12．Although being famous might sound like a dream coming true，today's stars，feeling like zoo animals，face pressures that few of us can imagine．They are at the center of much of the world's attention．Paparazzi （狗仔隊(duì)） camp outside their homes，cameras ready．Tabloids （小報(bào)） publish thrilling stories about their personal lives．Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature!
According to psychologist Christina Villareal，celebrities-famous people-worry constantly about their public appearance．Eventually，they start to lose track of who they really are，seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them，not as the persons they were before everyone knew their names．"Over time，"Villareal says，"they feel separated and alone．"
The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages．In the 4th century B．C．，painters followed Alexander the Great into battle，hoping to picture his victories for his admirers．When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century，his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans，leading him to complain （抱怨） about his lack of privacy．Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do．
Being a public figure today，however，is a lot more difficult than it used to be．Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras．When they say something silly or do something ridiculous，there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their"story"alive forever．
If fame is so troublesome，why aren't all celebrities running away from it？The answer is that there are still ways to deal with it．Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities．They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place．
Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice．Still，even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are．They are tired of being famous already．
12．It can be learned from the passage that stars todayB．
A．a(chǎn)re often misunderstood by the public
B．can no longer have their privacy protected
C．spend too much on their public appearance
D．care little about how they have come into fame
13．What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？B
A．Great heroes of the past were gener ally admired．
B．The problem faced by celebrities has a long history．
C．Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids．
D．Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers．
14．What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today？A
A．Availability of modern media．
B．Inadequate social recognition．
C．Lack of favorable chances．
D．Huge population of fans．
15．What is the author's attitude toward modern celebrity？D
A．Sincere．
B．Skeptical．
C．Disapproving．
D．Sympathetic．
分析 本文為一篇議論文，談?wù)摿俗鳛槊说木骄常好说碾[私得不到保護(hù)；名人的生活會(huì)受到打擾；名人無(wú)時(shí)無(wú)刻不暴露在媒體下；名人不敢隨意說(shuō)話，因?yàn)橐徊恍⌒木蜁?huì)成為媒體永恒的話題．
解答 12．B．推理判斷題．由文章第一段可知，這些名人吸引全世界的注意力；狗仔隊(duì)在他們家門(mén)口安營(yíng)扎寨，隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備拍照；街頭小報(bào)刊登他們的個(gè)人生活，他們經(jīng)常被拍照、被打斷要求簽名等，由此可推知他們的隱私得不到保護(hù)，故選B．
13．B．主旨大意題．文章第三段第一句話為主題句，然后又舉具體的例子來(lái)說(shuō)明．B項(xiàng)"名人面對(duì)的問(wèn)題古已有之"，也就是說(shuō)這個(gè)問(wèn)題已經(jīng)存在很久了．故選B．
14．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)第四段的"Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras．When they say something silly or do something ridiculous，there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their"story"alive forever"可知，他們做任何事情都會(huì)被現(xiàn)代照相機(jī)、英特網(wǎng)等當(dāng)代媒體捕捉到，因此，這些現(xiàn)代媒體讓今天的人成為名人不容易．故選A．
15．D 態(tài)度意圖題：通讀全文可知，作者介紹了很多名人受成名所累，失去了生活的隱私，失去了自我，變得孤獨(dú)、變得被世界隔離，因此可以推斷出作者對(duì)他們抱有同情的態(tài)度．即選擇D項(xiàng)，Sincere真誠(chéng)的 Sceptical懷疑的disapproving反對(duì)的 Sympathetic同情的．故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇社會(huì)文化類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題，態(tài)度意圖題，主旨大意題．做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)．
