对于英语浏览懂得的操练题及谜底
英语浏览懂得100篇（中级篇）-3
Passage Three (Pop Stars Earn Much)
Pop stars today enjoy a style of living which was once the prerogative only of Royalty. Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or executive aeroplanes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported, for, like Royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of Royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public. They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds which idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are astronomical.
And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation on an unprecedented scale. By today’s standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title ‘Top of the Pops’ is fierce, but the rewards are truly colossal.
It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Don’t the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the services they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency – often more than large industrial concerns – and the taxman can only be grateful fro their massive annual contributions to the exchequer. So who would begrudge them their rewards?
It’s all very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the successes and rewards of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. But a man who attempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed: they are the recompense for the huge risks involved and if he achieves them, he has certainly earned them. That’s the essence of private enterprise.
1. The sentence Pop stars’ style of living was once the prerogative only of Royalty means
[A] their life was as luxurious as that of royalty.
[B] They enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty.
[C] They are rather rich.
[D] Their way of living was the same as that of the royalty.
2. What is the author’s attitude toward top stars’ high income?
[A] Approval.
[B] Disapproval.
[C] Ironical.
[D] Critical.
3. It can be inferred from the passage
[A] there exists fierce competition in climbing to the top.
[B] People are blind in idolizing stars.
[C] Successful Pop stars give great entertainment.
[D] The tax they have paid are great.
4. What can we learn from the passage?
[A] Successful man should get high-income repayment.
[B] Pop stars made great contribution to a country.
[C] Pop stars can enjoy the life of royalty.
[D] Successful men represent the tip of the iceberg.
5. Which paragraph covers the main idea?
[A] The first.
[B] The second.
[C] The third.
[D] The fourth.
Vocabulary
1. prerogative 权利，（尤指）特权
2. chauffeur受雇开车人，（尤指穷人、要人的）司机
3. entourage随行职员，陪同者，近侍；修建物四周
4. astronomical 复杂的，地理的
5. adulation阿谀
6. gramophone 灌音
7. colossal庞大的
8. exchequer国库，财源
Exchequer Bond 国库债券
9. begrudge感应烦懑/不满，妒忌
10. humdrum平平的，枯燥的
11. moan嗟叹声
moan about 发怨言
难句译注
1. the prerogative of Royalty或the royal prerogative
皇家的特权（再英国指国王名义上享有不经议会承认而采用步履的权利）。
2. People turn out in their thousands to greet them.
【布局简析】turn out出面、调集、列席。EX: A vast crowd turned out to watch the match.多量观众参加旁观比赛。
【参考译文】不计其数的人们出来接待他们。
3. The great days of Hollywood have become legendry.
【参考译文】好莱坞壮盛期间成了神话。
4. By today’s standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular.
【参考译文】按明天的规范来看，好莱坞的豪华（过度的行动）仿佛并不那末惹人注视。
5. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did.
【参考译文】明天单张灌音唱片挣的版税要比曩昔一步片子还要多很多。
写作体例与文章粗心
作者以对照、因果写作手段，写出歌星享用者贵族般糊口体例，出门受万万人群接待，收支高等车、机，死后保镖、掮客人、消息记者，往来来往都有报道，这统统是社会对高等演员的激昂大方赠送。公司的高等职员享用高薪，歌星也应享用。再则顶尖歌星冒有很大危险。
谜底详解
1. B 他们享用一度只属于贵族享用的统统。第一段集合谈了这些：他们走到那里，不计其数人们出来接待，却中发狂地要看一眼穿戴花梢的偶像的笑脸。这些歌星坐着司机开动的Rolls-Royces汽车、私家直升飞机，高等主座飞机处处走，永久围着一批掮客人、报界记者和保镖侍从职员。他们的照片按期登在报刊上，由于歌星象贵族一样是消息人物。
A.他们的糊口和贵族一样豪侈。C.他们很富。D.他们的糊口体例和贵族糊口体例一个样。
2. A 赞成。在第一段最月朔句：“他们为他们的就义所取得的人为难以计较，付出率惊人。”第二段一起头就点明“为甚么不惊人？社会对高等扮演者老是激昂大方解囊。好莱坞的壮盛期间名扬全国，闻名歌星先手空前空前的名、利、阿谀。”第三段更明白指出：该当如许付出星族，这完整准确。企业中的顶尖人物由于他们为公司和国度所作的统统不也挣得高额人为？税务员应感激他们每一年为国库做出了庞大的进献。以是谁会妒忌他们的人为呢？最月朔段进一步申明：欲成为星族的人冒着很大的危险，谁都晓得只要一小撮人能成为顶尖人物，也能够多年的尽力以完全失利而了结，而胜利的人为确切很高，这是对他们冒险的弥补。这些内容都申明作者赞成巨额人为。
A.不赞成。C.嘲讽的。D.攻讦的。
3. A 在攀缘颠峰中存在着剧烈的合作。这在第三段最月朔句明白指出：取得顶尖的风行歌星的称呼合作剧烈，但其人为确切惊人。最月朔段的危险说。另有最月朔段第二句：说妒忌话的人应记着：最着名的星族代表的只是冰山之巅――人少少。每一个成名的歌星死后就有成千上百个其余歌者为生存而斗争。这都申明“合作剧烈”。
B.人们自觉崇敬偶像歌星。C.胜利的风行歌星表演给人极大的享用。D.他们付出的税收庞大。
4. D 胜利者只是冰山的顶尖――少极了。
A.胜利的人该当取得高支出。B.风行歌星对国度做出庞大进献。C.风行歌星能享用贵族糊口。
5. D 第四段。大旨句是倒数第一、二句，胜利的人为确切很高，这是对其高度危险的还报弥补，若是他胜利了，他必定挣很多。那便是私家奇迹的底子/实质。
A.第一段。这段之对照了贵族和歌星的糊口体例。B.第二段。这段讲了挣很多，但合作剧烈。C.第三段。歌星和企业顶尖人物对照。
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