Question

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(bào)) 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.

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

2.The underlined word “accolades” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_________”.

A. difficulties B. awards

C. salaries D. opinions

3.The author thinks Helen Hunt’s success is mainly due to _________.

A. her hard work

B. the help of a technical director

C. her experiences as a child star

D. her talent and good luck

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

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

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文為夾敘夾議的文章，屬于社會(huì)文化類。通過(guò)“女演員Helen Hunt聲稱不愿意讓她的女兒成為童星”的話題對(duì)Helen Hunt的演藝生涯進(jìn)行了介紹，并且解釋了她不愿讓女兒成為童星的原因，但作者對(duì)此持有不同的意見。

1.“she started acting and modeling when she was eight”可知Ms Hunt在是小女孩時(shí)就開始表演和做模特了，故選A。

2.猜測(cè)詞義題。由文章第二段可知those accolades指代上文的four Golden Globes 、four Emmys and the Best Actress Academy Award，故選B。

3.觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。由文章第二段There is no doubt that her early experiences as a child star prepared her for what has been an outstanding adult career.可知作者認(rèn)為Helen Hunt’s的成功主要是因?yàn)樗�做童星時(shí)的經(jīng)歷。故選C。

4.推理判斷題。由文章第四和第五段內(nèi)容可推斷出Helen Hunt不愿意讓她的女兒做童星的原因是因?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為做童星可能會(huì)毀掉她的未來(lái)。故選B。

5.主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一段中的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.可得出結(jié)論，故選C。

考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)文化類短文閱讀。