3.There is an English saying that goes,"he who laughs last,laughs the hardest."High School Musical star Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.
As a young boy,Efron waspicked on in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased because he had a big space between his teeth.In sixth grade,Efron's basketball team made it to the league championships.In double overtime(两个加时赛),with three seconds left,he rebounded the ball and passed it-to the wrong team!They scored and his team lost the game.
But history,as they say,is a thing of the past. Now at 21,Efron is one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People,appears on the cover of Entertainment Weekly,Hollywood's most influential magazine,and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical film.Director Adam Shankman described Efron as"arguably the biggest teen star in America right now."Simply geogle"Zac Efron"and you get more than 14 million responses.Yes,it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days.
Efron was born and raised in California.He took school seriously.According to Efron,"he would go mad if he got a B and not an A in school,and that he was a class clown."It was his father who encouraged him to act.He took part in school performances and with a local theater group.He also took singing lessons.He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film.But he postponed it-why study movies when you can star in them.
Now he has signed on to star in the romantic comedy Seventeen Again and to play in the remake of the hugely popular movie,Footloose.Efron is also earning more than $3 million for his role in High School Musical 3.Not bad for a 21-year-old.But Efron still remembers those bullies(欺人者).
"You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down became you have something that they admire,"Efron said."Also,when you get made fun of,when people point out your weaknesses,it's an opportunity for you to rise above".
Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business.And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.
61.The English saying is used at the beginning to show EfronC.
A.has achieved worldwide fame B.still has a long way to go
C.has a not so smooth past D.is optimistie all the way
62.The underlined phrase"picked on"in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaming toB.
A.sung high praise for B.treated unfairly
C.run after D.talked about
63.We know from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 thatD.
A.We'd better let the past be the past
B.Efron is bound to go down in history
C.history plays an important role in Efron's life
D.different from his past,Efron is quite popular now
64.Why did Efron put off his university study?A
A.Beeause he didn't want to lose the chance to star in films.
B.Because he had learned all the things about film.
C.Because he wanted to mke more money.
D.Because he showed no intorest in it.
65.What's the reaction of Efron to those bullies?D
A.Taking no notice of it.
B.Fighting back immediately.
C.Finding opportunities to fight back..
D.Regarding it as a motivation to move on.
分析 本文介绍主人公从开始被嘲笑到最后成为电影明星的励志故事.他上学时因个头小等身体原意被同学嘲笑,但是他把这些当做前进的动力,最终他成功的成为国际巨星.
解答 61.C.推理预测题.开头谚语意为"谁笑到最后,谁笑的最难",通读全文可知,文章介绍了主人公在成功前受到各种挫折和嘲笑,有个不太顺利的过去,可推测,这句谚语也是为了提前向读者展示主人公坎坷的过去.故选C.
62.B.词义猜测题.原句中"Efron was picked on in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased because he had a big space between his teeth"后半句写原因是他是班中最小的,被嘲笑是因为他有空隙的牙齿.可见"picked on"与嘲笑意义相近,"treated unfairly"不公平待遇.故选B.
63.D.推理预测题.划线句意为"那都是过去的事了",可推测主人公的现在必定和过去不同,从后文也可以看出,主人公变得很有名气.故选D.
64.A.细节理解题.根据文章"But he postponed it-why study movies when you can star in them."可知他推迟了去上大学是因为要去拍戏,想要成为电影明星.故选A.
65.D.细节理解题.根据文章"when you get made fun of,when people point out your weaknesses,it's an opportunity for you to rise above"."可知,Efron认为被人指出缺点后,这是一个你去超越自己的机会,可见他把那些嘲笑当做了前进的动力.故选D.
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