3、If you take a look at the best-selling books in the UK these days, it is almost certain that there will be a lot of autobiographies in that list. Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and actor Michael J Fox have all written them.
An autobiography is the story of a person’s life, written by that person. It is usually a very famous person who might tell us all about their childhood, how they became famous and any other interesting things that have happened in their lives.
Traditionally, someone would write an autobiography when they were older because they had had a long, successful life. However, these days there are many magazines with stories and photos of the stars which sell very well. Reality TV shows are extremely popular and lots of people become famous very easily just from being on the TV rather than being able to sing or act well. As a result, people become famous very quickly and as soon as they are famous, a lot of money can be made from writing an autobiography, even if they are very young.
So now you can find an autobiography from almost everyone who is in the public eye. Even though we can follow the lives of the stars very closely on TV or in magazines nowadays, we maybe don’t know how they live their lives from day to day. Autobiographies often give the information we never knew about the stars. The British public are very curious to find out more so they are very eager to read autobiographies.
Not every star wants to write though. Sometimes stars employ writers to write their life stories for them. The writer will interview the star, listen to everything they want to say, record interviews and then write the book based on their words. David Beckham did this with his book My Side.
Not everyone likes to read books regularly but they might like to read about the lives of stars. Autobiographies are helping to get more British people reading books. About 100 million autobiographies are sold in Britain every year. More stars depend on them for extra income and as more of these books appear in the shops, more people are sure to keep buying them.
1．An autobiography is .
A．always a best-seller in the UK
B．someone’s life story normally written by themselves
C．a magazine with stories and photos of a star
D．a program that tells us the lives of the stars nowadays
2．Traditionally, someone would write his autobiography when .
A．they became famous
B．they wanted to make money
C．they were older and had achieved a lot
D．they wanted to share their childhood with the readers
3．The writer probably would agree that autobiographies are good in that .
A．they tell us a lot about the everyday life of famous people
B．famous people earn a lot of money by selling them
C．they encourage people to read
D．we can learn a lot from them
1、面对繁重的高中学习任务，高中生对参加学校活动有着不同的看法，请以Taking Part in School Activities 为题，用英文写一篇150词左右的短文，着重介绍两种不同的观点和态度，最后谈你个人看法。不得署名。
△很多学生持拥护态度，认为既可以学到实践知识，又可以得到放松；
△不少学生不关心，认为学习就应该学习，学校活动与学习无关。嘲讽积极参加学校活
动的学生。
标题和开头已给，不计入总词数。少于或多于150词20个以上扣2分。
Taking Part in School Activities
As for school activities, students mainly hold two views.
35、从Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1. stays A. writes B. asks C. doors D. lakes
2. curtain A. gain B. certain C. bargain D. obtain
3. allow A. slowly B. crowded C. owing D. narrow
4. bathe A. bath B. thief C. healthy D. breathe
5. cover A. joke B. common C. second D. none
34、Let us suppose that you are in _____ position of _____ parent. Would you allow your child to do such a thing?
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
33、His application was turned down, _____ his health condition.
A. to consider B. considering C. considered D. being considered
32、We disagreed with each other ______ where we should stay during the trip.
A. as to B. as with C. as on D. as about
31、When we finally ______ to get home after the tiring long journey, we could hardly move a step further.
A. tried B. succeeded C. managed D. attempted
30、When caught ______, he begged for my pardon and tried ______ punishment.
A. cheating; escaping B. cheating; to escape
C. to be cheating; escaping D. to be cheating; to escape
29、A smile can help us ______ difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers.
A. go over B. get over C. go through D. get through