夏倚荣英语学习系列·全国研究生入学英语考试·考前冲刺试卷CA 49. According to the passage, the author considers forecasting of El Nino to be SUMMER NETEM: CA7 [INconclusive B]effortless [C] informative precise 50. What is the passage mainly about [AJA trace to the mysteries of El Nino C] Exposure to the myths of El Nino [B]An vivid account of the impact of El Nino D]Areview of different theories on El Nino. Text 3 People think what I do is so prestigious because I get to interview stars. And I have to admit that when I first started working at Sassy in 1987 I was excited about that part of my job. For the first couple of months, anyway Then I noticed how celebrities would fool me around for months, rescheduling our interv iews or completely backing out at the last minute. I could never get enough time with a celebr ity to find out any thing interesting, and ome acted just plain rude. I started getting resentful over the way I was treated, and I was really disappointed to see that these people I had sort of worshipped from afar were pretty ordinary. So I decided I would just tell the truth instead of keep ing up their myths. If the celeb was a jerk, I would say so. If I thought anyone was stupid, or pretentious, I did not hold back that information. I thought readers would appreciate that kind of honesty. Instead, many of them hated me for it. I have gotten so many attacks on my character, like the over-1, 000-letter attack of hate mail following my negative New Kids on the block article No talents become celebrities all the time The result is that no one in any walk of life seems to care about achievement or talent -- fame is the only objective. Everyone wants to be famous, because in our society you re not considered a success unless you are famous, no matter what your career. Even being famous for doing thing is more desirable than being truly creative and talented Why do we need celebrities? In effect, the media created celebr ities to satisfy our primitive need for gossip Over time, talking about people we have never met and are never likely to meet became an obsession. It's gotten to the point where some people are more interested in the personal lives of the stars than es of their family and friends. That is why it is so ridiculous when a celeb wants to discuss only his or her work in an like we care. We want the dirt on their personal lives. There is another reason we worship celebrities. As a whole, our society is not as religious as it once was. It seems like people need something to fulfill them the way religion once did. Celebr ity worship exists as a twisted unfulfilling substitute of true heroes We make them stars, but then their fame makes us feel insignificant and we truly feel better about urselves when they die. I am part of this whole process. No wonder I feel soiled at the end of work-da 51. The author 's overall attitude towards the existence of celebrities seems to be biased D] compromising. 52. It seems that some people as pointed out by the author are [AJobsessed with remarks on celebrities [C] caught in inevitable dilemmas in the habit of poking fun at others [D] out of step with modern lifestyles 53. It is generally accepted that celebrities are [A]a mirror of true mass media [C]a bunch of good-for-nothings B]mythical and artificial. I admirable and talented 54. The author feels soiled at the end of her work day because [A] she associates celebrities with the labor B] she realizes celebrities are not noble at all 启迪广袤思维 COPE英语3HOW夏徛荣英语学习系列·全国研究生入学英语考试·考前冲刺试卷 CA 启迪广袤思维 7 COPE 英语 3HOW 49. According to the passage, the author considers forecasting of EI Niño to be [A] inconclusive. [B] effortless. [C] informative. [D] precise. 50. What is the passage mainly about? [A] A trace to the mysteries of EI Niño. [B] An vivid account of the impact of EI Niño. [C] Exposure to the myths of EI Niño. [D] A review of different theories on EI Niño. Text 3 People think what I do is so prestigious because I get to interview stars. And I have to admit that when I first started working at Sassy in 1987 I was excited about that part of my job. For the first couple of months, anyway. Then I noticed how celebrities would fool me around for months, rescheduling our interviews or completely backing out at the last minute. I could never get enough time with a celebrity to find out anything interesting, and some acted just plain rude. I started getting resentful over the way I was treated, and I was really disappointed to see that these people I had sort of worshipped from afar were pretty ordinary. So I decided I would just tell the truth instead of keeping up their myths. If the celeb was a jerk, I would say so. If I thought anyone was stupid, or pretentious, I did not hold back that information. I thought readers would appreciate that kind of honesty. Instead, many of them hated me for it. I have gotten so many attacks on my character, like the over-1,000-letter attack of hate mail following my negative New Kids on the Block article. No talents become celebrities all the time. The result is that no one in any walk of life seems to care about achievement or talent —— fame is the only objective. Everyone wants to be famous, because in our society you are not considered a success unless you are famous, no matter what your career. Even being famous for doing nothing is more desirable than being truly creative and talented. Why do we need celebrities? In effect, the media created celebrities to satisfy our primitive need for gossip. Over time, talking about people we have never met and are never likely to meet became an obsession. It’s gotten to the point where some people are more interested in the personal lives of the stars than in the lives of their family and friends. That is why it is so ridiculous when a celeb wants to discuss only his or her work in an interview —— like we care. We want the dirt on their personal lives. There is another reason we worship celebrities. As a whole, our society is not as religious as it once was. It seems like people need something to fulfill them the way religion once did. Celebrity worship exists as a twisted and unfulfilling substitute of true heroes. We make them stars, but then their fame makes us feel insignificant —— and we truly feel better about ourselves when they die. I am part of this whole process. No wonder I feel soiled at the end of work-day. 51. The author’s overall attitude towards the existence of celebrities seems to be [A] biased. [B] critical. [C] arbitrary. [D] compromising. 52. It seems that some people as pointed out by the author are [A] obsessed with remarks on celebrities. [B] in the habit of poking fun at others. [C] caught in inevitable dilemmas. [D] out of step with modern lifestyles. 53. It is generally accepted that celebrities are [A] a mirror of true mass media. [B] mythical and artificial. [C] a bunch of good-for-nothings. [D] admirable and talented. 54. The author feels soiled at the end of her work day because [A] she associates celebrities with the labor. [B] she realizes celebrities are not noble at all. SUMMER : NETEM: CA7