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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析24Just25yearsago,thetopthreecareerhopesforyoungpeopleinBritainwereteacher,bankeranddoctor.Now,theywanttobesportsstar,popstarandactor,accordingtoasurveybyTheGuardiannewspaper.Rachel,acharacterinthepopularTVshowGlee,maybesaidto
2、speakforBritishteenagers.“Nowadaysbeingnobodyisworsethanbeingpoor.”hesaid.EmmaBrockes,areporterwithTheGuardian,believesitis“thebadinfluenceofcelebrity(名人)culture”thatistoblame.“Whenchildrenwantedtobedoctor,itwasn’tbecausetheywerereallymoreinterestedin
3、thefunctionsofhumanorgansthantheyarenow;yougowheretherespectis.”shewrote.Itcouldexplainwhytherehasbeensuchanincreaseinlevelsofanxietyanddepression.DrCarloStrenger,ofTelAvivUniversity,studiedthesenseofselfforhisnewbookTheFearofInsignificance:Searchingf
4、orMeaninginthe21stCentury.HetoldtheDailyMailthatyoungpeoplenoware“affectedbythecloseconnectiontotheglobalentertainmentnetwork,whichhasturnedrankingandratingpeopleaccordingtowealthandcelebrityintoanobsession(痴迷).”“Ashumans,wenaturallymeasureourselvesto
5、thosearoundus,butnowweliveinaglobalvillage.Weareparingourselveswiththemost‘important’peopleintheworldandfindingourselveswanting,”hesaid.Today,evenhighachieversconstantlyfearthattheyareinsignificantwhentheyparethemselvestosuccessstoriesinthemedia.Thewa
6、yout?Simplystopmeasuringyourachievementthroughafantasyofwealthandcelebrity.DrStrengersaidthatitisaprocesscalled“activeself-acceptancethroughaconstantsearchforself-knowledgethroughlife.”“Thefearofinsignificancecanonlybeoverethroughstrongindividualandcu
7、lturalidentityoverandabovemeasurableachievement,”hesaid.1.Nowadays,youngpeopleinBritainwantto_______.A.choosejobsbasedoninterestsB.beefamousC.beteacher,bankeranddoctorD.earnmoremoney2.AccordingtoEmmaBrockes,whatcausestheincreasinglevelofanxiety?A.Choi
8、cesoffuturecareers.B.Accesstotheglobalnetwork.C.Badinfluencesofcelebrities.D.Endlessparisonwithothers.3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEofDrCarloStrenger?A.Heisanewspaperreporter.B.Heisthespokesmanofteenagers.C.HetellssuccessstoriesonTV.D.Heisagainst
