毛额市鹌鹑阳光实验学校专题限时训练(二十一) [文化型阅读理解(一)]
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(一)
Celebrities(名人) have become a powerful influence on some people becau of their social position and their economic situation.
First, some people admire and imitate stars becau they allow themlves to be influenced by the media. Television, radio, and magazines invade(侵扰) the lives of spectators with a variety of shows, information, and publications about stars and their lives. For instance, Britney Spears has become the target of paparazzi(狗仔队). In May, Britney appeared at the front page of the most popular magazines revealing that she married her best friend in Vegas, Nevada. The media also invade stars’ lives becau reporters know they can get high profits from readers who buy and follow their favorite artists’ news.
Second, some fanatic audiences imitate their celebrities becau they lack confidence. So
me people who are shy and lack personality may find that imitating others will cau a good impression. For example, my cousin Jenny, who lacks a social life becau of her introverted(内向的) personality, believes that acting and dressing like Jennifer Lopez will make her popular in high school.
hoshinoFinally, veral fans of stars imitate them becau of peer(同龄人) pressure. Since my niece’s girl friends formed an Antonio Banderas’ fan club, she had also joined the group. Although she wasn’t a huge fan of his, now she collects most of Banderas’ posssions. In fact, when I asked Arianna, my niece, why she was part of Banderas’ fan club, she replied with a doubtful tone that she did not wish to be rejected by the other teens.
put的过去式In conclusion, it is true that celebrities play spectacular roles in their performances in Hollywood, which entertains myriad of people all over the world; however, modern celebrities influence audiences to the point where their fans admire and try to imitate artists’ lives.
( )1.What does the passage mainly tell us?陈冠希英文道歉
momentoftruthA．Why people are influenced by celebrities.
B．The harmful influence of celebrities.
C．What kind of people are influenced by celebrities.
D．How to avoid the influence of celebrities.
( )2.We can infer from Paragraph 2 that________.
A．media are on the side of the stars
B．stars know how to take advantage of media
C．media are on the side of the readers
D．media invade stars’ lives for their own good
( )3.Jenny acts and dress like Jennifer Lopez becau________.
A．she admires Jennifer Lopez’s personality
mayorB．she wants to become famous too
C．she wants to change her own personality
D．she lacks lfconfidence
( )4.Arianna joined the Antonio Banderas’ fan club to________.
A．ek encouragement from the star
B．be accepted by other teens
C．become a real fan of the star
D．learn more about the star
( )5.The author of the passage probably believes that________.
A．it’s easy for people to resist the influence of celebrities
B．all young people are easily influenced by celebrities
盈余公积是什么C．it’s no good for people to imitate celebrities blindly
元旦快乐的英语D．people can improve their personality by imitating their favorite stars
(二)
If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a cond language can lead to an increa in your brain power. Rearchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which process information. It is similar to the way that exerci builds muscles.翻译的意思
The study also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a cond language.
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A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons(土著的英国人) who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a cond language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a cond language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference is.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a cond language，” said the scientists.
It means that the change itlf increas the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has rearched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible，”he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a cond language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world，” explained the scientists.
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