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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析24(I)Just25yearsago,thetopthreecareerhopesforyoungpeopleinBritainwereteacher,bankeranddoctor.Now,theywanttobesportsstar,popstarandactor,accordingtoasurveybyTheGuardiannewspaper.Rachel,acharacterinthepopularTVshowGlee,maybesaidtospeakforBritis
2、hteenagers.“Nowadaysbeingnobodyisworsethanbeingpoor.”hesaid.EmmaBrockes,areporterwithTheGuardian,believesitis“thebadinfluenceofcelebrity(名人)culture”thatistoblame.“Whenchildrenwantedtobedoctor,itwasn’tbecausetheywerereallymoreinterestedinthefunctionsofhumanorgansthanth
3、eyarenow;yougowheretherespectis.”shewrote.Itcouldexplainwhytherehasbeensuchanincreaseinlevelsofanxietyanddepression.DrCarloStrenger,ofTelAvivUniversity,studiedthesenseofselfforhisnewbookTheFearofInsignificance:SearchingforMeaninginthe21stCentury.HetoldtheDailyMailthat
4、youngpeoplenoware“affectedbythecloseconnectiontotheglobalentertainmentnetwork,whichhasturnedrankingandratingpeopleaccordingtowealthandcelebrityintoanobsession(痴迷).”“Ashumans,wenaturallymeasureourselvestothosearoundus,butnowweliveinaglobalvillage.Weareparingourselveswi
5、ththemost‘important’peopleintheworldandfindingourselveswanting,”hesaid.Today,evenhighachieversconstantlyfearthattheyareinsignificantwhentheyparethemselvestosuccessstoriesinthemedia.Thewayout?Simplystopmeasuringyourachievementthroughafantasyofwealthandcelebrity.DrStren
6、gersaidthatitisaprocesscalled“activeself-acceptancethroughaconstantsearchforself-knowledgethroughlife.”“Thefearofinsignificancecanonlybeoverethroughstrongindividualandculturalidentityoverandabovemeasurableachievement,”hesaid.1.Nowadays,youngpeopleinBritainwantto______
7、_.A.choosejobsbasedoninterestsB.beefamousC.beteacher,bankeranddoctorD.earnmoremoney2.AccordingtoEmmaBrockes,whatcausestheincreasinglevelofanxiety?A.Choicesoffuturecareers.B.Accesstotheglobalnetwork.C.Badinfluencesofcelebrities.D.Endlessparisonwithothers.3.Whichofthefo
8、llowingisTRUEofDrCarloStrenger?A.Heisanewspaperreporter.B.Heisthespokesmanofteenagers.C.HetellssuccessstoriesonTV.D.Heisagai
