I wasn’t surprised when I read that actress Helen Hunt recently stated that she would never allow her young daughter to become a child star. Ms Hunt is the daughter of a Hollywood technical director, and grew up in Hollywood. Now in her late 40s, she started acting and modeling when she was eight and has probably seen a lot over those years in show business.
She has had a successful career. She earned four Golden Globes and four Emmys. She also attained the top honor of her profession when she won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the 1992 movie, As Good As It Gets. Given those accolades, Ms Hunt is successful. There is no doubt that her early experiences as a child star prepared her for what has been an outstanding adult career. Given those achievements, why would this star declare she’ll never allow her daughter, now at the age of six, to follow in her footsteps?
Everyone familiar with the entertainment scene is aware of the reasons for her attitude. Recent tabloid (小報) news headlines featuring the troubles of former child stars, among them Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and the late Gary Coleman, may answer the question. Although Ms Hunt managed to become a successful grown-up star, she apparently believes she’s an exception.
What Ms Hunt may be suggesting is that many very young stars go through unnatural childhoods on movie and TV sets. While they’re earning big incomes, they’re so pampered (縱容) by directors and praised by fans; they may get false impressions that their lives will always be that way. Then, within a few years, when faced with reality, they’re hurt and confused. After all the overwhelming affection, they find they can’t deal with the problems. That’s often when drugs and alcohol take over their lives.
Helen Hunt has some other reasons why she doesn’t want her daughter to be in the entertainment business. Many child stars can never make a successful transition to meaningful adulthood. However, as with many Hollywood movies, I believe there are both good and bad scenes about how it can be played out in real life.
小題1:According to the passage, Ms Hunt _________.
A．started acting and modeling when she was a little girl
B．has been acting for about 30 years
C．is the daughter of a famous actor
D．started singing when she was eight
小題2:The underlined word “accolades” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_________”.
A．difficultiesB．a(chǎn)wardsC．salariesD．opinions
小題3:The author thinks Helen Hunt’s success is mainly due to _________.
A．her hard workB．the help of a technicaldirector
C．her experiences as a child starD．her talent and good luck
小題4:Helen Hunt wouldn’t allow her daughter to become a child star because she thinks _________.
A．child stars often take drugs and alcohol
B．being a child star may ruin her future
C．child stars aren’t able to solve their problems
D．it is difficult to succeed as a child actor
小題5:From the passage we can conclude that _________.
A．few child stars will succeed in the future
B．there is no way to save the entertainment business
C．the author has a different opinion about child stars
D．meaningful adulthood only belongs to non-child stars

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：本文敘述了盡管著名女演員Helen Hunt是童星出身，但她不同意六歲的女兒演電影，因為她認為，許多童星的未來都是悲劇。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)she started acting and modeling when she was eight 她八歲時開始表演和當模特，故選A。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)she won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the 1992 movie 可以推測出獎勵，故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)There is no doubt that her early experiences as a child star prepared her for what has been an outstanding adult career.早年的童星經(jīng)歷使她成年后有更加出色的事業(yè)，故選C。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Recent tabloid (小報) news headlines featuring the troubles of former child stars,成為童星可能會對未來帶來不利的影響，故選B。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)Many child stars can never make a successful transition to meaningful adulthood. 可以推出作者對于童星有不同的認識，故選C。
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A．typeB．growthC．choiceD．size

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

A long time ago, there was an emperor. One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and 16  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.  17  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 18  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He 19  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was 20  and tired, he did not stop 21  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was  22 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I 23  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only 24  a very small area to 25  myself.”
The above story is 26  to the journey of our 27 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more 28 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect our 29  , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding 30  and the things we love to do. One day 31  we look back, we will 32  that we don’t really need that much, 33  then we cannot turn back time for what we have 34 .
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only 35  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
小題1:
A．useB．coverC．workD．get
小題2:
A．Good B．Strange C．SureD．Interesting
小題3:
A．rodeB．ranC．expandedD．struggled
小題4:
A．kept onB．a(chǎn)sked forC．gave upD．succeeded in
小題5:
A．sadB．excitedC．confusedD．hungry
小題6:
A．butB．soC．becauseD．if
小題7:
A．sleepingB．a(chǎn)rguingC．dyingD．smiling
小題8:
A．push B．makeC．destroyD．prove
小題9:
A．need B．have C．findD．show
小題10:
A．live B．bury C．supportD．sleep
小題11:
A．usefulB．certainC．similarD．special
小題12:
A．futureB．pastC．historyD．life
小題13:
A．friendsB．progressC．discoveriesD．money
小題14:
A．healthB．career C．honorD．freedom
小題15:
A．thingsB．conditionC．peopleD．beauty
小題16:
A．beforeB．whenC．unlessD．since
小題17:
A．realizeB．regretC．a(chǎn)pologizeD．explain
小題18:
A．orB．untilC．howeverD．but
小題19:
A．savedB．missedC．reducedD．won
小題20:
A．possibleB．probableC．necessaryD．suitable

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