When I was 13, my bedroom walls were covered with posters of the Monkees and Beatles. I wrote fan letters and daydreamed about meeting the objects of my affections. I begged my  parents to attend every rock concert and watch every TV show featuring my favorite celebrities; my friends and I discussed for hours all the things we would say and do when we met our favourite movie stars and pop singers. I drove my mother crazy ! But after a few years, my obsession stars faded as I matured and gained the confidence to socialize with “real” boys.
In the 35 years since I was a teenager, celebrity worship (崇拜) has increased among teens due to the explosion of television celebrity gossip shows, and instant access to celebrity news on the Internet. It’s no wonder that many teens are obsessed with stars when news programs are often filled with entertainment stories and the lives of celebrities.
Celebrity worship syndrome (綜合征) is now considered a personality disorder. While it is normal for teenagers to follow the lives of their favorite stars, parents should try to monitor everything their child finds interesting. Parents should take action if they suspect a teen is too obsessed with celebrities and showing little interest in school or withdrawing from the family.  When teens talk a lot about celebrities and view them as just means of entertainment, this is considered normal celebrity worship. However, when a teenager is obsessed with a star and  often expresses a desire to have a close personal relationship with a celebrity or feels they have a special connection to a star, this may be the time for concern. Recent studies have shown that teens who develop an unhealthy obsession with celebrities often suffer from low self confidence and depression. Teens who are overly obsessed with stars often have damaged relationships with their parents.
小題1:The first paragraph is intended to tell us________.
A．parents needn’t worry about celebrity worship
B．celebrity worship can cause serious problems
C．it’s normal for a teen to have celebrity worship
D．celebrity worship only exists among teens
小題2:We can learn from the second paragraph that________.
A．the media greatly contributes to celebrity worship today
B．the author is surprised at celebrity worship
C．teens today are not so obsessed with celebrities
D．celebrities expose their lives too much
小題3:Parents should become concerned when their children________.
A．talk a lot about celebrities with others
B．put up celebrity posters in their bedrooms
C．a(chǎn)sk to go to their favourite star’s concert
D．desire a close personal relationship with their favorite star
小題4:The last paragraph implies that________.
A．parents should not care too much about a child’s celebrity worship
B．celebrity worship syndrome can be a serious problem if left overlooked
C．children can normally get out of celebrity worship when they are older
D．children with celebrity worship usually have high opinion of themselves
小題5:What is most likely to be talked about in the paragraph following the passage?
A．The harm of celebrity worship syndrome.
B．More signs of celebrity worship syndrome.
C．What to do with children’s celebrity worship syndrome.
D．Who will suffer most from celebrity worship syndrome.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：本文主要描述了在年輕人中廣泛存在的追星現(xiàn)象，以及這一現(xiàn)象的不好的影響。
小題1:C 段落大意題。在這一段里主要講述了我在年輕的時候的追星的經(jīng)歷，告訴我們年輕人追星是很正常的事情，故C正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行In the 35 years since I was a teenager, celebrity worship (崇拜) has increased among teens due to the explosion of television celebrity gossip shows, and instant access to celebrity news on the Internet.說明對于明星的崇拜主要是由于電視上的對于明星的報道過分而導(dǎo)致。故A正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段6.7.8行However, when a teenager is obsessed with a star and  often expresses a desire to have a close personal relationship with a celebrity or feels they have a special connection to a star, this may be the time for concern說明當(dāng)孩子想和明星有更接近的關(guān)系的時候，父母就要采取行動。故D正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后三行Recent studies have shown that teens who develop an unhealthy obsession with celebrities often suffer from low self confidence and depression. Teens who are overly obsessed with stars often have damaged relationships with their parents.
說明如果這樣的情況放任自流，會導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的不好的負(fù)面的影響。故B正確。
小題5:C 推理題。文章在最后一段后四行說明了如果我們不去管理這樣的事情，就會導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的后果。那么接下來要講述的就是應(yīng)該如何去做。故C項正確。
點評：本文主要描述了在年輕人中廣泛存在的追星現(xiàn)象，要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定判斷和推論，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中某一句話，也可是某幾句話，但做題的指導(dǎo)思想都是以文字信息為依據(jù)，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根據(jù)的推理，也不能根據(jù)表面文字信息做多步推理。推理題要根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫(paraphrase)或綜合。
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