel separated and alone.”
The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain (抱怨) about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.
Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.
If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is that there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.
Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that stars today________________.| A．are often misunderstood by the public | | B．can no longer have their privacy protected | | C．spend too much on their public appearance | | D．care little about how they have come into fame |
小题2:What is the main idea of Paragraph3?| A．Great heroes of the past were generally admired. | | B．Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers. | | C．Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids. | | D．The problem faced by celebrities has a long history. |
小题3:What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?| A．Availability of modern media. | | B．Inadequate social recognition. | | C．Lack of favorable chances. | | D．Huge population of fans. |
小题4:What is author’s attitude toward modern celebrity?| A．Sincere. | B．Skeptical. | C．Disapproving | D．Sympathetic. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：本文叙述了现在的名人面临许多问题。们人们没有隐私可言，那些小报记者，用先进的摄像机躲在名人家附近拍照，通过网络快速的传播。其实名人面临的问题已经有很长的历史。许多名人已经厌倦出名了。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第一段的They are at the center of much of the world’s attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives.可知现在的名人有很多媒体关注着，因此没有隐私可言。故选B。
小题2:主旨大意题。根据第三段的The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. 可知名人面临大家的关注，没有隐私的现象已经有很长的历史。故选D。
小题3:推理判断题。根据第四段的 photographers with modern cameras.和there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.可知现在的媒体越来越先进，报道的又快有多，因此名人的境况更难了。故选A。
小题4:推理判断题。根据最后一段的They are tired of being famous already.可知作者认为名人已经厌倦出名了，从中可推测作者同情名人。故选D。 |
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Last night I drove a long way (about 500 km) to return home. It was late and I was driving fast because I wanted to get home as soon as possible. So several times when I was driving behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, I wanted to shout at the driver ahead.
Then I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. As I drove near, it turned red. I stopped my car at once. I looked left，right and behind. I found no cars or persons — I was alone on the road. The person who would come to the crossroad was at least a mile away in any direction. Certainly going through the light would cause no danger. I could pass the traffic light. But strangely enough, I just stopped there, waiting for several minutes until the light went green. I asked myself why I refused to run the light. Surely it was unnecessary for me to be afraid of danger or being fined (罚款), because there were no cars or police around at all. But I remained waiting until the light changed.
When I finally got home, it was near midnight. My wife had fallen asleep. The question of why I stopped for that light came back to me again, because I stopped another two times for the red lights as “special” as the first one. I stopped, not because of the law, but because it was a good habit I had developed. In fact, we were used to doing something right just because we have made obeying the rules a good habit. We do it just because we should do it. I thought if another man met with the same thing, he would make the same choice. I believed so. And I could be trusted (信任) by others. I believed that everyone would and could control (控制) himself/herself well. It was amazing that we trusted each other to do the right things, wasn’t it?
小题1:When the author drove behind the slow-moving truck, he felt ____.| A．confused but happy | B．sleepy and tired | C．excited but tired | D．angry and worried |
小题2:Who made the author stopped at the crossroad?| A．A policeman. | B．The author’s wife. | C．The author himself. | D．Another driver. |
小题3:The author waited until the light went green because ____.| A．running the light would make him fined | B．he was afraid to cause an accident | | C．he was prevented by the passers-by | D．he was used to obeying traffic rules |
小题4:The author is a person who ____.| A．believes others easily | B．can control himself well | | C．treats others very unfriendly | D．is very experienced in driving |
小题5: We can infer from the passage that ____.| A．running the light could help the author get home earlier | | B．the author’s wife was angry because he got home late | | C．the truck driver in front of the author might be drunk | | D．it was very necessary to have very strict traffic rules |
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The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious （叛逆的） and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall, “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
小题1:What is the popularly- held image of teenagers?| A．They worry about their school life. | | B．They live in harmony with their parents. | | C．They have to be locked in to avoid making troubles. | | D．They quarrel a lot with their parents. |
小题2:The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______.| A．share family responsibility | B．cause trouble in their families | | C．go boating with their family | D．make family decisions |
小题3:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents______．| A．go to clubs more often with their children | | B．are much stricter with their children | | C．care less about their children’s life | | D．give their children more freedom |
小题4:According to the author, teenage rebellion _______．| A．may be a false belief | B．is common nowadays | | C．is based on real facts | D．resulted from changes in families |
小题5:What is the passage mainly about?| A．Negotiation in family. | B．Education in family. | | C．Harmony in family. | D．Teenage trouble in family. |
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Long working hours,the fewest holidays and the high cost of living mean the big salaries on offer（可使用的）in the UK do not go as far as those earned in other countries,making Britain and Ireland the worst places to live in Europe．
France and Spain are the two countries topping the European Quality of Life Index（指数）out today,according to the place comparison website Switch．com．
The French enjoy longer lives,better healthcare,more holidays and cheaper prices．In contrast Britons work three years longer and die two years younger after paying above the European average for fuel,food,alcohol and cigarettes．The amount we spend on healthcare and education is below the European average．
Only Ireland and Poland spend less,but Ireland has more doctors and hospital beds and Poland has more beds than the UK．People in Germany,Spain,France,Italy,the Netherlands and Sweden all enjoy longer life expectancy than Britons．And while we may be giving up work earlier,the average age at which we retire is still the fourth highest in Europe——and the UK state retirement age is set to rise．
Ann Robinson,of Switch．com,said:“There’s more to good living than money and this report shows why so many Britons are giving up on （对……不再抱希望）the UK and heading to France and Spain．We earn substantially more than our European neighbors,but this level of income is needed just to keep a roof over our heads,food on the table and our homes warm” ． “It’s giving us a decent standard of living,but it’s not helping us achieve the quality of life that people in other countries enjoy．For too long the focus in the UK had been on standard of living rather than quality of life．”
小题1:In Europe,to enjoy the best quality of life,you’d better live in _______．| A．Britian and Ireland | B．Spain and France | | C．Ireland and Poland | D．Britian and Italy |
小题2:Which of the following about the UK is TRUE according to the passage?| A．People in the UK pay more than the European average for fuel,food,alcohol and cigarettes． | | B．People in the UK enjoy the highest quality of life． | | C．People in the UK spend most on the healthcare and education． | | D．People in the UK die two years older than in France． |
小题3:The underlined word“decent”in the last paragraph means “_______”| A．good enough | B．bad enough | C．ordinary | D．neither bad nor good |
小题4:What do you think would be the best title for the passage?| A．Money is a must to make you live a good life． | | B．High standard of living means good quality of life． | | C．High standard of living is one thing and good quality of life is another． | | D．To live a good life,go to Britian． |
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You hear a rumor（谣言）from a friend,who heard it from another friend,who read it on a note passed in math class,which was written by somebody who probably just made it up．Chances are rumors are always spreading around your school．Sometimes it can be very hurtful．But why do people still do so?
When people are feeling bad about themselves,they sometimes think they’ll feel better if there were someone worse off than they are．It’s okey being near the bottom,as long as they’re not actually on the bottom．The easiest way for them to make sure someone else is on the bottom is to make up a rumor that puts him or her there．
If everybody else is spreading rumors,you might feel you have to do the same thing in order to fit in．Unfortunately,the person who the gossip or rumor is about is usually let out of the group for the same reason that you’re let into it．
When you know a secret that nobody knows,or are the first person in your group to hear a rumor,it can make you the center of attention．A rumor or piece of gossip is sometimes like money;telling it to people is like buying their attention．Certain people always want to be at the top of the ladder（梯子）．You probably know at least one person who wishes to be the leader,and make all the decisions．One way they do this is by reducing the status（地位）of another person．Spreading rumors and gossip is one way people reduce another person’s status．
Sometimes a period when everyone is happy and getting along just seems kind of dull．Spreading rumors might get two people to start a fight,and that would make life a little more exciting．All those newspapers and TV shows full of gossip about famous people are proving that rumors are a popular form of entertainment．
小题1:We know from Paragraph 2 that some people spread rumors to _______．| A．be more confident | B．feel like part of a group | | C．attract attention | D．be more powerful |
小题2:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 may mean some people _______．| A．love looking down from a high position． | | B．hope to become leaders． | | C．are not afraid of falling down． | | D．are fond of spreading rumors． |
小题3:What do we know from the last paragraph?| A．Famous people like spreading rumors． | | B．Rumors can make people feel bored． | | C．Some people seek excitement from rumors． | | D．There are many rumors in newspapers． |
小题4:The passage is mainly about ________．| A．what rumors mean | B．how hurtful a rumor is | | C．how people spread rumors | D．why people spread rumors |
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This is an open letter to the three people who stole my handbag from the department store where I am employed as a shop assistant.
When you took my bag, I don’t know what you thought you were going to get. With my wages, there"s not much left on a Tuesday. I hope the ￡5 was useful to you. If you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my check book. Of course, I phoned the bank right away and the check-cashing card is no longer valid, so it won’t be of much use to you.
Actually I don’t care about the money too much. We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash. However, I don’t suppose it went very far among the three of you. Sorry about that!
I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book. There were all kinds of papers and notes that I really need. I really think that was very inconsiderate of you. I mean, how would you like something like that to happen to you?
Well, perhaps the bag will turn up. It wasn’t even an expensive one, just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag. You probably threw it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. We"ve looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after you left the shop.
I"m not really angry with you. I know how the pressures of modern life can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things. I feel helpless. The police were very icy, and they just shrugged their shoulders. “It happens all the time,” they told me. Some small comfort, I suppose. But I’ve lost just a little more faith in human nature. And as my young son said when I told him what had happened, “Why? Mummy, why us?” I couldn"t answer that question. I wonder if you can.
小题1: In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to .| A．describe the contents of the bag in detail | | B．tell the thieves hardly any money was available | | C．state the fact that she was careless with the money | | D．give some suggestions to the three thieves |
小题2:Which of the following is the most valuable to the writer?| A．The cash in her bag. | | B．The handbag itself. | | C．The papers and notes in the bag. | | D．The check book in the bag. |
小题3:What can we conclude about the police?| A．They are unable to find the thieves. | | B．They show sympathy to the woman. | | C．They have doubts about human nature. | | D．They think the case quite common. |
小题4: Why does the author write the letter?| A．To give the thieves a serious warning. | | B．To express her affection for her valuable bag. | | C．To call people’s attention to their belongings. | | D．To complain about the fall of morality. |
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