题目内容
Pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty(皇室).Wherever they go,people turn out in their thousands to greet them.The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling,colorfully dressed idols.The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls Royces,private helicopters or executive aeroplanes.They are surrounded by a permanent entourage(随从)of managers,press agents and bodyguards.Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported,for,like royalty,pop stars are news.If they enjoy many of the privileges of royalty,they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well.It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public.They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize them.They are no longer private individuals,but public property.The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated,for their rates of pay are great.
And why not?Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly.The great days of Hollywood have become legendary:famous stars enjoyed fame,wealth and adulation(奉承)on an all time scale.By today's standards,the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular.A single gramopphone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did.The competition for the title“Top of the Pops”is fierce,but the rewards are truly huge.
It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way.Don't the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their companies and their countries?Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency—often more than large industrial companies—and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contributions to the exchequer(国库).So who would begrudge them their rewards?
It's all very well for people in boring jobs to complain about the successes and rewards of others.People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg.For every famous star,there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living.A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards.He has chosen security and peace of mind,so there will always be a limit to what he can earn.But a map who attempts to become a star is taking enormous risks.He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top.He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure.But he knows,too,that the rewards for success are very high indeed:they are the payback for the huge risks involved and once he makes it,he will certainly earn them.That's the essence of private enterprise.
1.The author develops the passage mainly by ________.
A.comparing different ideas
B.giving explanations
C.inferring
D.listing typical examples
2.The underlined word “begrudge” in the third pararaph is closest in meaning to ________.
A.be jealous of? ????????????? B.be satisfied with
C.be anxious about? ????????????? D.be crazy about
3.According to the passage,which of the following can match the view of the author?
A.He who laughs last laughs best.
B.If you venture nothing,you will gain nothing.
C.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
D.Success belongs to the persevering.
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.People are blind in idolizing stars.
B.There is fierce competition in becoming pop stars.
C.The government taxes pop stars very little.
D.Pop stars' life is more luxurious than that of royalty.
1.B
2.A
3.B
4.B
【解析】明星的生活总是令人羡慕不已。他们的生活中有光鲜的一面:不菲的收入,以豪华汽车和私人飞机代步,一言一行都成为人们关注的焦点……然而,我们也应看到,他们活得很累,他们为成功所付出的艰辛和代价是一般人难以想象的。
1.篇章结构题。本文主要通过解释向读者阐明道理。
答案 B
2.词义猜测题。结合上下文的语境判断本句意:谁会对他们所得到的感到妒忌、不满呢?接下来作者讲了一般人从事枯燥但稳定的工作,所以这里意思是:从事稳定工作的人会妒忌这些明星。
答案 A
3.推理判断题。根据最后一段可知,想成为明星就要冒更大的风险,然而一旦成功,回报也是丰厚的,那些选择了稳定工作的人是没有权利期待高额回报的。“If you venture nothing,you will gain nothing.”意为:不入虎穴,焉得虎子,即要成功就要冒险。
答案 B
4.细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的“He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top.”以及第二段的最后一句可知答案。
答案 B
It may seem to be a hard task to trace back the history of rap music, though you often see the informal music associated with highly informal dance style. As far as the origin of rap music is concerned, most people agree that it is from Afro-American and Latino Street culture of New York City. Not only in this city but in the surrounding areas there is the influence of African people and their culture.
Rap is a vocal (口头的) style in which the performer speaks rhythmically and in rhyme, generally to a beat. The term of rap music is the same with hip-hop music typically-consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap. If we see it carefully, then we will definitely notice that the music usually is sung at higher pitches (调). Most of the time rap music is associated with chorus. Though rap music was primarily an American music style with African influence over its music and lyrics, recently it has been spread to almost the entire world.
There is hardly any country or nation where rap music cannot be seen in some form or another, and it is one of the most popular music styles among the youngsters. However, when it comes to its history, it is believed that hip-hop or rap music started in the early 1970s,and gained much popularity throughout the world during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The history of rap music and hip-hop music is full of controversies (争议) and bans, as the lyrics sometimes relate to drugs and crime; even most famous pop stars and hip-hop musicians and singers were found to be associated with the controversies in their life. For that reason, no matter how popular this music style was or still is, it has always had a bad reputation in the eyes of mainstream society.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about _____.
A.when rap music started | B.how rap music develops |
C.what rap music is like | D.why rap music is popular |
A.solo, rhymes,beats and pops |
B.speaking, rhythms,beats and solo |
C.repeating, speaking, pops and chorus |
D.speaking, rhymes, beats and chorus |
A.the teenagers in Africa |
B.all kinds of people in the world |
C.the youngsters all over the world |
D.the young people in the US |
A.it comes from the lower class |
B.it has a short history |
C.it is associated with crimes and drugs |
D.its music is full of controversies |
Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear(鞋类)in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits(展品)from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.
Room 1 The celebrity(名人)footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities’ choice of footwear extremely interesting.
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Room 2 Most of our visitors are amazed —and shocked— by the collection of “special purpose”shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk, that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!
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Room 3 As well as shoes and boots the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that like legs!
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The footwear Library People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.
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1.Where would you find a famous singer’s shoes?
A. Room1. B. Room 2. C. Room 3 D.The footwear Library
2.All exhibits in each room ________________ .
A. share the same theme B. have the same shape
C. are made of the same material D. belong to the same social class
3.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.
B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.
C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.
D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.
4.The purpose of the text is to get more people to __________________.
A. do research B. design shoes
C. visit the museum D. follow celebrities