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【题目】，

There is an English saying that goes, “ He who laughs last laughs the hardest.” High School Musical star and teen heartthrob Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.

As a young boy, Efron was picked on in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased（取笑） because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efron’s basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime (加时赛) , with three seconds Left, he rebounded the ball and passed it to the wrong team! They scored and his team lost the game.

But history ,as they say, is a thing of the past. Now at 21, Efron is one of People magazine’s l00 Most Beautiful People, graces（使增加光彩）the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood’s most influential magazine, and is travelling the world promoting the third High School Musical film Director Adam Shankman described Efron as “arguably biggest teen star in America right now”． Simply google “Zac Efron” and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days.

Efron was born and raised in California. He took school seriously. He would flip out(发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown It was his father who encouraged him to act. He took part in school performances and with a local theatre group, He also took singing lessons. He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted by the University of Southem California to study film But he deferred（延缓） because he anted to know why to study movies and when could star in them.

Now he has signed on to Sin the romantic comedy Seventeen Again and to play in the remake of the hugely popular movie, Footloose. Efron is also earning more than $ 3 million for his role in High School Musical 3 , not bad for a 21-year-old youth. But Efron still remembers those bullies(侮辱，威胁).

“You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admire,” Efron said. ‘Also, when you get made fun of, when people point out your weaknesses, it’s an opportunity for you to rise above.”

Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.

【1】How do you understand the underlined sentence “But history, as they say, is a thing of the past. “ in Paragraph 3?

A. History is a collection of the past.

B. Zac Efron’s history is wonderful,

C. Different from history, Efron is quite popular now,

D. History plays an important role in Zac Efron’s life.

【2】 What did Zac Efron do when he was laughed at?

A. He couldn’t accept the fact in the beginning, so he escaped.

B. He was so angry that shouted at the person who teased him．

C. He cried and told the whole matter to his father to get comfort.

D. He cheered himself up and used it as a motivation to move on

【3】 What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A. It mainly talks about Zac Efron’s history.

B. It mainly focuses on how Zac Efron grew up.

C. It talks about how Zac Efron dealt with his business.

D. It rnainly talks about Zac Efron’s success in career,

【4】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Zac Efron was laughed at because he was the most foolish guy in the class.

B. Zac Efron is promoting his fourth High School Musical film in the world.

C. He once helped the other team win a match when he was playing basketball.

D. In his growing process to be a famous actor, his mother played a key part.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】D

【4】 C

【解析】【1】 此句话作为第三段的开头，着重表示历史已成为过去，现在主人公取得了巨大的成功。

【2】 根据全文可知，主人公面对嘲笑没有逃避、没有退缩，相反，他振奋精神，利用别人的嘲笑作为前进的动力。

【3】 第三段主要讲述了主人公事业上的成功。 39.C 点拨由文章第二段可知。