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For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her . As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy any more and singing in front of crowds.

I asked Candy how life was different she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what to say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost for me now because there are always guards around me.”

What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to your normal life. You can never imagine how the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only people make it to the top.

1.A.Asia B. Asian C. America D. Africa

2.A.shyness B. illness C. sadness D. happiness

3.A. refuses B. dislikes C. minds D. loves

4.A. after B. before C. since D. until

5.A. money B. chance C. attention D. introduction

6.A. possible B. possibly C. impossible D. impossibly

7.A. give up B. give in C. give out D. give away

8.A. exciting B. easy C. important D. difficult

9.A. and B. but C. so D. for

10.A.the number of B. a large number of C. a small number of D. a number of

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：为了这个月的《年轻世界》杂志，作者采访了 19 岁的亚洲明星坎迪·王。她介绍一些成为明星的感受。坎迪对所有的想出名的那些年轻人说的话: 你必须准备好放弃你的正常生活。你永远无法想象通往成功的路是多么困难。

1. Asian亚洲的；C. America美国；D. Africa非洲。联系句意：为了这个月的《年轻世界》杂志，我采访了 19 岁的亚洲明星坎迪·王。结合下文，明确她是亚洲明星。故选B

2. illness生病；C. sadness 伤心；D. happiness幸福。联系句意：坎迪告诉我她过去非常害羞，于是开始用唱歌来对付她的羞怯。现在她不再羞怯了，并且很喜欢在观众面前唱歌。分析：考查害羞的名词用法，下文提到她不在shy，因此选择第一项。故选A

3. refuses拒绝；B. dislikes不喜欢；C. minds介意；D. loves爱。联系句意：坎迪告诉我她过去非常害羞，于是开始用唱歌来对付她的羞怯。现在她不再羞怯了，并且很喜欢在观众面前唱歌。分析：考查固定短语love doing sth.喜欢做某事。故选D

4. after之后；B. before之前；C. since自从；D. until直到。联系句意：我问坎迪在她成名之后生活有怎样的不同。 她解释说有很多好的事情， 如总是能够旅游和认识新朋友。分析：两句之间的关系，表示在成名之后的不同点，因此运用连词after.故选A

5. money钱；B. chance机会；C. attention注意；D. introduction介绍。联系句意：坎迪说：“我过去在学校里不受欢迎，但是，现在我去哪里都受到极大关注。 ”分析：她成为明星之后，一定是受到人们的关注，结合选项第三项符合。故选C

6. possible可能；B. possible大概；C. impossible不可能；D. impossibly不可能地。联系句意：坎迪说：因为在我的周围总是有警卫，所以现在对我来说和朋友们一起闲逛几乎是不可能的。通过前文的描述，明确她想与朋友闲逛是不可能的事情，结合明星的现实生活，面对这种情况一定是不可能的impossible.故选C

7. give up放弃；B. give in 屈服；C. give out 分发；D. give away捐赠。联系句意：坎迪对所有的想出名的那些年轻人说的话: 你必须准备好放弃你的正常生活。你永远无法想象通往成功的路是多么困难。通过她对自己成名前与后的对比，因此，准备好放弃你正常的生活。所以选择词组放弃。故选A

8. exciting令人兴奋的；B. easy容易的；C. important重要的；D. difficult困难的。联系句意：坎迪对所有的想出名的那些年轻人说的话: 你必须准备好放弃你的正常生活。你永远无法想象通往成功的路是多么困难。结合实际，成为一个明星之路，一定会有许多的困难。考查感叹句的用法how difficult!故选D

9. and和；B. but 但是；C. so因此；D. for为。联系句意：坎迪对所有的想出名的那些年轻人说的话: 许多次我考虑放弃，但我继续战斗。你真的需要很多才艺和努力工作才能取得成功。只有很少一部分人做到最好。分析：她表述的两句话进行了转折，前面为放弃，后面坚持。因此运用but.故选B

10. number of数量；B. a large number of大量的；C. a small number of小量的；D. a number of许多。 联系句意：坎迪对所有的想出名的那些年轻人说的话: 许多次我考虑放弃，但我继续战斗。你真的需要很多才艺和努力工作才能取得成功。只有很少一部分人做到最好。结合实际情况，面对成为明星的人，只是一少部分人。故选C

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