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I recently came in contact with celebrity magazines． My family isn't one to give money for pictures of skinny, drunk celebrities with paragraphs about their relationships and shopping cart times． Thus, I was excited to finally get a chance to read about other people's attractive yet troubled lives．
Right away I noticed how each magazine seemed to be a copy of the other． They had headlines and pictures that were almost the same． Still, the pictures of perfectly constructed faces with cute designer outfits going on with their daily lives made me read on．
Wait, celebrities taking their dogs for a walk? Spending an afternoon at a park? All of these things seemed so ordinary—things my own family and I do together often． I suddenly realized how unextraordinary the people in these magazines were． They are simply normal people who happen to have a cool job and much money． For some reason, pictures of them doing things like buying milk at the store appeal to millions of readers． Then, when these regular people mess up, their mistakes are painted onto hundreds of newspapers and Internet sites．
What if every time we made a mistake, it was made public? Have you ever failed a test? Imagine seeing pictures of you on the front of a newspaper with headlines like, “Regular Schooling Isn't Enough”． You'd be embarrassed． Now, I'm not necessarily taking the celebrity's side． I'm more realizing the fact that these people we are crazy about are just ordinary human beings with many photographs following them around． Role models? I'd think not． Personally, I'd rather look up to people in any community who have accomplished a lot instead of an ordinary person walking his dog in Berverly Hills．
1．What do we know about the author's family?
A．They admire celebrities very much．
B．They often buy celebrity magazines．
C．They are not interested in celebrities．
D．They are curious about the life of celebrities．
答案：C 推理判断题。根据第一段第二句可推知，作者家人对名人的八卦新闻不感兴趣，故选C。
2．What does the author think of celebrities?
A．They live a happy life．
B．They seldom do usual things．
C．They deserve people's admiration．
D．They are just ordinary people like us．
答案：D 细节理解题。根据第三段第四、五句可知，作者突然明白，名人都是些普通人，只不过他们从事着看似光鲜、收入丰厚的工作，故选D。
3．Who is most likely to be the author's role model?
A．Celebrities who live an ordinary life．
B．Common people who do great things．
C．Extraordinary people who accomplish a lot．
D．People who make great contributions to communities．
答案：B 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，作者更喜欢以那些虽生活在社区里，但能做出不平凡事情的普通人为榜样，而不是那些虽生活在Berverly Hills而事实上很平庸的人，结合选项可知选B。
4．What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A．To describe the actual life of celebrities．
B．To ask us to be realistic about others' mistakes．
C．To show people's different attitudes towards celebrities．
D．To advise us to have a right attitude towards celebrities．
答案：D 推理判断题。根据本文可知，在作者看来名人只不过是受大家关注的普通人，我们需要以正确的态度去看待他们，故选D。
