When I was 13, my bedroom walls were covered with posters of the Monkees and Beatles. I wrote fan letters and daydreamed about meeting the objects of my affections. I begged my  parents to attend every rock concert and watch every TV show featuring my favorite celebrities; my friends and I discussed for hours all the things we would say and do when we met our favourite movie stars and pop singers. I drove my mother crazy ! But after a few years, my obsession stars faded as I matured and gained the confidence to socialize with “real” boys.

In the 35 years since I was a teenager, celebrity worship (崇拜) has increased among teens due to the explosion of television celebrity gossip shows, and instant access to celebrity news on the Internet. It’s no wonder that many teens are obsessed with stars when news programs are often filled with entertainment stories and the lives of celebrities.

Celebrity worship syndrome (综合征) is now considered a personality disorder. While it is normal for teenagers to follow the lives of their favorite stars, parents should try to monitor everything their child finds interesting. Parents should take action if they suspect a teen is too obsessed with celebrities and showing little interest in school or withdrawing from the family.  When teens talk a lot about celebrities and view them as just means of entertainment, this is considered normal celebrity worship. However, when a teenager is obsessed with a star and  often expresses a desire to have a close personal relationship with a celebrity or feels they have a special connection to a star, this may be the time for concern. Recent studies have shown that teens who develop an unhealthy obsession with celebrities often suffer from low self confidence and depression. Teens who are overly obsessed with stars often have damaged relationships with their parents.

1.The first paragraph is intended to tell us________.

A．parents needn’t worry about celebrity worship

B．celebrity worship can cause serious problems

C．it’s normal for a teen to have celebrity worship

D．celebrity worship only exists among teens

2.We can learn from the second paragraph that________.

A．the media greatly contributes to celebrity worship today

B．the author is surprised at celebrity worship

C．teens today are not so obsessed with celebrities

D．celebrities expose their lives too much

3.Parents should become concerned when their children________.

A．talk a lot about celebrities with others

B．put up celebrity posters in their bedrooms

C．ask to go to their favourite star’s concert

D．desire a close personal relationship with their favorite star

4.The last paragraph implies that________.

A．parents should not care too much about a child’s celebrity worship

B．celebrity worship syndrome can be a serious problem if left overlooked

C．children can normally get out of celebrity worship when they are older

D．children with celebrity worship usually have high opinion of themselves

5.What is most likely to be talked about in the paragraph following the passage?

A．The harm of celebrity worship syndrome.

B．More signs of celebrity worship syndrome.

C．What to do with children’s celebrity worship syndrome.

D．Who will suffer most from celebrity worship syndrome.

When I was 13, my bedroom walls were covered with posters of the Monkees and Beatles. I wrote fan letters and daydreamed about meeting the objects of my affections. I begged my  parents to attend every rock concert and watch every TV show featuring my favorite celebrities; my friends and I discussed for hours all the things we would say and do when we met our favourite movie stars and pop singers. I drove my mother crazy ! But after a few years, my obsession stars faded as I matured and gained the confidence to socialize with “real” boys.
In the 35 years since I was a teenager, celebrity worship (崇拜) has increased among teens due to the explosion of television celebrity gossip shows, and instant access to celebrity news on the Internet. It’s no wonder that many teens are obsessed with stars when news programs are often filled with entertainment stories and the lives of celebrities.
Celebrity worship syndrome (综合征) is now considered a personality disorder. While it is normal for teenagers to follow the lives of their favorite stars, parents should try to monitor everything their child finds interesting. Parents should take action if they suspect a teen is too obsessed with celebrities and showing little interest in school or withdrawing from the family.  When teens talk a lot about celebrities and view them as just means of entertainment, this is considered normal celebrity worship. However, when a teenager is obsessed with a star and  often expresses a desire to have a close personal relationship with a celebrity or feels they have a special connection to a star, this may be the time for concern. Recent studies have shown that teens who develop an unhealthy obsession with celebrities often suffer from low self confidence and depression. Teens who are overly obsessed with stars often have damaged relationships with their parents.
【小题1】The first paragraph is intended to tell us________.

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　　Before 1945, hardly anyone outside of New Mexico had ever heard of Alamogordo. In 1960 its population numbered 21, 723. Ever since 1898, when the town had been built by the Southern Pacific Railroad, Alamogordo had been a lonely town. The land around it was largely desert, and largely empty.

　　Because it was isolated (被隔离的) and because the weather was almost always clear and peaceful, a spot of desert near Alamogordo was chosen as the test site for the first atomic bomb ever exploded. The secret name of the test was Zero.

　　At dawn on July 16, 1945, the atomic bomb was set off. Observers agreed that they had witnessed (见证) something unlike anything ever seen by man before: a huge, colorful fireball, more brilliant than the sun, flashing as it rose for miles in to the air. Never before had man released (释放) so much power at one time, nor had any nation ever possessed a weapon as terrible and destructive as the atomic bomb.

　　For several weeks, the test was kept secret. When an atomic bomb was dropped from an American plane on Hiroshima, Japan, newspapers and radio stations all over America told of the test of the bomb in New Mexico. Almost everybody was surprised to learn where the bomb had been made and tested; the deserts of the Southwest had hidden the secret well.

　　When news of the atomic bomb and its destructiveness was announced, people all over the world wondered what other new weapons were being prepared in the New Mexico desert. Some people doubted that the secret of making atomic bombs could be kept from other countries. Some even doubted the wisdom of using so powerful a weapon. But no one doubted that a new kind of war had begun at Alamogordo, one summer morning in 1945.

1．What is the main topic of this passage?

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A．The secret of Alamogordo.

B．A new kind of war.

C．The destructive force of the first atomic bomb.

D．The selection of the test site for the first atomic bomb.

2．Which of the following is the main reason for choosing Alamogordo as the test site?

[　　]

A．It always had an enjoyable climate.

B．It was connected to other cities by a railway.

C．Its location would hide the secret well.

D．It was situated in southwestern New Mexico.

3．When was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

[　　]

A．As soon as the secret was let out.

B．At dawn on July 16, 1945.

C．Immediately after the test.

D．Several weeks after the test.

4．After the first atomic bomb explosion, everyone agreed that ________.

[　　]

A．it was wise to choose Alamogordo as the test site

B．man had entered the age of nuclear war

C．it was not wise to use such a powerful weapon

D．it was not possible to keep the technology of making atomic bombs a secret

5．The writer of the passage expressed his ________ over the matter.

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George Markov was a famous writer in Bulgaria. In 1969 he suspected that he was going to be imprisoned or killed because one of his plays was regarded as being an attack on leaders of Bulgaria. Markov managed to reach England and got a job with the BBC, writing something in Bulgaria.
   Some of the BBC programmes were critical of life in Bulgaria. Perhaps as a result of this, Markov received an anonymous telephone call warning him that he would be killed. In September 1978, Markov stopped his car in London and started to walk to his office. When he was passing a bus line, a man in the line seemed to drop his umbrella accidently. Markov felt a sudden pain in the leg.
    When Markov reached his office, he spoke about the matter to a friend. A few hours later, he began to feel hot. He was sent to hospital and died four days later. The doctors examined his body, and they were puzzled about the cause of his death. Scientists were asked to help and they found a tiny metal pellet in Markov’s leg. The scientists believed that the two holes in it must contain an unknown poison in them.
    A few weeks before Markov was “shot” with a poisoned pellet fired from an umbrella, another Bulgarian had the same experience in France. Towards the end of August 1978, Kostov felt a sharp pain in the back when he was leaving a railway station in Paris. He was ill for a few days but became well. When news of Markov’s death became known, Kostov was asked to return to hospital for examination. Doctors found a tiny pellet in his back, but it had stuck in an area from which the poison had not been able to spread.
The police in both countries are still searching for the reasons why both men were attacked. They hoped to catch their attackers.

1.Which of the statement is right about the underlined word?

   A．stranger　　　 B．well-known　 C．friendly   　　 D. unknown

2．Which of the following was not mentioned in the passage?
    A．George Markov was working for the BBC
    B．George Markov wrote many plays at that time
    C．kostov was “shot” with a poisoned pellet
    D．Both kostov and  George Markov died at last
3．According to the passage, Markov’s suspicions turned out to be       
    A．wrong　　 B．right　　　　　 C．reasonable 　 D．unreasonable
4．Who killed Markov?
    A．Bulgarian  B．not known 　　　 C． French 　　 D．British

5. We can infer that _________

A. Leaders in Bulgaria disliked  George Markov

B. The police didn’t find the person who killed George Markov

C. George Markov wrote some critical plays

D. George Markov lived in Bulgaria all his life