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

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

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?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為，許多童星的未來都是悲劇。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)she started acting and modeling when she was eight 她八歲時(shí)開始表演和當(dāng)模特，故選A。

2.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)she won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the 1992 movie 可以推測(cè)出獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，故選B。

3.細(xì)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。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Recent tabloid (小報(bào)) news headlines featuring the troubles of former child stars,成為童星可能會(huì)對(duì)未來帶來不利的影響，故選B。

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(duì)于童星有不同的認(rèn)識(shí)，故選C。

考點(diǎn)：人物類短文閱讀。