A recent survey of teachers found that an unhealthy passion with celebrity culture is having a negative impact on British students’ studies and it discovered that celebrity couple, the Beckhams, are the favorites among most students. Many students are ignoring building their own careers to seek a chance at fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found.
Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity many pupils wanted to follow while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.
The survey said the celebrities that students aspired to mostly were David and Victoria Beckham who live in Los Angeles now. Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the survey’s votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife.
Almost half of the 300 teachers surveyed said pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing unsuitably.
We are not surprised about the influence of celebrity culture in schools —it reflects the current media passion with celebrities and the effect of celebrity culture on society as a whole, ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said in a statement.
Celebrities can have a positive effect on pupils. They can raise pupils’ aspirations and desires for the future. However, celebrity culture can spread the idea that celebrity status is the greatest achievement and reinforce the belief that other career choices are not as valuable, said one primary school teacher. Too many of the pupils believe that school success is unnecessary, because they will be able to get fame and fortune quite easily through a reality TV show.
【小题1】 The story mainly tells us that .A．the Beckhams are mostly admired in BritainB．most students think that being pop stars is more valuable than other career achievementsC．the celebrity passion has a harmful impact upon British students’ studies D．a survey was made recently about the popularity of the stars【小题2】According to the survey, Victoria Beckham .A．is a pop star most students admireB．goes in the second place of the celebrities admiredC．won two-thirds of the votesD．lives in New York now【小题3】 Why does the author mention that pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing “unsuitably”?A．The pupils think it interesting to pretend to be the celebrities.B．The behavior or the dress of celebrities can be followed as examples.C．The author wants to show the negative influence these celebrities had on the students.D．The author just wants to show being pop stars is very valuable to the students.【小题4】What is not TRUE according to the story?A．Celebrities can’t have positive impact on the students.B．Beckham and Victoria are husband and wife.C．The so-called celebrity culture does harm to the pupils’ ideas about achievement.D．Many students believe that school success is unnecessary.【小题5】The best title of the story is .
Sports Star David Beckham
B. Survey of Students about Celebrities
C Harmful Effect of Celebrities on Students
D. Better to Be Pop Stars Than Sports StarsB
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解析：英国公布的一项针对教师的调查发现，英国学生对明星的过度痴迷影响到了他们的学业。调查还发现，“小贝”夫妇是英国学生最崇拜的明星。
【小题1】主旨大意题。通览全篇可知本文讲述了英国学生追星的情况，他们陷入了一个价值观的误区：学业的成就算不得成功，成为明星才算成功。
【小题2】细节理解题。文章第三段说：Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the survey’s votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife，由此可知B项正确。
【小题3】推理判断题。作者列举追星学生模仿明星行为习惯或着装的目的是为了说明追星对他们的行为和价值观养成的负面影响。
【小题4】细节理解题。文章第六段说明了追星也有正面影响---- 给学生以激励，让他们对自己的未来满怀憧憬。
【小题5】主旨大意题。用排除法可知A、B、D项概括得较为片面，只有C项全面----追星带给学生的负面影响。