单选题
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Directions: You are going
to read a passage. Seven sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the
sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you
do not need to use.
Questions 72-78 are based on the following
passage
Pop stars today enjoy a style of living which
was once the prerogative only of Royalty. Wherever they go, people turn out in
their thousands to greet them. {{U}}(72) {{/U}}. The stars are
transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or
executive planes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage of managers,
press agents and bodyguards. {{U}}(73) {{/U}} and all their comings and
goings are reported, for like Royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of
the privileges of Royalty,{{U}} (74) {{/U}}. It is dangerous for them to
make unscheduled appearances in public. They must be constantly shielded from
the adoring crowds which idolize them. They are no longer private individuals,
but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice
cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are astronomical.
And why not? {{U}}(75) {{/U}} . The great days of Hollywood have
become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation on an
unprecedented scale. By today's standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem
quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in
royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title
"Top of the Pops" is fierce, but the rewards are truly colossal.
It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. {{U}}(76)
{{/U}} they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn
vast sums in foreign currency--often more than large industrial concerns--and
the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contributions to the
exchequer. So who would begrudge them their rewards?
It's all
very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the successes and rewards of
others. People {{U}}(77) {{/U}}. For every famous star, there are
hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job
and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very
high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be
a limit to what he can earn. But a man who attempts to become a star is taking
enormous risks. {{U}}(78) {{/U}} . He knows that years of concentrated
effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the
rewards for success are very high indeed, they are the recompense for the huge
risks involved and if he achieves them, he has certainly earned them. That's the
essence of private enterprise.
Sentences:
A. They certainly share many
of the inconveniences as well.
B. The crowds go wild trying to
catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols.
C. Successful pop stars give great entertainment.
D. Don't
the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the services.
E. He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to
the very top.
F. Photographs of them appear regularly in the
press.
G. Society has always rewarded its top entertainers
lavishly.
H. Who make envious remarks should remember that the
most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg.