题文
A recent survey 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 survey’s 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."
小题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’ studies D．a survey was made recently about the popularity of the stars小题2:According to the survey, Victoria Beckham ______.A．is a pop star most students admireB．goes in the second place of the celebrities admiredC．won two-thirds of the votesD．lives in New York now小题3: 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.小题4:What is not TRUE according to the story?A．Celebrities can’t 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.小题5:The best title of the story is _____.
Sports Star David Beckham
B. Survey of Students about Celebrities
C Harmful Effect of Celebrities on Students
D. Better to Be Pop Stars Than Sports Stars 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
解析
英国公布的一项针对教师的调查发现，英国学生对明星的过度痴迷影响到了他们的学业。调查还发现，“小贝”夫妇是英国学生最崇拜的明星。小题1:主旨大意题。通览全篇可知本文讲述了英国学生追星的情况，他们陷入了一个价值观的误区：学业的成就算不得成功，成为明星才算成功。
小题2:细节理解题。文章第三段说：Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the survey’s votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife，由此可知B项正确。
小题3:推理判断题。作者列举追星学生模仿明星行为习惯或着装的目的是为了说明追星对他们的行为和价值观养成的负面影响。
小题4:细节理解题。文章第六段说明了追星也有正面影响---- 给学生以激励，让他们对自己的未来满怀憧憬。
小题5:主旨大意题。用排除法可知A、B、D项概括得较为片面，只有C项全面----追星带给学生的负面影响。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“A recent survey of t.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
