Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to a survey by the Guardian newspaper.
Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor.” He said.
Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) culture”  that is to blame. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn’t because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is.” She wrote.
It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Stranger, of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(癡迷).”
“As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are comparing ourselves with the most ‘important’ people in the world and finding ourselves wanting…” he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media.
The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called “active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledge through life.”
“The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement,” he said.
小題1:.Nowadays, young people in Britain want to        .
A．choose jobs based on interestsB．become famous
C．be teacher, banker and doctorD．earn more money
小題2:.．According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety?
A．Choices of future careers.B．Access to the global network.
C．Bad influences of celebrities.D．Endless comparison with others.
小題3:.．Which of the following is true of Dr Carlo Strenger?
A．He is a newspaper reporter.B．He is the spokesman of teenagers.
C．He tells success stories on TV.D．He is against ranking people with wealth.
小題4:.．Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should        .
A．seek active self-acceptanceB．stick to their own dreams
C．make great achievementsD．search for the secret of wealth
小題5:.The text is mainly written to        .
A．talk about job choicesB．a(chǎn)nalyse a social phenomenon
C．encourage celebrity cultureD．introduce three famous people

小題1:.B
小題1:.C
小題1:.D
小題1:.A
小題1:.B
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A．widely accepted by most schools in the United States
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It will be best if, in your preparation, you can practise doing the various sorts of work you will be asked to do in examination. You should then make a careful note of any mistakes you make more than once. Count up how many times you make each mistake, and the mistake you make most often should be at the top of your list, the next most common in second place, and so on.
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A．learn about yourself as much as possible
B．discover your own special needs in the language
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The writer advises the readers to ______ .
A．spend as much time on English as possible
B．take examinations of various sorts
C．find out their own problems in doing selected exercises
D．keep a notebook with the important languages points in it
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The first item on the list should be the mistake you make ______ .
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