重庆市北大附中重庆实验学校高三英语专项题型复习（A）字数: 281 阅读时间：330 题数：5 难度：A recent surve y of teachers found that an unhealthy passion with celebrity culture is having a negative impact on British students studies and it discovered that celebrity couple, the Beckhams, are the favorites among most students. Many students are ignoring building their own careers to seek a chance at fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found.Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity many pupils wanted to follow while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.The survey said the celebrities that students aspired to mostly were David and Victoria Beckham who live in Los Angeles now. Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the surveys votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife.Almost half of the 300 teachers surveyed said pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing unsuitably.We are not surprised about the influence of celebrity culture in schools it reflects the current media passion with celebrities and the effect of celebrity culture on society as a whole, ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said in a statement.Celebrities can have a positive effect on pupils. They can raise pupils aspirations and desires for the future. However, celebrity culture can spread the idea that celebrity status is the greatest achievement and reinforce the belief that other career choices are not as valuable, said one primary school teacher. Too many of the pupils believe that school success is unnecessary, because they will be able to get fame and fortune quite easily through a reality TV show.1. The story mainly tells us that _.A. the Beckhams are mostly admired in BritainB. most students think that being pop stars is more valuable than other career achievementsC. the celebrity passion has a harmful impact upon British students studiesD. a survey was made recently about the popularity of the stars2. According to the survey, Victoria Beckham _.A. is a pop star most students admire B. goes in the second place of the celebrities admiredC. won two-thirds of the votes D. lives in New York now3. Why does the author mention that pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing “unsuitably”?A. The pupils think it interesting to pretend to be the celebrities.B. The behavior or the dress of celebrities can be followed as examples.C. The author wants to show the negative influence these celebrities had on the students.D. The author just wants to show being pop stars is very valuable to the students.4. What is not TRUE according to the story?A. Celebrities cant have positive impact on the students.B. Beckham and Victoria are husband and wife.C. The so-called celebrity culture does harm to the pupils ideas about achievement.D. Many students believe that school success is unnecessary.5. The best title of the story is _.A. Sports Star David Beckham B. Survey of Students about CelebritiesC. Harmful Effect of Celebrities on Students D. Better to Be Pop Stars Than Sports Stars（B）字数：281 阅读时间：330 题数：5 难度：Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of blubber to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.He was cold; he would shake, said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierres body and had small openings for his flippers.I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable, she said.One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.Schaller couldnt say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable.Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.1. Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _.A. not having a layer of blubb